load

load

a burden or cargo

Not to be confused with:

lode – an ore deposit

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load

 (lōd)

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.

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 lād; see leit- in Indo-European roots.]

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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. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a single charge of a firearm

5. (General Engineering) the weight that is carried by a structure. See also dead load, live load

6. (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. (General Engineering) the force acting on a component in a mechanism or structure

8. (Automotive Engineering) the resistance overcome by an engine or motor when it is driving a machine, etc

9. (General Engineering) an external force applied to a component or mechanism

10. a load of informal a quantity of: a load of nonsense.

11. get a load of informal pay attention to

12. have a load on slang US and Canadian to be intoxicated

13. shoot one's load slang (of a man) to ejaculate at orgasm

vb (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. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (also intr) to put an ammunition charge into (a firearm)

19. (Photography) photog to position (a film, cartridge, or plate) in (a camera)

20. (Gambling, except Cards) to weight or bias (a roulette wheel, dice, etc)

21. (Insurance) insurance to increase (a premium) to cover expenses, etc

22. (Electrical Engineering) to draw power from (an electrical device, such as a generator)

23. (Nuclear Physics) to add material of high atomic number to (concrete) to increase its effectiveness as a radiation shield

24. (Electrical Engineering) to increase the power output of (an electric circuit)

25. (Automotive Engineering) to increase the work required from (an engine or motor)

26. (General Engineering) to apply force to (a mechanism or component)

27. (Computer Science) computing to transfer (a program) to a memory

28. (Gambling, except Cards) to add weights to dice in order to bias them

29. to arrange to have a favourable or unfavourable position

[Old English lād course; in meaning, influenced by lade¹; related to lead¹]

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load

(loʊd)
n.

1. anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: a truck with a load of watermelons.

2. the quantity that can be or usu. is carried at one time, as in a cart.

3. this quantity taken as a unit of measure or weight (usu. used in combination): carload.

4. burden: a tree weighed down by its load of fruit.

5. the weight supported by a structure or part.

6. the amount of work assigned to or to be done as by a person, team, or mechanical system.

7. something that oppresses like a burden: That's a load off my mind.

8. loads, Informal. a great quantity or number: loads of fun.

9. the charge for a firearm.

10. a commission charged to buyers of mutual-fund shares.

11. any of the unmoving and unvarying forces that a structure is designed to oppose, as stress from wind or earthquake.

12.

a. the power delivered by a generator, motor, power station, or transformer.

b. a device that receives power.

13. the external resistance overcome by an engine, dynamo, or the like, under given conditions, measured and expressed in terms of the power required.

14. Slang. a sufficient amount of liquor drunk to cause intoxication: He's got a load on tonight.

v.t.

15. to put a load on or in; fill: to load a ship.

16. to supply abundantly, lavishly, or excessively with something (often fol. by down): They loaded us down with gifts.

17. to weigh down, burden, or oppress (often fol. by down): to load oneself down with obligations.

18. to insert a charge, projectile, etc., into (a firearm).

19. to place (film, tape, etc.) into a camera or other device.

20. to place film, tape, etc., into (a camera or other device).

21. to take on as a load: a ship loading coal.

22. to add to the weight of, sometimes fraudulently: The silver candlesticks were loaded with lead.

23. to increase (the net premium of an insurance policy) by adding charges, as for expenses.

24. to overcharge (a word, expression, etc.) with extraneous values of emotion, sentiment, or the like.

25. to add additional or prejudicial meaning to (a statement, question, etc.): The attorney kept loading his questions in the hope of getting the reply he wanted.

26. Baseball. to have or put runners at (first, second, and third bases): to load the bases with two out in the eighth inning.

27.

a. to bring (a program or data) into a computer's RAM, as from a disk, so as to make it available for processing.

b. to place (an input/output medium) into an appropriate device, as by inserting a disk into a disk drive.

28. to add (a power-absorbing device) to an electric circuit.

v.i.

29. to put on or take on a load, as of passengers or goods: All trucks load at the platform.

30. to load a firearm.

31. to enter a conveyance: The students loaded quickly into the buses.

32. to become filled or occupied.

adv.

33. loads, Informal. very much.

Idioms:

get a load of, Slang. to look at or listen to.

[before 1000; Middle English lode (n.)]

load′er, n.

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load

(lōd)

1. The resistance that a machine must overcome in order to work.

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

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load

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.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

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.

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

load

Past participle: loaded
Gerund: loading

Imperative

load

load

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load

To put a program into a computer’s memory from disk.

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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 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.

