Word Frequency
load (ləʊd
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Definitions
noun
- something to be borne or conveyed; weight
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- the usual amount borne or conveyed
- (in combination) ⇒
a carload
- something that weighs down, oppresses, or burdens ⇒
that's a load off my mind
- a single charge of a firearm
- the weight that is carried by a structure See also dead load, live load
- (electrical engineering, electronics)
- a device that receives or dissipates the power from an amplifier, oscillator, generator, or some other source of signals
- the power delivered by a machine, generator, circuit, etc
- the force acting on a component in a mechanism or structure
- the resistance overcome by an engine or motor when it is driving a machine, etc
- an external force applied to a component or mechanism
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See a load of
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See get a load of
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See have a load on
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See shoot one's load
verb
- also intr to place or receive (cargo, goods, etc) upon (a ship, lorry, etc)
- to burden or oppress
- to supply or beset (someone) with in abundance or overwhelmingly ⇒
they loaded her with gifts
- to cause to be biased ⇒
to load a question
- also intr to put an ammunition charge into (a firearm)
- (photography) to position (a film, cartridge, or plate) in (a camera)
- to weight or bias (a roulette wheel, dice, etc)
- (insurance) to increase (a premium) to cover expenses, etc
- to draw power from (an electrical device, such as a generator)
- to add material of high atomic number to (concrete) to increase its effectiveness as a radiation shield
- to increase the power output of (an electric circuit)
- to increase the work required from (an engine or motor)
- to apply force to (a mechanism or component)
- (computing) to transfer (a program) to a memory
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See load the dice
See also
loadsWord Origin
Old English lād course; in meaning, influenced by lade1; related to lead1Synonyms
View thesaurus entry = oppression, charge, pressure, worry, trouble, weight, responsibility, burden, affliction, onus, albatross, millstone, encumbrance, incubus
Translations for 'load'
- British English: load A load is something, usually large or heavy, which is being carried.He drove by with a big load of hay.ləʊd NOUN
- Arabic: شُحْنَةٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: carga
- Chinese: 负荷
- Croatian: teret
- Czech: náklad
- Danish: lastladning
- Dutch: vracht
- European Spanish: cargapeso
- Finnish: kuorma
- French: chargepoids
- German: LastGewicht
- Greek: φορτίο
- Italian: carico
- Japanese: 荷
- Korean: 짐
- Norwegian: last
- Polish: ładunek
- Portuguese: carga
- Romanian: încărcătură încărcături
- Russian: груз
- Spanish: cargapeso
- Swedish: last
- Thai: น้ำหนักบรรทุก
- Turkish: yük
- Ukrainian: вантаж
- Vietnamese: vật nặng
- British English: load If you load a vehicle, you put something on it.We finished loading the bags on to the lorry.ləʊd VERB
- Arabic: يَشْحَنُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: carregar
- Chinese: 装载
- Croatian: tovariti
- Czech: naložit nakládat
- Danish: læsse
- Dutch: laden
- European Spanish: cargarpeso
- Finnish: lastata
- French: charger
- German: beladen
- Greek: φορτώνω
- Italian: caricare
- Japanese: 荷を積む
- Korean: 싣다
- Norwegian: laste
- Polish: załadować ładować
- Portuguese: carregar
- Romanian: a încărca
- Russian: грузить
- Spanish: cargarPoner peso sobre algo
- Swedish: lasta
- Thai: บรรทุกสินค้า
- Turkish: yüklemek
- Ukrainian: вантажити навантажити
- Vietnamese: bốc hàng lên
Example Sentences Including 'load'
His patient had the strength to speak and was clear and load.Let Not the Deep
In these cases the tax load is excessively high, or the property may carry added liabilities.Globe and Mail (2003)
Myers and Kielty hit back-to-back singles to open the fourth inning and Lowe walked Eric Hinske to load the bases.Globe and Mail (2003)
Sharpe stayed where he was, half buried in the wagon's high load.SHARPE'S PREY (2002)
She was lost in the Biscay with a load of cement in `86. "His face brightened.Cormorant
The company blamed the earnings downturn on adverse media comment, which it said had shrunk its case load.Glasgow Herald (2001)
The fight continued and sailing downwind Cherry was able to off load his penalty by forcing Males to infringe the rules.Yachting Boating World (2004)
The statement for December showed a load factor of 88 %, up from 81 % in the same month in 2000.Glasgow Herald (2002)
Then they either fly the load across to one of the naval ships, or they can head back to the Scillies.Let Not the Deep
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