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Noun

He lifted the load onto his shoulders.

She was carrying a heavy load of legal documents in her briefcase.

He picked up a load of firewood and carried it into the house.

The truck was carrying a full load of sand.

Losing weight will lessen the load on your knees.

His death is a heavy load to bear.

Verb

load a truck with packages

Workers were loading and unloading the ships as they came into port.

We loaded up and drove off.

load packages on a truck

We loaded our luggage in the car and drove off.

Workers were loading cargo on the ships.

She loaded the table with all kinds of delicious foods.

load a tape into the VCR

The film didn’t load properly.

The bus stopped to load a few more passengers.

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Sitting on the floor with your legs out in front might prevent you from using heavy dumbbells or kettlebells, but the postural lessons are more important than the load.

—Jeff Tomko, Men’s Health, 31 Mar. 2023

Mexican cartels were drawn to Jimenez-Martinez because of his ability to rapidly move a load of drugs, which includes picking it up, delivering it to its destination and selling it.

—Beth Warren, The Courier-Journal, 30 Mar. 2023

The guard trio of Justin Harmon, Le’Tre Darthard and Trey Woodbury are lethal from beyond range — all three shooting at least 35 percent — and sophomore center Aziz Bandaogo is a load inside the paint.

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The best hooks are strong and won’t flex under a load.

—Pete M. Anderson, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023

Many shoppers ditch the heavy purse or backpack and flock toward hands-free bags once spring hits as an easy way to instantly take a load off their arms, shoulders, and backs.

—Casey Clark, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2023

Before putting it in the wash (in a separate load from the rest of your laundry), close any zippers, buttons or pockets.

—Marissa Miller, Travel + Leisure, 13 Mar. 2023

Cate is working it like crazy, like, get a big stinking load of me, and Judy Davis is just doing the work and knocking it out of the park every single time.

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The first problem in early diabetes is being able to respond to a load of dietary sugar.

—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 9 Mar. 2023

Go for sizzling barbecue platters loaded with seekh kebab, beef bihari and chicken boti, sop up a creamy and fiery fish tikka masala or on-the-bone goat korma with hot and fresh tandoor baked naan.

—Brooke Viggiano, Chron, 31 Mar. 2023

In July, on its third run, a U.N. member state tipped the Panel of Experts that the vessel had been spotted loading coal at Taean, North Korea, some 160 miles south of Pyongyang.

—Dera Menra Sijabat, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023

When there are countless alternatives to your products, having a site that loads quickly, is easy to navigate and functions as intended can make the difference between a potential customer choosing your products or getting impatient and choosing the next option on Google.

—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2023

Later in the inning, Kluber walked the bases loaded, and that’s when the Sox hit the cellar.

—Julian Mcwilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2023

Erik Puodziunas came on in the seventh with the bases loaded and got a strikeout to end the game.

—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023

During the very first day of spring-training games in the Grapefruit League, in late February, a game between the Boston Red Sox and Atlanta Braves ended in a tie after the umpire called an automatic strike on a full count with the bases loaded.

—Devin Gordon, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023

Snyder walked five batters but got tough outs as the Cavaliers stranded two runners in the second and left the bases loaded in the third.

—Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2023

The Warriors scored on a passed ball in the fourth inning, and Brian Davis was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the fifth.

—Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 27 Mar. 2023

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load

a burden or cargo

Not to be confused with:

lode – an ore deposit

load

(lōd)

a. A weight or mass that is supported: the load on an arch.

b. The overall force to which a structure is subjected in supporting a weight or mass or in resisting externally applied forces.

a. Something that is carried, as by a vehicle, person, or animal: a load of firewood.

b. The quantity that is or can be carried at one time.

a. The share of work allocated to or required of a person, machine, group, or organization.

b. The demand for services or performance made on a machine or system.

4. The amount of material that can be inserted into a device or machine at one time: The washing machine has a full load.

a. A single charge of ammunition for a firearm.

b. Vulgar Slang An ejaculation of semen.

a. A mental weight or burden: Good news took a load off my mind.

b. A responsibility regarded as oppressive.