4. insert, place, put in, stick in, pop in (informal) A technician loads a videotape onto one of the machines.

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.

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load

noun

1. Something carried physically:

burden, cargo, freight, haul.

Sports: impost.

2. A quantity of explosive put into a weapon:

charge.

3. Informal. An indeterminately great amount or number.Often used in plural:

jillion, million (often used in plural), multiplicity, ream, trillion.

Informal: bushel, gob (often used in plural), heap (often used in plural), lot, oodles, passel, peck, scad (often used in plural), slew, wad, zillion.

verb

1. To place a burden or heavy load on:

burden, charge, cumber, encumber, freight, lade, saddle, tax, weight.

2. To make or become full; put as much into as can be held:

charge, fill, freight, heap, pack, pile.

3. To fill to overflowing:

heap, lade, pile.

4. To fill to excess by compressing or squeezing tightly:

cram, crowd, jam, mob, pack, stuff.

Informal: jam-pack.

5. To put (explosive material) into a weapon:

charge.

6. To give an inaccurate view of by representing falsely or misleadingly:

belie, color, distort, falsify, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, twist, warp, wrench, wrest.

Idiom: give a false coloring to.

7. To make impure or inferior by deceptively adding foreign substances:

adulterate, debase, doctor, sophisticate.

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Translations

حُمولَهشُحْنَةٌشَحْنَهشَحْنَه كهربائِيَّه، قُوَّهكميَّه كبيرَه

nákladnaložitspoustazatíženínabít

læsselastbelastningen masselade

beladenladenLadungLastLeistung

φορτίοφορτώνω

cargacargarcargamentocargomontón

kooremlaadimalaadunglast

kuormalastatalastiladata

chargechargerfardeaupuissancetas

terettovariti

megrakmegtöltrakrakodikrakomány

álagbyrîi; hlassfullt afhlaîahlaîa, ferma

caricarecaricopesopressioneriempire

荷荷を積む

싣다짐

įdėti filmąįkrovapakrautassu filmuužtaisytas

elektriskās strāvas stiprumsiekrautieliktkrautkrava

ladenladingpakvermogenvracht

lastesette istrømbelastningfullt lasslass

ładunekzaładowaćobciążaćobciążeniewgrać

cargacarregar

грузитьгруззаряжатьзагружать

založiť film

nabitinaložitinatovoritipolnititovor

lastlasta

น้ำหนักบรรทุกบรรทุกสินค้า

yükyüklemekbir sürüdoldurmakdolusu

bốc hàng lênvật nặng

装载负荷大量把弹药装入把胶卷装入

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

3. (= bias)
the dice were loaded → los dados estaban cargados
the dice are loaded against him (fig) → todo está en su contra
the situation is loaded in our favour → la situación se inclina a nuestro favor

C. VI

1. [lorry, ship] → cargar
"loading and unloading" → permitido carga y descarga

2. [gun, camera] → cargarse
how does this gun/camera load? → ¿cómo se carga esta pistola/cámara?

3. [person] → cargar
load! → ¡carguen armas!

D. CPD load factor N (Elec, Aer) → factor m de carga
load line N (Naut) → línea f de carga

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)

B. VI + ADV [vehicle] → cargarse; [person] → cargar
to load up on sth → cargarse de algo

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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

[washing]
I did three loads of washing → J'ai fait trois machines.

(= 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

[+ plate] → charger
He had loaded his plate with lasagne → Il avait chargé son assiette de lasagnes.

[+ paintbrush, roller] → charger

(COMPUTING) [+ program] → charger
to load data on a computer → charger des données dans un ordinateurload-bearing [ˈləʊdbɛərɪŋ] adj → porteur/euse

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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

(Elec) (supplied) → Leistung f; (carried) → Spannung f

(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 goods, truck) → laden; “loading and unloading” → „Be- und Entladen“

(= 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

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load

:

load-bearing

adj wall → tragend

load capacity

n (Elec) → Belastung(sfähigkeit) f; (of lorry) → maximale Nutzlast

load centre, (US) load center

n → Lastschwerpunkt m

load displacement

n (Naut) → Ladeverdrängung f

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load

:

load line

n → Ladelinie f

load space

n (Aut etc) → Ladefläche f

loadstar

n = lodestar

loadstone

n = lodestone

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load

[ləʊd]

1. n

a. (Elec, Tech) (burden) → carico; (weight) → peso

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

2. vt (also load up) to load (with) (lorry, ship) → caricare (di); (gun, camera) to load (with) → caricare (con)
he's loaded (down) with debts/worries → è carico di debiti/preoccupazioni
to load a program (Comput) → caricare un programma

