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load [ləʊd] n 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. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a single charge of a firearm 5. (Engineering / General Engineering) the weight that is carried by a structure See also dead load, live load 6. (Engineering / Electrical Engineering) 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. (Engineering / General Engineering) the force acting on a component in a mechanism or structure 8. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) the resistance overcome by an engine or motor when it is driving a machine, etc. 9. (Engineering / General Engineering) an external force applied to a component or mechanism a load of Informal a quantity of a load of nonsense get a load of Informal pay attention to have a load on US and Canadian slang to be intoxicated shoot one's load Slang (of a man) to ejaculate at orgasm vb (mainly tr) 1. (also intr) to place or receive (cargo, goods, etc.) upon (a ship, lorry, etc.) 2. to burden or oppress 3. to supply or beset (someone) with in abundance or overwhelmingly they loaded her with gifts 4. to cause to be biased to load a question 5. (Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (also intr) to put an ammunition charge into (a firearm) 6. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) Photog to position (a film, cartridge, or plate) in (a camera) 7. (Group Games / Gambling, except Cards) to weight or bias (a roulette wheel, dice, etc.) 8. (Business / Insurance) Insurance to increase (a premium) to cover expenses, etc. 9. (Engineering / Electrical Engineering) to draw power from (an electrical device, such as a generator) 10. (Physics / Nuclear Physics) to add material of high atomic number to (concrete) to increase its effectiveness as a radiation shield 11. (Engineering / Electrical Engineering) to increase the power output of (an electric circuit) 12. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) to increase the work required from (an engine or motor) 13. (Engineering / General Engineering) to apply force to (a mechanism or component) 14. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing to transfer (a program) to a memory load the dice a. (Group Games / Gambling, except Cards) to add weights to dice in order to bias them b. to arrange to have a favourable or unfavourable position See also loads [Old English lād course; in meaning, influenced by lade1; related to lead1]
Load a great amount; quantity. See also burden, charge. Examples: load of public abhorrence, 1855; of care, 1791; of drunks—Lipton, 1970; of guilt; of sorrow, 1799; of troubles; of waters, 1698; of woes, 1593. The total weight of passengers and/or freight carried on board a ship, aircraft, train, road vehicle, or other means of conveyance. See also airlift capability; airlift requirement; allowable load. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
load verb 1. fill, stuff, pack, pile, stack, heap, cram, freight, lade The three men had finished loading the truck. 2. pack, store, stuff, deposit, stack, put away, stow They had loaded all their equipment into the back of the truck. 3. make ready, charge, prime, prepare to fire I knew how to load and handle a gun. noun 1. cargo, lading, delivery, haul, shipment, batch, freight, bale, consignment He drove by with a big load of hay. 2. (Informal) large amount, a lot, mass, ocean, pile (informal), great deal, quantity, stacks, abundance They came up with a load of embarrassing information. 