load

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noun

ˈlōd

: the quantity that can be carried at one time by a specified means

especially : a measured quantity of a commodity fixed for each type of carrier

—often used in combination

a boatload of tourists

: whatever is put on a person or pack animal to be carried : pack

donkeys with heavy loads

: whatever is put in a ship or vehicle or airplane for conveyance : cargo

The ship was carrying a load of automobiles.

especially : a quantity of material assembled or packed as a shipping unit

: a mass or weight supported by something

branches bent low by their load of fruit

: the forces to which a structure is subjected due to superposed weight or to wind pressure on the vertical surfaces

broadly : the forces to which a given object is subjected

Losing weight will lessen the load on your knees.

: something that weighs down the mind or spirits

took a load off her mind

: a burdensome or laborious responsibility

always carried his share of the load

slang : an intoxicating amount of liquor drunk

: a large quantity : lot

—usually used in plural

The boy had loads of toys.

: a charge for a firearm

: the quantity of material loaded into a device at one time

: external resistance overcome by a machine or prime mover

: power output (as of a power plant) or power consumption (as by a device)

: a device to which power is delivered

a(1)

: the amount of work that a person carries or is expected to carry

his heavy load of day-to-day work

New York Times

(2)

: the amount of authorized work to be performed by a machine, a group, a department, or a factory

The washer can take a 10-pound load.

: the demand on the operating resources of a system (such as a telephone exchange or a refrigerating apparatus)

slang : eyeful

—used in the phrase get a load of

Get a load of his new car.

: the amount of a deleterious or pathogenic agent, growth, or substance present in a human or animal body or test sample (as of blood or tissue)

Recent advances in our knowledge about how HIV replicates sprang from new technology able to measure viral load—the level of HIV—in the blood. … The higher a person's viral load, the faster he or she gets sick.

Discover

In patients with a heavy hepatic tumor load, liver transplantation may prolong useful life.

Scientific American Medicine Bulletin

Over time the worm load will damage the heart, shortening the dog's life.

Susan Sharpe

called also burden

: an amount added (as to the price of a security or the net premium in insurance) to represent selling expense and profit to the distributor

: genetic load

load

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verb

loaded; loading; loads

transitive verb

: to put a load in or on

load a truck

: to place in or on a means of conveyance

load freight

: to encumber or oppress with something heavy, laborious, or disheartening : burden

a company loaded down with debts

: to place as a burden or obligation

load more work on him

: to increase the weight of by adding something heavy

: to add a conditioning substance (such as a mineral salt) to for body

: to weight or shape (dice) to fall unfairly

: to pack with one-sided or prejudicial influences : bias

: to charge with multiple meanings (such as emotional associations or hidden implications)

: to weight (something, such as a test) with factors influencing validity or outcome

: to supply in abundance or excess : heap, pack

: to put runners on (first, second, and third bases) in baseball

: to put a load or charge in (a device or piece of equipment)

load a gun

: to place or insert especially as a load in a device or piece of equipment

load film in a camera

: to copy or transfer (something, such as a program or data) into the memory of a digital device (such as a computer) especially from an external source (such as a disk drive or the Internet)

Load a new program or game onto your hard disk, and you must run an installation program that decompresses the information held on the floppy disks

Paul C. Schuytema

: to put a supply of funds or resources into (an account, a gift card, etc.)

She was told to go to the Dollar General Store and load a Google Play gift card with $100.