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load

(ləud) noun

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 carga náklad die Ladung læs φορτίοcarga koorem محموله kuorma charge, chargementמשא बोझा teret rakomány muatan byrði; hlass carico 積荷 짐 krovinys, našta krava; nasta; smagums beban ladinglass, ladningładunek كډه،بار او بستره carga încărcătură, sarcină груз náklad tovor teret last ของบรรทุก yük 裝載物 вантаж بوجھ vật chở 装载

2. as much as can be carried at one time. two lorry-loads of earth. vragte شَحْنَه товар carregamento náklad die Ladung læs φορτίοpeso, cantidad koorem گنجایش kuorma chargementמלא लदान utovar rakomány muatan hlass carico １台分の荷 적재량 krovinys, įkrova pilna krava muatan ladinglassładunek د ځايدو يا د وړلو ظرفيت 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 montes de spousta eine Unmasse en masse μεγάλη ποσότητα, σωρός montones de, montón de palju به مقدار زیاد roppakaupalla un (des) tas de המון कार्य-सीमा mnogo rengeteg banyak fullt af sacco, mucchio 多量 많은 양 daug(ybė) liels daudzums; milzums banyak hoopmassevis avmnóstwo په ډيره اندازه montes de o mulţime de множество; уима, масса kopa mnogo masa [en] 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 carga zatížení die Leistung belastning φορτίοcarga 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 부하(負荷) apkrova elektriskās strāvas stiprums beban vermogenstrømbelastning obciążenie د موتور يا زيږونكى زيږنده قوت په فزيك كښى 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

verb

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) carregar naložit beladen læsse φορτώνωcargar 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 ladenlesse, laste (za)ładowywać, być ładowanym باروړل يا انتقالول carregar a (se) încărca грузить naložiť natovoriti utovariti lasta ยกขึ้น yüklemek 裝載 вантажити(ся), навантажувати ڈھونے والے سامان کو رکھنا chất 装截

2. to put ammunition into (a gun). He loaded the revolver and fired. laai يَشْحَن ، يَحْشو سِلاحا ناريّاً зареждам carregar nabít laden lade γεμίζωcargar 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 ladenladezaładować د چره ى ګولى په كاروړل 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 carregar nabít Film einlegen sætte film i 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��� 필름을 끼다 ��dëti filmà ielikt (filmu) mengisi ladensette izaładować په كمره كښى فلم اچول carregar a pune film заряжать založiť film vstaviti staviti film u fotoaparat ladda, sätta film i บรรจุ (ฟิล์มในกล้องถ่ายรูป) koymak, takmak 把底片裝入 заряджати کیمرے میں ریل ڈالنا lắp phim 把胶卷装入

ˈloaded adjective

1. carrying a load. a loaded van. gelaaide مُحَمَّل натоварен carregado naložený beladen læsset φορτωμένος cargado koormatud بارگذاری شده kuormattu chargéעמוס भारित natovaren megrakott bermuatan hlaðinn, fullfermdur carico 荷を積んだ 짐을 싣은 pakrautas piekrauts membawa muatan geladenlastet załadowany بار شوې لارۍ carregado încărcat гружёный naložený natovorjen natovaren lastad มีของบรรทุก yüklü, dolu 載貨的 навантажений بوجھ سے بھرا chịu tải 装着货的

2. (of a gun) containing ammunition. a loaded pistol. gelaaide مَشْحون، مُعَبَّأ зареден carregado nabitý geladen ladt γεμάτοςcargado laetud فشنگ گذاری شده ladattu chargéטעון भरा हुआ napunjen megtöltött berisi peluru hlaðinn carico 装填した 탄환을 잰 užtaisytas pielādēts penuh berisi peluru geladenladd naładowany ګولى لرونكى توپانچه 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 carregado nabitý mit eingelegtem Film med film i γεμάτος, cargado laetud فیلم گذاری شده ladattu chargéטעון 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 geladenmed film i z filmem فلم لرونكى كمره carregado care are film заряженный плёнкой nabitý vstavljen (film) koji sadrži film laddad, med film i ที่มีฟิล์ม dolu 裝有底片的 заряджений ریل سے بھرا có chứa phim 装有胶卷的

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→ شُحْنَةٌ, يَشْحَنُ 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 bốc hàng lên, vật nặng 装载, 负荷

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

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n. carga, peso;

___ dose → dosis de ___;

v. cargar, recargar.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

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n carga; viral — carga viral

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