3. oppression, charge, pressure, worry, trouble, weight, responsibility, burden, affliction, onus, albatross, millstone, encumbrance, incubus High blood pressure imposes an extra load on the heart. load someone down burden, worry, trouble, hamper, oppress, weigh down, saddle with, encumber, snow under I'm loaded down with work at the moment. Translations load [ləʊd] A. N 1. (= cargo) → carga f; (= weight) → peso m the lorry had a full load → el camión iba lleno I put another load in the washing machine → puse otra colada a lavar or en la lavadora I had three loads of coal delivered → me repartieron tres cargas de carbón they were forced to carry heavy loads → les obligaron a cargar con pesos pesados "maximum load: 17 tons" → carga máxima: 17 toneladas see also shed 1 1 2. (fig) (= burden) → carga f he finds his new responsibilities a heavy load → sus nuevas responsabilidades le resultan una gran carga she's taking some of the load off the secretaries → está aligerándoles la carga de trabajo a las secretarias that's (taken) a load off my mind! → ¡eso me quita un peso de encima! see also caseload, workload 3. (Elec, Tech) (also of firearm) → carga f 4. loads → cantidad f, un montón we've got loads of time → tenemos cantidad or un montón de tiempo I've got loads (of them) at home → tengo cantidad or un montón en casa 5. a load of >: the book is a load of rubbish → el libro es una basura, el libro no vale nada he talks a load of rubbish → no dice más que tonterías they're just a load of kids → no son más que un hatajo or una panda de críos get a load of this! (= look) → ¡échale un vistazo a esto!, ¡mírame esto!; (= listen) → ¡escucha esto! B. VT 1. [+ lorry, washing machine, gun, camera] → cargar the gun is not loaded → la pistola no está cargada do you know how to load this program? (Comput) → ¿sabes cómo cargar este programa? 2. (= weigh down) to be loaded with sth we're loaded with debts → estamos cargados or agobiados de deudas the branch was loaded with fruit → la rama estaba cargada de fruta her words were loaded with meaning → sus palabras estaban llenas or cargadas de significado the whole thing is loaded with problems → el asunto está erizado de dificultades C. VI load down VT + ADV to be loaded down with sth: she was loaded down with shopping → iba cargada de bolsas de la compra we're loaded down with work → estamos hasta arriba de trabajo he was loaded down with debt → estaba cargado or agobiado de deudas load up A. VT + ADV [+ vehicle, animal, person] → cargar (with de) load [ˈləʊd] n (= thing carried) (by lorry, ship, plane) → chargement m; (by person) → charge f a man carrying a heavy load → un homme portant une lourde charge (= workload) → charge f de travail (ELECTRICITY, ELECTRONICS) → charge (= lot) a load of → un tas de a load of kids → un tas de gamins a load of nonsense → un tas d'âneries Personally, I think that's a load of garbage! → Personnellement, je trouve que c'est un tas d'âneries!, Personnellement, je trouve que c'est n'importe quoi! You're talking a load of rubbish! BUT Tu ne dis que des bêtises!. (= lots) loads of [+ things, people] → des tas de loads of people → des tas de gens loads of money → un tas d'argent vt [+ lorry, ship] → charger They came to load the van → Ils sont venus charger la camionnette. to load sth with → charger qch avec [+ gun, camera] → charger to load one's camera with film → charger son appareil A photographer from the newspaper was loading his camera with film → Un photographe du journal était en train de charger son appareil. to load one's camera with high-speed film → charger son appareil avec un film à haute sensibilité [+ paintbrush, roller] → charger (COMPUTING) [+ program] → charger to load data on a computer → charger des données dans un ordinateur load-bearing [ˈləʊdbɛərɪŋ] adj → porteur/euse load n (= sth carried, burden) → Last f; (= cargo) → Ladung f; (on girder, axle etc, fig) → Belastung f, → Last f; what sort of load was the ship/truck carrying? → was hatte das Schiff/der Lastwagen geladen?; to put a load on something → etw belasten; to put too heavy a load on something → etw überlasten; the maximum load for that bridge is 10 tons → die maximale Tragkraft or -fähigkeit dieser Brücke beträgt 10 Tonnen; an arm-load of shopping → ein Arm voll Einkäufe; a train-load of passengers → ein