load
v.
fill, burden, pack (with goods, cargo, etc.); overload, supply with an overly large amount; add weight to; put ammunition in a firearm; insert into; oppress, weigh down upon
n.
something carried, burden; unit of measure or weight; capacity; amount of work which must be done (by a person, machine, etc.); something which weighs down on or oppresses; weight which rests on a structure or part
Load
load
Noun
1. weight to be borne or conveyed
(synonym) loading, burden
(hypernym) weight
(hyponym) burthen
2. a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time; "the system broke down under excessive loads"
(synonym) loading
(hypernym) indefinite quantity
(hyponym) trainload
3. goods carried by a large vehicle
(synonym) cargo, lading, freight, loading, payload, shipment, consignment
(hypernym) merchandise, wares, product
4. an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate; "he got a load on and started a brawl"
(hypernym) indefinite quantity
(classification) colloquialism
5. the power output of a generator or power plant
(hypernym) electrical power, electric power, wattage
6. an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"
(synonym) burden, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus
(hypernym) concern, worry, headache, vexation
(hyponym) dead weight
7. a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
(synonym) lode
(hypernym) deposit, sedimentation, alluviation
(hyponym) mother lode, champion lode
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
(synonym) warhead, payload
(hypernym) explosive
(hyponym) atomic warhead, nuclear warhead, thermonuclear warhead, nuke
(part-holonym) guided missile
(derivation) charge
9. electrical device to which electrical power is delivered
(hypernym) electrical device
Verb
1. fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay"
(synonym) lade, laden, load up
(hypernym) fill, fill up, make full
(hyponym) pack, load down
(derivation) loading, burden
2. provide with munition; "He loaded his gun carefully"
(synonym) charge
(hypernym) fill, fill up, make full
(hyponym) recharge, reload
(derivation) warhead, payload
3. put (something) on a structure or conveyance; "load the bags onto the trucks"
(hypernym) put, set, place, pose, position, lay
(derivation) cargo, lading, freight, loading, payload, shipment, consignment
loar
v.
praise, laud
Load
(v.)
Weight or violence of blows.
(v.)
The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working.
(v.)
The quantity which can be carried or drawn in some specified way; the contents of a cart, barrow, or vessel; that which will constitute a cargo; lading.
(v.)
The charge of a firearm; as, a load of powder.
(v.)
That which burdens, oppresses, or grieves the mind or spirits; as, a load of care.
(v.)
A particular measure for certain articles, being as much as may be carried at one time by the conveyance commonly used for the article measured; as, a load of wood; a load of hay; specifically, five quarters.
(v.)
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.
(v. t.)
To magnetize.
(v. t.)
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.
(v. t.)
To adulterate or drug; as, to load wine.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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