load
noun
1. weight to be borne or conveyed
Similar word(s): burden, loading
Definition categories: man–made, weight
2. a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
- the system broke down under excessive loads
Similar word(s): loading
Definition categories: quantity
3. goods carried by a large vehicle
Similar word(s): cargo, consignment, freight, lading, loading, payload, shipment
Definition categories: man–made, merchandise, product, ware
4. an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate
- he got a load on and started a brawl
Definition categories: quantity
5. the power output of a generator or power plant
Definition categories: phenomenon, wattage
6. an onerous or difficult concern
- that's a load off my mind
Similar word(s): burden, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus
Definition categories: thought, concern, headache, vexation, worry
7. a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
Similar word(s): lode
Definition categories: phenomenon, alluviation, deposit, sedimentation
8. the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
Similar word(s): payload, warhead
Definition categories: man–made, explosive
9. electrical device to which electrical power is delivered
Definition categories: man–made
Sentences with load as a noun:
- I struggled up the hill with the heavy load in my rucksack.
- The truck overturned while carrying a full load of oil.
- She put another load of clothes in the washing machine.
- I got loads of presents for my birthday!
- I got a load of emails about that.
- Will our web servers be able to cope with that load?
- Each of the cross-members must withstand a tensile load of 1,000 newtons.
- I'm worried that the load on that transformer will be too high.
- Connect a second 24 ohm load across the power supply's output terminals.
verb
1. fill or place a load on
- load a car
- load the truck with hay
Definition categories: contact, fill
2. provide (a device) with something necessary
- He loaded his gun carefully
- load the camera
Similar word(s): charge
Definition categories: contact, fill
3. transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory
Definition categories: possession, transfer
4. put (something) on a structure or conveyance
- load the bags onto the trucks
Definition categories: contact, lay, place, pose, position, put, set
5. corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
Similar word(s): adulterate, debase, dilute, stretch
Definition categories: change, corrupt, spoil
Sentences with load as a verb:
- The dock workers refused to load the ship.
- The longshoremen loaded the cargo quickly.
- He loaded his stuff into his storage locker.
- The truck was supposed to leave at dawn, but in fact we spent all morning loading.
- The truck is designed to load easily.
- The containers load quickly and easily.
- I pulled the trigger, but nothing happened. I had forgotten to load the gun.
- Now that you've loaded the film you're ready to start shooting.
- The workers loaded the blast furnace with coke and ore.
- The cartridge was designed to load easily.
- Click OK to load the selected data.
- This program takes an age to load.
- He walks to load the bases.
- You can load the dice in your favour by researching the company before your interview.
- The wording of the ballot paper loaded the vote in favour of the Conservative candidate.
- The new owners had loaded the company with debt.
- The new owners loaded debt on the company.
- He loaded his system with carbs before the marathon.
- He loaded carbs into his system before the marathon.
- to load wine