Zug voll Reisender; (work) load → (Arbeits)pensum nt; he has a heavy teaching load this term → er hat in diesem Semester eine hohe Stundenzahl; he carries a heavy load of responsibility → er trägt eine schwere Verantwortung; I put a load in the washing machine → ich habe die Maschine mit Wäsche gefüllt; that’s a load off my mind! → da fällt mir ein Stein vom Herzen!; to take a load off somebody’s mind → jdm eine Last von der Seele nehmen (inf usages) loads of, a load of → massenhaft (inf), → jede Menge (inf); thanks, we have loads → danke, wir haben jede Menge (inf); it’s a load of old rubbish (Brit) → das ist alles Blödsinn (inf) → or Quatsch (inf); (film, book, translation) → das ist alles Mist! (inf); to take on a load → (ganz schön) einen heben (inf); get a load of this! (= listen) → hör dir das mal an!; (= look) → guck dir das mal an! (inf) vt goods → laden; lorry etc → beladen; the ship was loaded with bananas → das Schiff hatte Bananen geladen (= burden, weigh down) → beladen; the branch was loaded with pears → der Ast war mit Birnen überladen (fig) → überhäufen; to load somebody with honours (Brit) or honors (US) → jdn mit Ehrungen überschütten or -häufen; the whole matter is loaded with problems → die Angelegenheit steckt voller Probleme; they were loaded with debt → sie steckten tief in Schulden gun → laden; to load a camera → einen Film (in einen Fotoapparat) einlegen; is this camera loaded? → ist ein Film im Apparat? dice → fälschen, präparieren; to load the dice (fig) → mit gezinkten Karten spielen; to load the dice against somebody (fig) → jdn übervorteilen; (= be a disadvantage) → ein Nachteil m → für jdn sein; the dice had been loaded against him (fig) → alles sprach gegen ihn (Comput) → laden vi (= load gun) → laden; (= load camera) → einen Film einlegen; load! → Gewehr(e) laden!; how does this gun load? → wie lädt man dieses Gewehr?; how does this camera load? → wie legt man einen Film in diesen Apparat ein? (Comput) → laden load: load-bearing adj wall → tragend load centre, (US) load center n → Lastschwerpunkt m load displacement n (Naut) → Ladeverdrängung f load: load line n → Ladelinie f load space n (Aut etc) → Ladefläche f loadstar n = lodestar loadstone n = lodestone load [ləʊd] 1. n b. (fig) that's (taken) a load off my mind → mi sono tolto un peso loads of, a load of (fam) → un sacco or un mucchio di it's a load of old rubbish (fam) → sono un mucchio di sciocchezze n load [ləud] 1 something which is being carried The lorry had to stop because its load had fallen off; She was carrying a load of groceries. vrag حُمولَه товар náklad læs die Ladung φορτίο carga koorem محموله kuorma charge, chargement מַשָׂא बोझा teret rakomány muatan byrði; hlass carico 積荷 짐 krovinys, našta krava; nasta; smagums beban lading lass, ladning ładunek carga încărcătură, sarcină груз náklad tovor teret last ของบรรทุก yük 擔子 вантаж بوجھ vật chở 担子 2 as much as can be carried at one time two lorry-loads of earth. vragte شَحْنَه товар náklad læs die Ladung (ποσότητα που αντιστοιχεί με ένα) φορτίο peso, cantidad koorem گنجایش kuorma chargement מָלֵא लदान utovar rakomány muatan hlass carico 1台分の荷 적재량 krovinys, įkrova pilna krava muatan lading (fullt) lass ładunek carregamento transport загрузка náklad obremenitev tovar last น้ำหนักบรรทุก ... dolusu 裝載量 навантаження ایک بار اٹھا کر لے جانے والی مقدار trọng tải 装截量 3 a large amount He talked a load of rubbish; We ate loads of ice-cream. vragte, hope كميَّه كبيرَه много spousta en masse eine Unmasse μεγάλη ποσότητα, σωρός montones de, montón de palju به مقدار زیاد roppakaupalla un (des) tas de הֲמוֹן कार्य-सीमा mnogo rengeteg banyak fullt af sacco, mucchio 多量 많은 양 daug(ybė) liels daudzums; milzums banyak hoop massevis av mnóstwo montes de o mulţime de множество;уйма, масса kopa mnogo masa [] massa จำนวนเยอะ pek çok, bir sürü 大量 вагон; безліч بڑی مقدار rất nhiều 大量 4 the power carried by an electric circuit The wires were