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Load

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Noun

1. burden, load, loading

weight to be borne or conveyed

2. load, loading

a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time

Example Sentences:
'the system broke down under excessive loads'

3. cargo, consignment, freight, lading, load, loading, payload, shipment

goods carried by a large vehicle

4. load

an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate

Example Sentences:
'he got a load on and started a brawl'

5. load

the power output of a generator or power plant

6. burden, encumbrance, incumbrance, load, onus

an onerous or difficult concern

Example Sentences:
'the burden of responsibility'
'that's a load off my mind'

7. load, lode

a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks

8. load, payload, warhead

the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents

9. load

electrical device to which electrical power is delivered

Verb

10. lade, laden, load, load up

fill or place a load on

Example Sentences:
'load a car'
'load the truck with hay'

11. charge, load

provide (a device) with something necessary

Example Sentences:
'He loaded his gun carefully'
'load the camera'

12. load

transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory

13. load

put (something) on a structure or conveyance

Example Sentences:
'load the bags onto the trucks'

14. adulterate, debase, dilute, load, stretch

corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones

Example Sentences:
'adulterate liquor'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Load

see synonyms of load
noun
1. 
something to be borne or conveyed; weight
2. 
a. 
the usual amount borne or conveyed
b. 
(in combination)
a carload
3. 
something that weighs down, oppresses, or burdens
that's a load off my mind
4. 
a single charge of a firearm
5. 
the weight that is carried by a structure
See also dead load, live load
6. electrical engineering, electronics
a. 
a device that receives or dissipates the power from an amplifier, oscillator, generator, or some other source of signals
b. 
the power delivered by a machine, generator, circuit, etc
7. 
the force acting on a component in a mechanism or structure
8. 
the resistance overcome by an engine or motor when it is driving a machine, etc
9. 
an external force applied to a component or mechanism
10.  a load of
11.  get a load of
12.  have a load on
13.  shoot one's load
verb also (obsolete or dialect): loaden (mainly tr)
14. (also intr)
to place or receive (cargo, goods, etc) upon (a ship, lorry, etc)
15. 
to burden or oppress
16. 
to supply or beset (someone) with in abundance or overwhelmingly
they loaded her with gifts
17. 
to cause to be biased
to load a question
18. (also intr)
to put an ammunition charge into (a firearm)
19. photography
to position (a film, cartridge, or plate) in (a camera)
20. 
to weight or bias (a roulette wheel, dice, etc)
21. insurance
to increase (a premium) to cover expenses, etc
22. 
to draw power from (an electrical device, such as a generator)
23. 
to add material of high atomic number to (concrete) to increase its effectiveness as a radiation shield
24. 
to increase the power output of (an electric circuit)
25. 
to increase the work required from (an engine or motor)
26. 
to apply force to (a mechanism or component)
27. computing
to transfer (a program) to a memory
28.  load the dice

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Load

see synonyms of load
noun
1. 
something carried or to be carried at one time or in one trip; burden; cargo
2. 
the amount that can be or usually is carried
a measure of weight or quantity varying with the type of conveyance, often used in combination
a carload of coal
3. 
something carried with difficulty
; specif.,
a. 
a heavy burden or weight
b. 
a great mental or spiritual burden
a load off one's mind
4. 
the weight that a structure bears or the stresses that are put upon it
5. 
a single charge, as of powder and bullets, for a firearm
6.  US
the amount of work carried by or assigned to a person, group, etc.
the course load of a student, the caseload of a social worker
7.  [often pl.]; Informal
a great amount or number
loads of friends
8.  Electricity
a. 
the amount of power delivered by a generator, motor, etc. or carried by a circuit
b. 
a device to which this power is delivered
9.  Finance
an amount, expressed as a percentage of the net asset value, added to the price of some mutual fund shares to cover sales commissions and other marketing costs
10.  Mechanics
the rate at which work is done by an engine, etc.; specif., the external resistance offered to an engine by the machine that it is operating
verb transitive
11. 
to put something to be carried into or upon; esp., to fill or cover with as much as can be carried
to load a wagon with wheat
12. 
to put into or upon a carrier
to load coal into a truck
13. 
to weigh down with or as with a heavy load; burden; oppress
14. 
to supply in large quantities; give much of something to
to load a person with honors, a novel loaded with suspense
15. 
to put a charge of ammunition into (a firearm, etc.)
16. 
to put (a roll of film or a plate) into (a camera)
17. 
to add weight to, esp. so as to make one end or one side heavier
dice fraudulently loaded to fall with a certain face up
18. 
to add extra or excessive costs, profits, etc. to
to load an expense account
19. 
to add (an adulterant, filler, etc.) to
20. 
to phrase (a question, etc.) so as to elicit a desired answer or reaction
21.  US, Baseball
to have or cause to have runners on (first, second, and third bases)
22.  Computing
to transfer (a program or data) into main memory from a disk, tape, etc.
verb intransitive
23. 
to put a charge of ammunition into a firearm
24. 
to receive a charge of ammunition
mortars that load at the muzzle
25. 
to put on, receive, or take on passengers, goods, fuel, etc.
the bus is loading

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Load

see synonyms of load
n.
1.
a. A weight or mass that is supported: the load on an arch.
b. The overall force to which a structure is subjected in supporting a weight or mass or in resisting externally applied forces.
2.
a. Something that is carried, as by a vehicle, person, or animal: a load of firewood.
b. The quantity that is or can be carried at one time.
3.
a. The share of work allocated to or required of a person, machine, group, or organization.
b. The demand for services or performance made on a machine or system.
4. The amount of material that can be inserted into a device or machine at one time: The washing machine has a full load.
5.
a. A single charge of ammunition for a firearm.
b. Vulgar Slang An ejaculation of semen.
6.
a. A mental weight or burden: Good news took a load off my mind.
b. A responsibility regarded as oppressive.
7. The external mechanical resistance against which a machine acts.
8. Electricity
a. The power output of a generator or power plant.
b. A device or the resistance of a device to which power is delivered.
9. A fee that a mutual fund charges to an investor when the investor purchases or redeems shares in the fund.
10. often loads Informal A great number or amount: There were loads of people at the parade.
11. Derogatory Slang A heavy or overweight person.
12. Genetic load.
v. load·ed, load·ing, loads
v.tr.
1.
a. To put (something) into or onto a structure or conveyance: loading grain onto a train.
b. To put something into or onto (a structure or conveyance): loaded the tanker with crude oil.
2. To provide or fill nearly to overflowing; heap: loaded the table with food.
3. To give worries or difficulties to; weigh down; burden: was loaded with responsibility.
4. To insert (a necessary material) into a device: loaded rounds into the rifle.
5. To insert a necessary material into: loaded the printer with paper.
6. Games To make (dice) heavier on one side by adding weight.
7. To charge with additional meanings, implications, or emotional import: loaded the question to trick the witness.
8. To raise the power demand in (an electrical circuit), as by adding resistance.
9. To increase (an insurance premium or mutual fund share price) by adding expenses or sale costs.
10. Baseball To have or put runners on (first, second, and third base).
11. Computers To transfer (data) from a storage device into a computer's memory.
v.intr.
1. To receive a load: Container ships can load rapidly.
2. To charge a firearm with ammunition.
3. To put or place a load into or onto a structure, device, or conveyance.
4. Computers To be transferred from a storage device into a computer's memory.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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