A burden; a weight to be carried. Example: I struggled up the hill with the heavy load in my rucksack.
A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.
A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time. Example: She put another load of clothes in the washing machine.
A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle. Example: I put a load on before we left.
(in combination) Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle
(often in the plural) A large number or amount. Example: I got a load of emails about that.
The volume of work required to be performed. Example: Will our web servers be able to cope with that load?
The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc. Example: Each of the cross-members must withstand a tensile load of 1,000 newtons.
The electrical current or power delivered by a device. Example: I'm worried that the load on that transformer will be too high.
A resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing work.
Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit. Example: Connect a second 24-ohm load across the power supply's output terminals.
A unit of measure for various quantities.
The viral load
A very small explosive inserted as a gag into a cigarette or cigar.
The charge of powder for a firearm.
Weight or violence of blows.
The contents (e.g. semen) of an ejaculation.
Nonsense; rubbish. Example: What a load!
The process of loading something, i.e. transferring it into memory or over a network, etc. Example: All of those uncompressed images are going to slow down the page load.
To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage). Example: The dock workers refused to load the ship.
To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage. Example: He loaded his stuff into his storage locker.
To put a load on something. Example: The truck was supposed to leave at dawn, but in fact we spent all morning loading.
To receive a load. Example: The truck is designed to load easily.
To be placed into storage or conveyance. Example: The containers load quickly and easily.
To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition. Example: I pulled the trigger, but nothing happened. I had forgotten to load the gun.
To insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a reel of film into a camera, sheets of paper into a printer etc. Example: Now that you've loaded the camera [with film], you're ready to start shooting.
To fill (an apparatus) with raw material. Example: The workers loaded the blast furnace with coke and ore.
To be put into use in an apparatus. Example: The cartridge was designed to load easily.
To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory. Example: Click OK to load the selected data.
To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory. Example: This program takes an age to load.
To put runners on first, second and third bases Example: He walks to load the bases.
To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome. Example: The wording of the ballot paper loaded the vote in favour of the Conservative candidate.
To ask or adapt a question so that it will be more likely to be answered in a certain way.
To encumber with something negative, to place as an encumbrance. Example: The new owners had loaded the company with debt.
To provide in abundance. Example: He loaded carbs into his system before the marathon.
To weight (a cane, whip, etc.) with lead or similar.
To adulterate or drug. Example: to load wine
To magnetize.
Lots, much, plenty, a great deal.
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