The Times Reporter (New Philadelphia, Ohio)

: to alter (something, such as an alcoholic drink) by adding an adulterant or drug

: to add a load to (an insurance premium)

: to add a sum to after profits and expenses are accounted for

loaded prices

intransitive verb

: to receive a load

: to put a load on or in a carrier, device, or container

especially : to insert the charge or cartridge in the chamber of a firearm

: to go or go in as a load

tourists loading onto a bus

: to become loaded into a computer's memory

the program loads quickly

loader noun

Phrases

load up on

: to ingest in usually large amounts

senators loading up on fried chicken and champagne

H. L. Mencken

: to acquire in usually large amounts

loaded up on hot stocks

Synonyms

Noun

burden
cargo
draft
freight
haul
lading
loading
payload
weight

Verb

burden
encumber
freight
lade
laden
lumber
saddle
weight

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Example Sentences

Noun He lifted the load onto his shoulders. She was carrying a heavy load of legal documents in her briefcase. He picked up a load of firewood and carried it into the house. The truck was carrying a full load of sand. Losing weight will lessen the load on your knees. His death is a heavy load to bear. Verb load a truck with packages Workers were loading and unloading the ships as they came into port. We loaded up and drove off. load packages on a truck We loaded our luggage in the car and drove off. Workers were loading cargo on the ships. She loaded the table with all kinds of delicious foods. load a tape into the VCR The film didn't load properly. The bus stopped to load a few more passengers. See More

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

In this case, one wing hit the ground; the other was sheared off by the force of the impact with the Pentagon’s load-bearing columns, explains Sozen, who specializes in the behavior of concrete buildings.

Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 9 Sep. 2022 How confident is Georgia that McIntosh and Milton can take on a bigger load of carries?

James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2022 Even with a merger debt load of $53 billion to $55 billion, somebody needs to put down the ducky and rethink that one.

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022 Part of Interstate 55 in Memphis was forced to close around rush hour on Tuesday evening after an 18-wheeler crashed and unleashed a load of alfredo sauce that spilled over multiple lanes.

Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 31 Aug. 2022 This is most evident whenever anyone takes their sweet time to complete a task, which was originally used to mask a PS3-era load of textures and assets.

Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 31 Aug. 2022 Store a load of supple, but not yet wrinkly, ripe tomatoes in a large resealable bag and freeze overnight.

Mehreen Karim, Bon Appétit, 29 Aug. 2022 Instead of shelling out the money, take advantage of the fact that many tree trimmers will drop off a free load to avoid the fees that most municipalities charge them to dispose of removed trees and branches at local landfills or recycle centers.

Laura Daily, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022 Reinforced by its load-bearing battery, the Rimac’s chassis feels as rigid as a submarine hatch.

Dan Neil, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022

Verb

The group needs 15 volunteers to help load the truck and trailer at the build location and unload them at their storage location at Stor-n-Lock Self Storage in Westland once the day is over.

Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2022 Android browsers store a lot of site data to load websites very quickly.

Toby Grey, BGR, 6 Sep. 2022 Voth conceded three straight singles to load the bases, then forced a shallow flyout before his early hook after 3 1/3 innings.

Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 3 Sep. 2022 The plan for the next attempt is to re-load the rocket with propellant for a potential flight, but start the engine chilling procedure sooner.

Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 31 Aug. 2022 Engineers were finally able to fully load the core stage on June 20, but only after a leaking quick-disconnect fitting was isolated that prevented the flow of hydrogen coolant to the core stage engines — a requirement for an actual launch.

William Harwood, CBS News, 30 Aug. 2022 The hold was lifted at 1:13 a.m. ET, and the tanking process began to load the rocket's core stage with supercold liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen.

Aditi Sangal, CNN, 29 Aug. 2022 The Diamondbacks began the second with a walk, a catcher’s interference called on Carlos Pérez and a single to load the bases.

Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2022 Slow to load, awkward to use, and insistent on trying to sort and organize my inbox for me by adding labels and shunting things into separate tabs.

WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022 See More

单词	load
释义	load 1 of 2 noun ˈlōd 1 a : the quantity that can be carried at one time by a specified means especially : a measured quantity of a commodity fixed for each type of carrier —often used in combination a boatload of tourists b : whatever is put on a person or pack animal to be carried : pack donkeys with heavy loads c : whatever is put in a ship or vehicle or airplane for conveyance : cargo The ship was carrying a load of automobiles. especially : a quantity of material assembled or packed as a shipping unit 2 a : a mass or weight supported by something branches bent low by their load of fruit b : the forces to which a structure is subjected due to superposed weight or to wind pressure on the vertical surfaces broadly : the forces to which a given object is subjected Losing weight will lessen the load on your knees. 3 a : something that weighs down the mind or spirits took a load off her mind b : a burdensome or laborious responsibility always carried his share of the load 4 slang : an intoxicating amount of liquor drunk 5 : a large quantity : lot —usually used in plural The boy had loads of toys. 6 a : a charge for a firearm b : the quantity of material loaded into a device at one time 7 : external resistance overcome by a machine or prime mover 8 a : power output (as of a power plant) or power consumption (as by a device) b : a device to which power is delivered 9 a(1) : the amount of work that a person carries or is expected to carry his heavy load of day-to-day work New York Times (2) : the amount of authorized work to be performed by a machine, a group, a department, or a factory The washer can take a 10-pound load. b : the demand on the operating resources of a system (such as a telephone exchange or a refrigerating apparatus) 10 slang : eyeful —used in the phrase get a load of Get a load of his new car. 11 : the amount of a deleterious or pathogenic agent, growth, or substance present in a human or animal body or test sample (as of blood or tissue) Recent advances in our knowledge about how HIV replicates sprang from new technology able to measure viral load—the level of HIV—in the blood. … The higher a person's viral load, the faster he or she gets sick. Discover In patients with a heavy hepatic tumor load, liver transplantation may prolong useful life. Scientific American Medicine Bulletin Over time the worm load will damage the heart, shortening the dog's life. Susan Sharpe called also burden 12 : an amount added (as to the price of a security or the net premium in insurance) to represent selling expense and profit to the distributor 13 : genetic load load 2 of 2 verb loaded; loading; loads transitive verb 1 a : to put a load in or on load a truck b : to place in or on a means of conveyance load freight 2 a : to encumber or oppress with something heavy, laborious, or disheartening : burden a company loaded down with debts b : to place as a burden or obligation load more work on him 3 a : to increase the weight of by adding something heavy b : to add a conditioning substance (such as a mineral salt) to for body c : to weight or shape (dice) to fall unfairly d : to pack with one-sided or prejudicial influences : bias e : to charge with multiple meanings (such as emotional associations or hidden implications) f : to weight (something, such as a test) with factors influencing validity or outcome 4 a : to supply in abundance or excess : heap, pack b : to put runners on (first, second, and third bases) in baseball 5 a : to put a load or charge in (a device or piece of equipment) load a gun b : to place or insert especially as a load in a device or piece of equipment load film in a camera c : to copy or transfer (something, such as a program or data) into the memory of a digital device (such as a computer) especially from an external source (such as a disk drive or the Internet) Load a new program or game onto your hard disk, and you must run an installation program that decompresses the information held on the floppy disks Paul C. Schuytema d : to put a supply of funds or resources into (an account, a gift card, etc.) She was told to go to the Dollar General Store and load a Google Play gift card with $100. The Times Reporter (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 6 : to alter (something, such as an alcoholic drink) by adding an adulterant or drug 7 a : to add a load to (an insurance premium) b : to add a sum to after profits and expenses are accounted for loaded prices intransitive verb 1 : to receive a load 2 : to put a load on or in a carrier, device, or container especially : to insert the charge or cartridge in the chamber of a firearm 3 : to go or go in as a load tourists loading onto a bus 4 : to become loaded into a computer's memory the program loads quickly loader noun Phrases load up on 1 : to ingest in usually large amounts senators loading up on fried chicken and champagne H. L. Mencken 2 : to acquire in usually large amounts loaded up on hot stocks Synonyms Noun burden cargo draft freight haul lading loading payload weight