load | English to English Dictionary

English to English

load

(l/oU/d )

weight to be borne or conveyed(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
burden, loading

source: wordnet30
a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time(noun.quantity)

Example:
The system broke down under excessive loads.

Synonym:
loading

source: wordnet30
goods carried by a large vehicle(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
cargo, consignment, freight, lading, loading, payload, shipment

source: wordnet30
an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate(noun.quantity)

Example:
He got a load on and started a brawl.

source: wordnet30
the power output of a generator or power plant(noun.phenomenon)

source: wordnet30
an onerous or difficult concern(noun.cognition)

Example:
That's a load off my mind.

Synonym:
burden, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus

source: wordnet30
a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks(noun.phenomenon)

Synonym:
lode

source: wordnet30
the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
payload, warhead

source: wordnet30
electrical device to which electrical power is delivered(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load.(noun)

source: webster1913

fill or place a load on(verb.contact)

Example:
Load a car.
Load the truck with hay.

Synonym:
lade, laden, load up

source: wordnet30
provide (a device) with something necessary(verb.contact)

Example:
He loaded his gun carefully.
Load the camera.

Synonym:
charge

source: wordnet30
transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory(verb.possession)

source: wordnet30
put (something) on a structure or conveyance(verb.contact)

Example:
Load the bags onto the trucks.

source: wordnet30
corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones(verb.change)

Synonym:
adulterate, debase, dilute, stretch

source: wordnet30
To lay a load or burden on or in, as on a horse or in a cart; to charge with a load, as a gun; to furnish with a lading or cargo, as a ship; hence, to add weight to, so as to oppress or embarrass; to heap upon.(verb)

source: webster1913