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load (l

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.

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.

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 camera has a full load of film.

5. A single charge of ammunition for a firearm.

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 front-end load.

10. Informal A great number or amount. Often used in the plural: loads of parties during the holiday season.

11. Slang A heavy or overweight person.

12. Genetic load.

v. load·ed, load·ing, loads

v.tr.

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 weigh down; burden: was loaded with worries.

4. To insert (a necessary material) into a device: loaded film into the camera; loaded rounds into the rifle.

5. To insert a necessary material into: loaded the camera with film.

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 dilute, adulterate, or doctor. See Synonyms at adulterate.

9. To raise the power demand in (an electrical circuit), as by adding resistance.

10. To increase (an insurance premium or mutual fund share price) by adding expenses or sale costs.

11. Baseball To have or put runners on (first, second, and third base).

12. Computer Science

a. To transfer (data) from a storage device into a computer's memory.

b. To mount (a diskette) onto a floppy disk drive.

c. To mount (a magnetic tape) onto a tape drive.

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.

Idioms:

get a load of

1. Slang To look at; notice.

2. To listen to: Get a load of this!

have a load on

Slang To be intoxicated.

take a load off

To sit or lie down.

[Middle English lode, alteration (influenced by laden, to load) of lade, course, way, from Old English ld; see leit- in Indo-European roots.]

load

Noun

1. something to be borne or conveyed; weight

2. the amount borne or conveyed

3. something that weighs down or burdens: I have enough of a load to carry right now

4. Electronics the power delivered by a machine, generator, or circuit

5. an external force applied to a component or mechanism

6. a load of Informal a quantity of: a load of half-truths

7. get a load of Informal to pay attention to

Verb

1. to place cargo or goods upon (a ship or vehicle)

2. to burden or oppress

3. to supply in abundance: other treats are loaded with fat

4. to cause to be biased: the dice are loaded

5. to put ammunition into (a firearm)

6. Photog to insert film in (a camera)

7. to weight or bias (a roulette wheel or dice)

8. Computers to transfer (a program) to a memory

See also loads [Old English lād course; in meaning, influenced by lade]

loader n

load (l

1. The resistance, weight, or power drain sustained by a machine or electrical circuit. Compare effort.

2. The power output of a generator or power plant.

3. The amount of a pathogen or toxic substance present in an organism.

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.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	load - weight to be borne or conveyed loading, burden burthen - a variant of `burden' dead load - a constant load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) due to the weight of the supported structure itself live load, superload - a variable load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) such as moving traffic millstone - any load that is difficult to carry overburden, overload - an excessive burden overload - an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power weight - an artifact that is heavy
	2.	load - a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time; "the system broke down under excessive loads" loading indefinite quantity - an estimated quantity trainload - quantity that can be carried by a train
	3.	load - goods carried by a large vehicle cargo, consignment, freight, lading, shipment, payload, loading merchandise, product, ware - commodities offered for sale; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products"
	4.	load - an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate; "he got a load on and started a brawl" colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech indefinite quantity - an estimated quantity
	5.	load - the power output of a generator or power plant electric power, electrical power, wattage - the product of voltage and current
	6.	load - an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind" burden, encumbrance, onus, incumbrance headache, worry, vexation, concern - something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry" dead weight - an oppressive encumbrance fardel - a burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle) imposition - an uncalled-for burden; "he listened but resented the imposition" pill - something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured; "his competitor's success was a bitter pill to take"
	7.	load - a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks lode alluviation, deposit, sedimentation - the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating champion lode, mother lode - the main vein of ore in a deposit
	8.	load - the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents payload, warhead atomic warhead, nuclear warhead, nuke, thermonuclear warhead - the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb explosive - a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck guided missile - a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices
	9.	load - electrical device to which electrical power is delivered electrical device - a device that produces or is powered by electricity
Verb	1.	load - fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay" load up, lade, laden fill, fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" load down, pack - load with a pack bomb up - load an aircraft with bombs overcharge, overload, surcharge - place too much a load on; "don't overload the car" reload - place a new load on; "The movers reloaded the truck" stack - load or cover with stacks; "stack a truck with boxes"
	2.	load - provide (a device) with something necessary; "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera" charge fill, fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" recharge, reload - load anew; "She reloaded the gun carefully"
	3.	load - transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures transfer - move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital"
	4.	load - put (something) on a structure or conveyance; "load the bags onto the trucks" lay, place, put, set, position, pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
	5.	load - corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor" adulterate, dilute, debase, stretch stretch, extend - increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice" spoil, corrupt - alter from the original water down - thin by adding water to; "They watered down the moonshine" doctor, doctor up, sophisticate - alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive; "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol"

load

verb 1. fill, stuff, pack, pile, stack, heap, cram, freight, lade

verb 2. make ready, charge, prime, prepare to fire

noun 3. cargo, lading, delivery, haul, shipment, batch, freight, bale, consignment

noun 4. oppression, charge, pressure, worry, trouble, weight, responsibility, burden, affliction, onus, albatross, millstone, encumbrance, incubus

load someone down burden, worry, trouble, hamper, oppress, weigh down, saddle with, encumber, snow under

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.

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