7. The external mechanical resistance against which a machine acts.

8. Electricity

a. The power output of a generator or power plant.

b. A device or the resistance of a device to which power is delivered.

9. A fee that a mutual fund charges to an investor when the investor purchases or redeems shares in the fund.

10. often loads Informal A great number or amount: There were loads of people at the parade.

11. Derogatory Slang A heavy or overweight person.

12. Genetic load.

v. load·ed, load·ing, loads

v.tr.

a. To put (something) into or onto a structure or conveyance: loading grain onto a train.

b. To put something into or onto (a structure or conveyance): loaded the tanker with crude oil.

2. To provide or fill nearly to overflowing; heap: loaded the table with food.

3. To give worries or difficulties to; weigh down; burden: was loaded with responsibility.

4. To insert (a necessary material) into a device: loaded rounds into the rifle.

5. To insert a necessary material into: loaded the printer with paper.

6. Games To make (dice) heavier on one side by adding weight.

7. To charge with additional meanings, implications, or emotional import: loaded the question to trick the witness.

8. To raise the power demand in (an electrical circuit), as by adding resistance.

9. To increase (an insurance premium or mutual fund share price) by adding expenses or sale costs.

10. Baseball To have or put runners on (first, second, and third base).

11. Computers To transfer (data) from a storage device into a computer’s memory.

v.intr.

1. To receive a load: Container ships can load rapidly.

2. To charge a firearm with ammunition.

3. To put or place a load into or onto a structure, device, or conveyance.

4. Computers To be transferred from a storage device into a computer’s memory.

Idioms:

get a load of

1. Slang To look at; notice.

2. To listen to: Get a load of this!

have a load on

Slang To be intoxicated.

take a load off

To sit or lie down.

[Middle English lode, alteration (influenced by laden, to load) of lade, course, way, from Old English lād; see leit- in Indo-European roots.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

load

(ləʊd)

1. something to be borne or conveyed; weight

a. the usual amount borne or conveyed

b. (in combination): a carload.

3. something that weighs down, oppresses, or burdens: that’s a load off my mind.

4. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a single charge of a firearm

5. (General Engineering) the weight that is carried by a structure. See also dead load, live load

6. (Electrical Engineering) electrical engineering electronics

a. a device that receives or dissipates the power from an amplifier, oscillator, generator, or some other source of signals

b. the power delivered by a machine, generator, circuit, etc

7. (General Engineering) the force acting on a component in a mechanism or structure

8. (Automotive Engineering) the resistance overcome by an engine or motor when it is driving a machine, etc

9. (General Engineering) an external force applied to a component or mechanism

10. a load of informal a quantity of: a load of nonsense.

11. get a load of informal pay attention to

12. have a load on slang US and Canadian to be intoxicated

13. shoot one’s load slang (of a man) to ejaculate at orgasm

vb (mainly tr)

14. (also intr) to place or receive (cargo, goods, etc) upon (a ship, lorry, etc)

15. to burden or oppress

16. to supply or beset (someone) with in abundance or overwhelmingly: they loaded her with gifts.

17. to cause to be biased: to load a question.

18. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (also intr) to put an ammunition charge into (a firearm)

19. (Photography) photog to position (a film, cartridge, or plate) in (a camera)

20. (Gambling, except Cards) to weight or bias (a roulette wheel, dice, etc)

21. (Insurance) insurance to increase (a premium) to cover expenses, etc

22. (Electrical Engineering) to draw power from (an electrical device, such as a generator)

23. (Nuclear Physics) to add material of high atomic number to (concrete) to increase its effectiveness as a radiation shield

24. (Electrical Engineering) to increase the power output of (an electric circuit)

25. (Automotive Engineering) to increase the work required from (an engine or motor)

26. (General Engineering) to apply force to (a mechanism or component)

27. (Computer Science) computing to transfer (a program) to a memory

28. (Gambling, except Cards) to add weights to dice in order to bias them

29. to arrange to have a favourable or unfavourable position

[Old English lād course; in meaning, influenced by lade¹; related to lead¹]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

load

(loʊd)
n.

1. anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: a truck with a load of watermelons.

2. the quantity that can be or usu. is carried at one time, as in a cart.

3. this quantity taken as a unit of measure or weight (usu. used in combination): carload.

4. burden: a tree weighed down by its load of fruit.

5. the weight supported by a structure or part.

6. the amount of work assigned to or to be done as by a person, team, or mechanical system.

7. something that oppresses like a burden: That’s a load off my mind.

8. loads, Informal. a great quantity or number: loads of fun.

9. the charge for a firearm.

10. a commission charged to buyers of mutual-fund shares.

11. any of the unmoving and unvarying forces that a structure is designed to oppose, as stress from wind or earthquake.

12.

a. the power delivered by a generator, motor, power station, or transformer.

b. a device that receives power.

13. the external resistance overcome by an engine, dynamo, or the like, under given conditions, measured and expressed in terms of the power required.

14. Slang. a sufficient amount of liquor drunk to cause intoxication: He’s got a load on tonight.

v.t.

15. to put a load on or in; fill: to load a ship.

16. to supply abundantly, lavishly, or excessively with something (often fol. by down): They loaded us down with gifts.

17. to weigh down, burden, or oppress (often fol. by down): to load oneself down with obligations.

18. to insert a charge, projectile, etc., into (a firearm).

19. to place (film, tape, etc.) into a camera or other device.

20. to place film, tape, etc., into (a camera or other device).

21. to take on as a load: a ship loading coal.

22. to add to the weight of, sometimes fraudulently: The silver candlesticks were loaded with lead.

23. to increase (the net premium of an insurance policy) by adding charges, as for expenses.

24. to overcharge (a word, expression, etc.) with extraneous values of emotion, sentiment, or the like.

25. to add additional or prejudicial meaning to (a statement, question, etc.): The attorney kept loading his questions in the hope of getting the reply he wanted.

26. Baseball. to have or put runners at (first, second, and third bases): to load the bases with two out in the eighth inning.

27.

a. to bring (a program or data) into a computer’s RAM, as from a disk, so as to make it available for processing.

b. to place (an input/output medium) into an appropriate device, as by inserting a disk into a disk drive.

28. to add (a power-absorbing device) to an electric circuit.

v.i.

29. to put on or take on a load, as of passengers or goods: All trucks load at the platform.

30. to load a firearm.

31. to enter a conveyance: The students loaded quickly into the buses.

32. to become filled or occupied.

adv.

33. loads, Informal. very much.

Idioms:

get a load of, Slang. to look at or listen to.

[before 1000; Middle English lode (n.)]

load′er, n.

load

(lōd)

1. The resistance that a machine must overcome in order to work.

2. The power output of a generator or power plant.

The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

load

The total weight of passengers and/or freight carried on board a ship, aircraft, train, road vehicle, or other means of conveyance. See also airlift capability; airlift requirement; allowable load.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

Load

a great amount; quantity. See also burden, charge.

Examples: load of public abhorrence, 1855; of care, 1791; of drunks—Lipton, 1970; of guilt; of sorrow, 1799; of troubles; of waters, 1698; of woes, 1593.

load

Past participle: loaded
Gerund: loading

Imperative
load
load

Present
I load
you load
he/she/it loads
we load
you load
they load

Preterite
I loaded
you loaded
he/she/it loaded
we loaded
you loaded
they loaded

Present Continuous
I am loading
you are loading
he/she/it is loading
we are loading
you are loading
they are loading

Present Perfect
I have loaded
you have loaded
he/she/it has loaded
we have loaded
you have loaded
they have loaded

Past Continuous
I was loading
you were loading
he/she/it was loading
we were loading
you were loading
they were loading

Past Perfect
I had loaded
you had loaded
he/she/it had loaded
we had loaded
you had loaded
they had loaded

Future
I will load
you will load
he/she/it will load
we will load
you will load
they will load

Future Perfect
I will have loaded
you will have loaded
he/she/it will have loaded
we will have loaded
you will have loaded
they will have loaded

