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LOAD
cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment
(noun) goods carried by a large vehicle
load, loading, burden
(noun) weight to be borne or conveyed
load
(noun) electrical device to which electrical power is delivered
warhead, payload, load
(noun) the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus
(noun) an onerous or difficult concern; “the burden of responsibility”; “that’s a load off my mind”
lode, load
(noun) a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
load
(noun) the power output of a generator or power plant
load
(noun) an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate; “he got a load on and started a brawl”
load, loading
(noun) a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time; “the system broke down under excessive loads”
load, lade, laden, load up
(verb) fill or place a load on; “load a car”; “load the truck with hay”
load, charge
(verb) provide (a device) with something necessary; “He loaded his gun carefully”; “load the camera”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
load (plural loads)
A burden; a weight to be carried.
(figuratively) A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.
A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.
A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle.
(in combination) Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle
(often, in the plural, colloquial) A large number or amount.
The volume of work required to be performed.
(engineering) The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.
(electrical engineering) The electrical current or power delivered by a device.
(engineering) A resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing work.
(electrical engineering) Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit.
A unit of measure for various quantities.
The viral load
A very small explosive inserted as a gag into a cigarette or cigar.
The charge of powder for a firearm.
(obsolete) Weight or violence of blows.
(vulgar, slang) The contents (e.g. semen) of an ejaculation.
(euphemism) Nonsense; rubbish.
(computing) The process of loading something, i.e. transferring it into memory or over a network, etc.
Synonyms
• (unspecific heavy weight to be carried): charge, freight
• (unit of lead): fodder, fother, cartload, carrus, charrus
• (the contents of one's ejaculation): cumwad, wad
Hyponyms
• (1/12 cartload of wool & for smaller divisions): wey
• (1/30 cartload of lead & for smaller divisions): fotmal
• (1/36 cartload of straw or hay & for smaller divisions): truss
Verb
load (third-person singular simple present loads, present participle loading, simple past loaded, past participle (archaic) loaden or loaded)
(transitive) To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).
(transitive) To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage.
(intransitive) To put a load on something.
(intransitive) To receive a load.
(intransitive) To be placed into storage or conveyance.
(transitive) To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.
(transitive) To insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a reel of film into a camera, sheets of paper into a printer etc.
(transitive) To fill (an apparatus) with raw material.
(intransitive) To be put into use in an apparatus.
(transitive, computing) To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory.
(intransitive, computing) To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.
(transitive, baseball) To put runners on first, second and third bases
(transitive) To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome.
(transitive) To ask or adapt a question so that it will be more likely to be answered in a certain way.
(transitive) To encumber with something negative, to place as an encumbrance.
(transitive) To provide in abundance.
(transitive) To weight (a cane, whip, etc.) with lead or similar.
(transitive, archaic, slang) To adulterate or drug.
(transitive, archaic) To magnetize.
Anagrams
• Aldo, alod, odal
Source: Wiktionary
Load, n. Etym: [OE. lode load, way; properly the same word as lode, but confused with lade, load, v. See Lade, Lead, v., Lode.]
1. A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load. He might such a load To town with his ass carry. Gower.
2. The quantity which can be carried or drawn in some specified way; the contents of a cart, barrow, or vessel; that which will constitute a cargo; lading.
3. That which burdens, oppresses, or grieves the mind or spirits; as, a load of care. " A . . . load of guilt." Ray. " Our life's a load." Dryden.
4. A particular measure for certain articles, being as much as may be carried at one time by the conveyance commonly used for the article measured; as, a load of wood; a load of hay; specifically, five quarters.
5. The charge of a firearm; as, a load of powder.
6. Weight or violence of blows. [Obs.] Milton.
7. (Mach.)
Definition: The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working. Load line, or Load water line (Naut.), the line on the outside of a vessel indicating the depth to which it sinks in the water when loaded.
Syn.
– Burden; lading; weight; cargo. See Burden.
Load, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Loading. Loaden is obsolete, and laden belongs to lade.]
1. To lay a load or burden on or in, as on a horse or in a cart; to charge with a load, as a gun; to furnish with a lading or cargo, as a ship; hence, to add weight to, so as to oppress or embarrass; to heap upon. I strive all in vain to load the cart. Gascoigne. I have loaden me with many spoils. Shak. Those honors deep and broad, wherewith Your majesty loads our house. Shak.
2. To adulterate or drug; as, to load wine. [Cant]
3. To magnetize.[Obs.] Prior. Loaded dice, dice with one side made heavier than the others, so that the number on the opposite side will come up oftenest.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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