load /lōd/ noun- That which is carried
- That which may or can be carried at one time or journey
- A burden
- A charge
- A freight or cargo
- A definite quantity, varying according to the goods
- Weight carried
- Power output of an engine, etc
- Work imposed or expected
- Power carried by an electric circuit
- A large quantity borne
- A burden sustained with difficulty
- That which burdens or grieves
- A weight or encumbrance
- Weight of blows (Spenser)
- Abundance (informal, esp in pl)
transitive verb (pat loadˈed; pap loadˈed or (archaic) loadˈen)- To lade or burden
- To charge
- To put a load on or in
- To put on or in anything as a load
- To put film in (a camera)
- To put ammunition in (a gun)
- To put on too much
- To weigh down
- To overburden
- To supply, present, or assail overwhelmingly or lavishly
- To weight or bias
- To give weight or body to, by adding something
- To mix (colour) with white (art)
- To lay colour on in masses (art)
- To add charges to (insurance)
- To doctor, drug, adulterate or fortify (wine)
- To transfer (data or a program) to the main memory (computing)
intransitive verb- To put or take on a load
- To charge a gun
- To become loaded or burdened
combining form Denoting the goods or people conveyed in a vehicle (as in busload, coachload, lorryload) ORIGIN: OE lād course, journey, conveyance; meaning affected by the unrelated lade3; cf lode and lead1 loadˈed adjective - Carrying a load
- Containing bullets
- Containing film
- Rich, wealthy (slang)
- Under the influence of drink or drugs (slang)
- Weighted in discussion in a certain direction
- (of dice, etc) illicitly weighted so as to produce a desired outcome
loadˈen transitive verb (obsolete or dialect) To load loadˈer noun - A person or machine that loads (in various senses)
- A program for controlling the loading of other programs (computing)
loadˈing noun - The act of loading
- That with which anything is loaded
loads plural noun (informal) A lot, heaps adverb Very much, as in loads nicer loadˈ-bearing adjective Of a wall, etc, supporting a structure, carrying weight loaded question noun A question designed to make an unwilling answerer commit himself or herself to some opinion, action or course load factor noun - The ratio of an external load to the weight of an aircraft
- The actual payload on an aircraft as a percentage of the maximum permissible payload
- The ratio of an average load to peak load over a period (elec eng)
loading bay see under bay2 loading coil noun A coil inserted in an electric circuit to increase inductance loading gauge noun - A suspended bar that marks how high a railway truck may be loaded
- The maximum horizontal and vertical space that rolling stock may safely occupy above the track
load line noun A line on a ship's side to mark the depth to which her cargo may be allowed to sink her loadˈmaster noun A member of an aircrew who is in charge of the cargo load shedding noun Temporarily reducing the amount of electricity sent out by a power station a load of A quantity of (something distasteful or senseless, eg a load of rubbish, a load of tripe) a load off one's mind Relief from anxiety get a load of (slang) To listen to, look at, pay attention to have a load on (N American) To be drunk load the dice To make one side heavier than the other so as to influence their fall for purposes of cheating load the dice against someone (figurative) To deprive someone of a fair chance of success |