Verb burden encumber freight lade laden lumber saddle weight See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun He lifted the load onto his shoulders. She was carrying a heavy load of legal documents in her briefcase. He picked up a load of firewood and carried it into the house. The truck was carrying a full load of sand. Losing weight will lessen the load on your knees. His death is a heavy load to bear. Verb load a truck with packages Workers were loading and unloading the ships as they came into port. We loaded up and drove off. load packages on a truck We loaded our luggage in the car and drove off. Workers were loading cargo on the ships. She loaded the table with all kinds of delicious foods. load a tape into the VCR The film didn't load properly. The bus stopped to load a few more passengers. See More Recent Examples on the Web Noun In this case, one wing hit the ground; the other was sheared off by the force of the impact with the Pentagon’s load-bearing columns, explains Sozen, who specializes in the behavior of concrete buildings. Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 9 Sep. 2022 How confident is Georgia that McIntosh and Milton can take on a bigger load of carries? James Crepea \| The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2022 Even with a merger debt load of $53 billion to $55 billion, somebody needs to put down the ducky and rethink that one. Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022 Part of Interstate 55 in Memphis was forced to close around rush hour on Tuesday evening after an 18-wheeler crashed and unleashed a load of alfredo sauce that spilled over multiple lanes. Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 31 Aug. 2022 This is most evident whenever anyone takes their sweet time to complete a task, which was originally used to mask a PS3-era load of textures and assets. Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 31 Aug. 2022 Store a load of supple, but not yet wrinkly, ripe tomatoes in a large resealable bag and freeze overnight. Mehreen Karim, Bon Appétit, 29 Aug. 2022 Instead of shelling out the money, take advantage of the fact that many tree trimmers will drop off a free load to avoid the fees that most municipalities charge them to dispose of removed trees and branches at local landfills or recycle centers. Laura Daily, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022 Reinforced by its load-bearing battery, the Rimac’s chassis feels as rigid as a submarine hatch. Dan Neil, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022 Verb The group needs 15 volunteers to help load the truck and trailer at the build location and unload them at their storage location at Stor-n-Lock Self Storage in Westland once the day is over. Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2022 Android browsers store a lot of site data to load websites very quickly. Toby Grey, BGR, 6 Sep. 2022 Voth conceded three straight singles to load the bases, then forced a shallow flyout before his early hook after 3 1/3 innings. Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 3 Sep. 2022 The plan for the next attempt is to re-load the rocket with propellant for a potential flight, but start the engine chilling procedure sooner. Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 31 Aug. 2022 Engineers were finally able to fully load the core stage on June 20, but only after a leaking quick-disconnect fitting was isolated that prevented the flow of hydrogen coolant to the core stage engines — a requirement for an actual launch. William Harwood, CBS News, 30 Aug. 2022 The hold was lifted at 1:13 a.m. ET, and the tanking process began to load the rocket's core stage with supercold liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen. Aditi Sangal, CNN, 29 Aug. 2022 The Diamondbacks began the second with a walk, a catcher’s interference called on Carlos Pérez and a single to load the bases. Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2022 Slow to load, awkward to use, and insistent on trying to sort and organize my inbox for me by adding labels and shunting things into separate tabs. WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Noun and Verb Middle English lod, from Old English lād support, carrying — more at lode First Known Use Noun 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Verb 15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a Phrases Containing load dead load course load debt load get a load of load line load factor live load no-load take a load off (one's feet) spring-load off-load take a load/weight off someone's mind take a load off someone's mind tumor load genetic load load the dice load down with load of laundry front-end load carbo-load front-load load up on worm load viral load See More dead load course load debt load get a load of load line load factor live load no-load take a load off (one's feet) spring-load off-load take a load/weight off someone's mind take a load off someone's mind tumor load genetic load load the dice load down with load of laundry front-end load carbo-load front-load load up on worm load viral load See More Kids Definition load 1 of 2 noun ˈlōd 1 : something lifted up and carried : burden 2 : the quantity of material put into a device at one time He washed a load of clothes. 