load (ləʊd
)
Definitions
noun
- something to be borne or conveyed; weight
- 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
- See a load of
- See get a load of
- See have a load on
- See shoot one's load
verb (mainly tr)
- (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
- See load the dice
See also
loadsWord Origin
Old English lād course; in meaning, influenced by ladeOld English course; in meaning, influenced by 1; related to ; related to leadOld English course; in meaning, influenced by ; related to 1Synonyms
View thesaurus entry=
oppression,
charge,
pressure,
worry,
trouble,
weight,
responsibility,
burden,
affliction,
onus,
albatross,
millstone,
encumbrance,
incubus,
Translations
- 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 He drove by with a big load of hay.
- Spanish:
carga
nf
- French:
charge
nf
- German:
Last
nf
- Chinese: 负荷 n
- Arabic: شُحْنَةٌ n
- Portuguese: carga nf
- Russian: груз nm
- Croatian: teret nm
- Czech: náklad nm
- Danish: last nutr
- Dutch: vracht n
- Finnish: kuorma n
- Greek: φορτίο nnt
- Italian: carico nm
- Japanese: 荷 n
- Korean: 짐 n
- Norwegian: last nm
- Polish: ładunek nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: carga nf
- European Spanish:
carga
nf
- Swedish: last nutr
- Thai: น้ำหนักบรรทุก n
- Turkish: yük n
- Vietnamese: vật nặng n
- British English:
load
If you load a vehicle, you put something on it.We finished loading the bags on to the lorry.ləʊd VERB We finished loading the bags on to the lorry.
- Spanish:
cargar
v
- French:
charger
vt
- German:
beladen
v
- Chinese: 装载 v
- Arabic: يَشْحَنُ vt
- Portuguese: carregar v
- Russian: грузить v
- Croatian: tovariti v
- Czech: naložit v nakládat
- Danish: læsse v
- Dutch: laden v
- Finnish: lastata v
- Greek: φορτώνω v
- Italian: caricare v
- Japanese: 荷を積む v
- Korean: 싣다 v
- Norwegian: laste v
- Polish: załadować v ładować
- Brazilian Portuguese: carregar v
- European Spanish:
cargar
v
- Swedish: lasta v
- Thai: บรรทุกสินค้า v
- Turkish: yüklemek v
- Vietnamese: chở v
Usage examples
There was one more load to be towed down under the existing agreement.
, High Stand (1985)While holes in low load areas are relatively easy to repair, damage in highly stressed areas can write a structure off.
Yachting Boating World (2004)Meanwhile, Brazil's enormous debt load means that it needs to be on the receiving end of foreign capital all the time.
Globe and Mail (2003)Following current styling philosophy, the estate doesn't look like a saloon with a casually added load area.
Glasgow Herald (2001)The crust sags to accommodate the new load deposited upon it.
, THE EARTH: An Intimate History (2004)