load /lōd/

1. That which is carried
2. That which may or can be carried at one time or journey
3. A burden
4. A charge
5. A freight or cargo
6. A definite quantity, varying according to the goods
7. Weight carried
8. Power output of an engine, etc
9. Work imposed or expected
10. Power carried by an electric circuit
11. A large quantity borne
12. A burden sustained with difficulty
13. That which burdens or grieves
14. A weight or encumbrance
15. Weight of blows (Spenser)
16. Abundance (informal, esp in pl)

1. To lade or burden
2. To charge
3. To put a load on or in
4. To put on or in anything as a load
5. To put film in (a camera)
6. To put ammunition in (a gun)
7. To put on too much
8. To weigh down
9. To overburden
10. To supply, present, or assail overwhelmingly or lavishly
11. To weight or bias
12. To give weight or body to, by adding something
13. To mix (colour) with white (art)
14. To lay colour on in masses (art)
15. To add charges to (insurance)
16. To doctor, drug, adulterate or fortify (wine)
17. To transfer (data or a program) to the main memory (computing)

1. To put or take on a load
2. To charge a gun
3. To become loaded or burdened

Denoting the goods or people conveyed in a vehicle (as in busload, coachload, lorryload)

loadˈed adjective

1. Carrying a load
2. Containing bullets
3. Containing film
4. Rich, wealthy (slang)
5. Under the influence of drink or drugs (slang)
6. Weighted in discussion in a certain direction
7. (of dice, etc) illicitly weighted so as to produce a desired outcome

loadˈen transitive verb (obsolete or dialect)

To load

loadˈer noun

1. A person or machine that loads (in various senses)
2. A program for controlling the loading of other programs (computing)

loadˈing noun

1. The act of loading
2. That with which anything is loaded

loads plural noun (informal)

A lot, heaps

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

1. The ratio of an external load to the weight of an aircraft
2. The actual payload on an aircraft as a percentage of the maximum permissible payload
3. 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

1. A suspended bar that marks how high a railway truck may be loaded
2. 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

• unsharpened
• unshaved
• unshaven
• unsheathe
• unsheathed
• unsheathes
• unsheathing
• unshed
• unshell
• unshelled
• unshelling
• unshells
• unsheltered
• unshent
• unshewn
• unshielded
• unshifting
• unshingled
• unship
• unshipped
• unshipping
• unships
• unshockable
• unshocked
• unshod