3 : a large number or amount They collected loads of candy on Halloween. 4 : a mass or weight supported by something 5 : something that causes worry or sadness That's a load off my mind. 6 : a charge for a firearm load 2 of 2 verb loaded; loading 1 : to put a load in or on They loaded the truck. 2 : to supply abundantly Newspapers loaded her with praise. 3 : to put something into a device so it can be used You have to load film into the camera. Medical Definition load 1 of 2 noun ˈlōd 1 a : a mass or weight put on something b : the amount of stress put on something this normal instinctive fear which adds its load to the nervous system H. G. Armstrong c : an amount of something (as food or water) added to the body or available for use in some physiological process the cell's response to an increased metabolic load Emergency Medicine 2 : the number or quantity (as of patients) to be accommodated or treated the patient load of physicians in private practice Journal of the American Medical Association 3 : the amount of a deleterious microorganism, parasite, growth, or substance present in a human or animal body measure viral load in the blood the worm load in rats called also burden 4 : genetic load load 2 of 2 transitive verb 1 : to put a load in or on rabbits were loaded with … pyruvate by intravenous injections Experiment Station Record 2 : to weight (as a test or experimental situation) with factors influencing validity or outcome 3 : to change by adding an adulterant or drug patent medicines were loaded with narcotics D. W. Maurer & V. H. Vogel Legal Definition load noun : an amount added (as to the price of a security or the net premium in insurance) to represent selling expense and profit to the distributor compare no-load load 1 of 2 verb 1 as in to burden to place a weight or burden on students complaining that their teachers were loading them with work Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance burden weight fill freight pack laden saddle stack pile lumber weigh lade encumber overload heap clutter tax clog mound hamper overburden surcharge strain handicap press overtax oppress afflict Antonyms & Near Antonyms unload discharge lighten relieve alleviate ease unlade unburden disburden disencumber See More 2 as in to fill to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained she loaded her plate at the buffet with as much food as she could carry and with more than any sane person should eat Synonyms & Similar Words fill pack stuff heap cram brim jam charge refill flood reload jam-pack bulk shove bloat glut ram replenish drench squeeze repack refresh swamp saturate squash mat overflow penetrate overcharge crowd overfill crush press honeycomb Antonyms & Near Antonyms lighten empty eliminate clear drain evacuate vacate void draw (off) exhaust clean bleed sweep deplete purge flush scour See More load 2 of 2 noun 1 as in loading a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported hoisted a load of grain on the truck going to Florida Synonyms & Similar Words loading burden payload cargo haul freight weight lading draft shipment truckload overload carload ballast pack bale package consignment boatload bundle wagonload trainload bulk packet shipload deadweight manifest surcharge mass body parcel 2 as in ton loads plural a considerable amount there's no rush, since we've got loads of time left Synonyms & Similar Words ton plenty lot truckload pile stack heap gobs quantity boatload bucket much carload wad chunk hundred volume bundle basketful oodles mountain slew pack peck raft store shipload abundance bushel reams scads fistful yard sheaf dozen mess myriad wealth barrel plateful good deal mass multiplicity pot bunch plenitude profusion lashings deal passel surplus quite a bit spate plentitude potful all kinds (of) sight lashins excess flood overabundance overflow deluge rash plague cram redundancy surfeit overage overkill oversupply crush superabundance plethora score sea epidemic embarrassment bonanza swarm press thousands bevy overmuch host multitude flock horde drove million army superfluity herd throng zillion trillion crowd mob gazillion legion jillion kazillion Antonyms & Near Antonyms strain grain bit taste handful touch pinch trace sprinkling spot hint lick mouthful fragment peanuts shade particle ounce drop sprinkle scrap dram shadow suspicion pittance shred ray mite whit streak atom molecule speck dab ace granule tad nip glimmer jot portion mote dot modicum section scruple tittle shot little crumb smattering iota smidgin piece dash smidgen smidgeon smidge scintilla shortage driblet lack morsel fleck absence flyspeck deficit want scarcity poverty nubbin deficiency paucity smatter famine insufficiency inadequacy dearth undersupply scantness scantiness scarceness skimpiness meagerness See More Phrases Containing load get a load of load up on get a load of load up on
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