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load  (ld)

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 camera has a full load of film.

5. A single charge of ammunition for a firearm.

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 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.

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 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.

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

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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

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load  (ld)

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.

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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.

Thesaurus

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"

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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

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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.

Translations

load [ləud] n (gen) → carga (= weight); peso

vt (COMPUT) → cargar;

(also: load up): to load (with) → cargar (con or de);

a load of, loads of (fig) → (gran) cantidad de, montones de

load [ləud] n (= weight) → poids m (= thing carried); chargement m, charge f;

(Elec, Tech) → charge

vt to load (with) (also: load up) [+ lorry, ship]; charger (de) [+ gun, camera]; charger (avec);

(Comput) → charger;

a load of, loads of (fig) → un or des tas de, des masses de;

to talk a load of rubbish (inf) → dire des bêtises

load [ləud] n → Last f [of vehicle] → Ladung f (= weight, Elec); Belastung f

vt (also: load up) → beladen [+ gun, program, data]; laden;

that's a load of rubbish (inf) → das ist alles Blödsinn;

loads of, a load of (fig) → jede Menge;

to load a camera → einen Film einlegen

load [ləud] n (= weight) → peso;

(ELEC, TECH), (= thing carried); carico

vt to load (with) [+ lorry, ship] → caricare (di) [+ gun, camera]; caricare (con);

a load of, loads of (fig) → un sacco di;

to load a program (COMPUT) → caricare un programma

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load

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, lasti 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 한짐, 적재량 krovinys, įkrova pilna krava muatan lading (fullt) lass ładunek carregamento transport загрузка náklad obremenitev tovar last น้ำหนักบรรทุก ... dolusu 裝截量 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 paljon un (des) tas de הֲמוֹן कार्य-सीमा mnogo rengeteg banyak fullt af sacco, mucchio 多量 다량 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 kuormitus charge מִטעַן חַשמָל बोझख, विद्युत-भार napon terhelés tegangan listrik álag carico 負荷 (전기의) 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 ladata charger לְהַטעִין भरना staviti film u kameru betölt memasang film hlaða, setja filmu í caricare フィルムを入れる 필름을 넣다 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 把膠卷裝入 заряджати کیمرے میں ریل ڈالنا lắp phim 把胶卷装入

adj ˈloaded

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 실은 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 장전된 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 필름이 든 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 裝有膠卷的 заряджений ریل سے بھرا có chứa phim 装有胶卷的