designed for a load of 15 amps. belading شَحْنَه كهربائِيَّه، قُوَّه натоварване zatížení belastning die Leistung (ηλεκτρικό) φορτίο carga koormus میزان نیرو یا کار تولید شده توسط زادگر یا موتور؛ قدرت virta charge מִטעַן חַשמָל बोझख, विद्युत-भार napon terhelés tegangan listrik álag carico 負荷 부하(負荷) apkrova elektriskās strāvas stiprums beban vermogen strømbelastning obciążenie carga sarcină нагрузка zaťaženie naboj punjenje belastning กระแสไฟ güç 負荷 навантаження مقدار توانائی جو کوئی بجلی گھر ایک وقت میں پیدا کرے điện áp 负荷 v 1 to take or put on what is to be carried (especially if heavy) They loaded the luggage into the car; The lorry was loading when they arrived. laai يَشْحَن натоварвам (се) naložit læsse beladen φορτώνω cargar laadima بارگیری کردن lastata charger לְהַעֲמִיס लादना utovariti (meg)rak; rakodik memuat hlaða, ferma caricare 荷を積む 짐을 싣다 (pa)krauti []kraut; uzkraut; iekraut memuatkan laden lesse, laste (opp) (za)ładowywać, być ładowanym carregar a (se) încărca грузить naložiť natovoriti utovariti lasta ยกขึ้น yüklemek 裝 вантажити(ся), навантажувати ڈھونے والے سامان کو رکھنا chất 装 2 to put ammunition into (a gun) He loaded the revolver and fired. laai يَشْحَن ، يَحْشو سِلاحا ناريّاً зареждам nabít lade laden γεμίζω (όπλο) cargar laadima فشنگ گذاری کردن ladata charger לִטעוֹן भरना napuniti municijom megtölt (fegyvert) memasukkan peluru hlaða caricare 装填する 장전하다 uþtaisyti pielādēt (ieroci) mengisi laden lade załadować carregar a încărca заряжать nabiť nabiti napuniti oružje ladda บรรจุกระสุน doldurmak, koymak 把彈藥裝入 заряджати بندوق میں بارود بھرنا nạp đạn 把弹药装入 3 to put film into (a camera). laai يَضَعُ فيلماً في الكاميرا зареждам nabít sætte film i Film einlegen βάζω φιλμ cargar laadima فیلم گذاشتن laittaa charger לְהַטעִין भरना staviti film u kameru betölt memasang film hlaða, setja filmu í caricare フィルムを入れる 필름을 끼우다 ádëti filmà ielikt (filmu) mengisi laden sette i (film) załadować carregar a pune film заряжать založiť film vstaviti staviti film u fotoaparat ladda, sätta film i บรรจุ (ฟิล์มในกล้องถ่ายรูป) koymak, takmak 把膠捲裝入 заряджати کیمرے میں ریل ڈالنا lắp phim 把胶卷装入 adj loaded 1 carrying a load a loaded van. gelaaide مُحَمَّل натоварен naložený læsset beladen φορτωμένος cargado koormatud بارگذاری شده kuormattu chargé עָמוּס भारित natovaren megrakott bermuatan hlaðinn, fullfermdur carico 荷を積んだ 짐을 싣은 pakrautas piekrauts membawa muatan geladen (tungt/fullt) lastet załadowany carregado încărcat гружёный naložený natovorjen natovaren lastad มีของบรรทุก yüklü, dolu 裝著貨的 навантажений بوجھ سے بھرا chịu tải 装着货的 2 (of a gun) containing ammunition a loaded pistol. gelaaide مَشْحون، مُعَبَّأ зареден nabitý ladt geladen γεμάτος (για όπλο) cargado laetud فشنگ گذاری شده ladattu chargé טָעוּן भरा हुआ napunjen megtöltött berisi peluru hlaðinn carico 装填した 탄환을 잰 užtaisytas pielādēts penuh berisi peluru geladen ladd naładowany carregado încărcat заряженный nabitý nabit napunjen laddad ที่บรรจุกระสุน dolu 裝有彈藥的 заряджений بارود سے بھرا có nạp đạn 装有弹药的 3 (of a camera) containing film. gelaaide يَحْتوي على فيلم зареден nabitý med film i mit eingelegtem Film γεμάτος, (για φωτογραφική μηχανή) cargado laetud فیلم گذاری شده ladattu chargé טָעוּן निहित अर्थ होना napunjen be van töltve berisi film hlaðinn carico フィルムの入った 필름을 넣은 su filmu (fotoaparāts u.tml.) ar ieliktu filmu berisi filem geladen med film i z filmem carregado care are film заряженный плёнкой nabitý vstavljen (film) koji sadrži film laddad, med film i ที่มีฟิล์ม dolu 裝有膠捲的 заряджений ریل سے بھرا có chứa phim 装有胶卷的 load → حِمل, يتلقى حملا náklad, naložit læsse, last beladen, Last φορτίο, φορτώνω carga, cargar kuorma, lastata charge, charger teret, tovariti caricare, carico 荷, 荷を積む 싣다, 짐 laden, vracht last, laste ładunek, załadować carga, carregar груз, грузить last, lasta น้ำหนักบรรทุก, บรรทุกสินค้า yük, yüklemek chở, vật nặng 装载, 负荷 Want to thank TFD for its existence? 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