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Definition of 'load' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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

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

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

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

5.  load
the weight supported by a structure or part.

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

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

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

9.  load
the charge for a firearm.

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

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

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

13.  load
a device that receives power.

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

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

16. (v.t.) load
to put a load on or in; fill:
to load a ship.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

26.  load
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.

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

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

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

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

31. (v.i.) load
to put on or take on a load, as of passengers or goods:
All trucks load at the platform.

32.  load
to load a firearm.

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

34.  load
to become filled or occupied.

35. (adv.) load
Informal. very much.

36.  load
to look at or listen to.

Etymology:  (bef. 1000; ME lode (n.))

Definition of 'load' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) load, loading, burden
weight to be borne or conveyed

2. (noun) load, loading
a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
"the system broke down under excessive loads"

3. (noun) cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment
goods carried by a large vehicle

4. (noun) load
an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate
"he got a load on and started a brawl"

5. (noun) load
the power output of a generator or power plant

6. (noun) burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus
an onerous or difficult concern
"the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"

7. (noun) lode, load
a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks

8. (noun) warhead, payload, 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

9. (verb) load
electrical device to which electrical power is delivered

10. (verb) load, lade, laden, load up
fill or place a load on
"load a car"; "load the truck with hay"

11. (verb) load, charge
provide (a device) with something necessary
"He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera"

12. (verb) load
transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory

13. (verb) load
put (something) on a structure or conveyance
"load the bags onto the trucks"

14. (verb) load, adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase
corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
"adulterate liquor"


Definition of 'load' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) load
the things carried, especially by a vehicle
a truck carrying a load of electronic equipment

2.  load
the amount of work sb has to do; = workload
a doctor's patient load

3.  load
a load of/loads of
a lot of
Loads of people eat unhealthily.

4. (verb) load
to fill or pack things into or onto sth
We loaded up the car with all the camping equipment.; a ship being loaded

5.  load
to put sth into a piece of equipment so that it can be used
Load the cartridge into the printer.; He was loading his gun.


Definition of 'load' Webster Dictionary 

1.  load
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

2.  load
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.  load
that which burdens, oppresses, or grieves the mind or spirits; as, a load of care

4.  load
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.  load
the charge of a firearm; as, a load of powder

6.  load
weight or violence of blows

7.  load
the work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working

8. (verb) load
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

9. (verb) load
to adulterate or drug; as, to load wine

10. (verb) load
to magnetize


Definition of 'load' The Standard Electrical Dictionary 

1.  load
In a dynamo the amperes of current delivered by it under any given conditions.


Definition of 'load' Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms 

1.  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.


Translation of 'load' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: something which is being carried
The lorry had to stop because its load had fallen off; She was carrying a load of groceries.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: vrag Arabic flag Arabic: حُمولَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: товар
Brazilian flag Brazilian: carga Czech flag Czech: náklad German flag German: die Ladung
Danish flag Danish: læs Greek flag Greek: φορτίο Spanish flag Spanish: carga
Estonian flag Estonian: koorem Farsi flag Farsi: محموله Finnish flag Finnish: kuorma
French flag French: charge, chargement Hebrew flag Hebrew: מַשָׂא Hindi flag Hindi: बोझा
Croatian flag Croatian: teret Hungarian flag Hungarian: rakomány Indonesian flag Indonesian: muatan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: byrði; hlass Italian flag Italian: carico Japanese flag Japanese: 積荷
Korean flag Korean:  Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: krovinys, našta Latvian flag Latvian: krava; nasta; smagums
Malay flag Malay: beban Dutch flag Dutch: lading Norwegian flag Norwegian: lass, ladning
Polish flag Polish: ładunek Persian flag Persian: ،بار محموله Pashto flag Pashto: كډه،بار او بستره
Portuguese flag Portuguese: carga Romanian flag Romanian: încărcătură, sarcină Russian flag Russian: груз
Slovak flag Slovak: náklad Slovenian flag Slovenian: tovor Serbian flag Serbian: teret
Swedish flag Swedish: last Thai flag Thai: ของบรรทุก Turkish flag Turkish: yük
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 裝載物 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: вантаж Urdu flag Urdu: بوجھ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: vật chở Chinese flag Chinese: 装载

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