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loadload1 /loʊd/ ●●● S3 W3 noun [countable] 1AMOUNT OF something a large quantity of something that is carried by a person, a vehicle, etc.: load of The first load of supplies will arrive at the camp next week.a truckload/carload/busload etc. (of something) (=the largest amount or number of something that a car, truck, etc. can carry)2WORK the amount of work that a person or machine has to do SYN workload: Leslie has a light teaching load (=not much work) this semester.3WASHING CLOTHES a quantity of clothes that are washed together in a washing machine: I did two loads of laundry this morning.4WORRY a responsibility or worry that is difficult to deal with SYN burden: a $1.2 billion debt load Working three jobs is a heavy load to bear.5WEIGHT the amount of weight that the frame of a building or structure can support: the load on the vehicle’s wheels a load-bearing wall6MONEY social studies, economics an amount of money that someone pays a company in order to let the company invest (=put money) in a particular fund: a no-load mutual fund7ELECTRICITY technical an amount of electrical power that is produced by a generator or a power plant: Load demand can exceed 66% during peak periods. → see also be a load/weight off your mind at mind1 (20)SPOKEN PHRASES8get a load of somebody/something used to tell someone to look at or listen to something surprising or funny: Get a load of Ted’s new haircut!9a load of bull impolite used to say that something is untrue, wrong, or stupid10take a load off (your feet) used to invite someone to sit down[Origin: Old English lad support, carrying] noun | verb
loadload2 ●●● S2 W3 verb 1
[intransitive, transitive] to put a load of something on or into a vehicle SYN load up: We should finish loading soon. It took an hour to load the van.load something with something Two men were loading a truck with crates.load something into/onto something Emma loaded all the groceries into the car.2[transitive] to put a necessary part into something so that it will work, such as bullets into a gun, film into a camera, etc.: You are taught how to load and fire a gun.3[intransitive, transitive] computers to put a program into a computer, or to be put into a computer: This program takes a while to load.4load the bases to get players in a baseball game on all the bases so that they are in a position to be able to gain pointsload somebody/something ↔ down phrasal verb to make someone or something carry too many things or do too much work: If you load down the car, it won’t go as fast.load somebody/something ↔ down with something They’ve loaded me down with work again.load up phrasal verb load something ↔ up to put a load of something on or into a vehicle SYN load: load (something ↔) up with something She loaded up the car with camping gear.load up on something phrasal verb to get a lot of something so that you are sure that you will have enough available: People were loading up on bottled water.load somebody (up) with something phrasal verb to give someone a lot of things to carry: I see Dick’s loaded you up with boxes.