Future Continuous
I will be loading
you will be loading
he/she/it will be loading
we will be loading
you will be loading
they will be loading

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been loading
you have been loading
he/she/it has been loading
we have been loading
you have been loading
they have been loading

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been loading
you will have been loading
he/she/it will have been loading
we will have been loading
you will have been loading
they will have been loading

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been loading
you had been loading
he/she/it had been loading
we had been loading
you had been loading
they had been loading

Conditional
I would load
you would load
he/she/it would load
we would load
you would load
they would load

Past Conditional
I would have loaded
you would have loaded
he/she/it would have loaded
we would have loaded
you would have loaded
they would have loaded

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

load

To put a program into a computer’s memory from disk.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	load — weight to be borne or conveyed loading, burden burthen — a variant of `burden’ dead load — a constant load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) due to the weight of the supported structure itself live load, superload — a variable load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) such as moving traffic millstone — any load that is difficult to carry overburden, overload — an excessive burden overload — an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power weight — an artifact that is heavy
	2.	load — a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time; «the system broke down under excessive loads» loading indefinite quantity — an estimated quantity trainload — quantity that can be carried by a train
	3.	load — goods carried by a large vehicle cargo, consignment, freight, lading, shipment, payload, loading merchandise, product, ware — commodities offered for sale; «good business depends on having good merchandise»; «that store offers a variety of products»
	4.	load — an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate; «he got a load on and started a brawl» colloquialism — a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech indefinite quantity — an estimated quantity
	5.	load — the power output of a generator or power plant electric power, electrical power, wattage — the product of voltage and current
	6.	load — an onerous or difficult concern; «the burden of responsibility»; «that’s a load off my mind» burden, encumbrance, onus, incumbrance headache, worry, vexation, concern — something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness; «New York traffic is a constant concern»; «it’s a major worry» dead weight — an oppressive encumbrance fardel — a burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle) imposition — an uncalled-for burden; «he listened but resented the imposition» pill — something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured; «his competitor’s success was a bitter pill to take»
	7.	load — a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks lode alluviation, deposit, sedimentation — the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating champion lode, mother lode — the main vein of ore in a deposit
	8.	load — the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents payload, warhead atomic warhead, nuclear warhead, nuke, thermonuclear warhead — the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb explosive — a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck guided missile — a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices
	9.	load — electrical device to which electrical power is delivered electrical device — a device that produces or is powered by electricity
Verb	1.	load — fill or place a load on; «load a car»; «load the truck with hay» load up, lade, laden fill, fill up, make full — make full, also in a metaphorical sense; «fill a container»; «fill the child with pride» load down, pack — load with a pack bomb up — load an aircraft with bombs overcharge, overload, surcharge — place too much a load on; «don’t overload the car» reload — place a new load on; «The movers reloaded the truck» stack — load or cover with stacks; «stack a truck with boxes»
	2.	load — provide (a device) with something necessary; «He loaded his gun carefully»; «load the camera» charge fill, fill up, make full — make full, also in a metaphorical sense; «fill a container»; «fill the child with pride» recharge, reload — load anew; «She reloaded the gun carefully»
	3.	load — transfer from a storage device to a computer’s memory computer science, computing — the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures transfer — move from one place to another; «transfer the data»; «transmit the news»; «transfer the patient to another hospital»
	4.	load — put (something) on a structure or conveyance; «load the bags onto the trucks» lay, place, put, set, position, pose — put into a certain place or abstract location; «Put your things here»; «Set the tray down»; «Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children»; «Place emphasis on a certain point»
	5.	load — corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; «adulterate liquor» adulterate, dilute, debase, stretch stretch, extend — increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; «stretch the soup by adding some more cream»; «extend the casserole with a little rice» spoil, corrupt — alter from the original water down — thin by adding water to; «They watered down the moonshine» doctor, doctor up, sophisticate — alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive; «Sophisticate rose water with geraniol»

load

noun

3. oppression, charge, pressure, worry, trouble, weight, responsibility, burden, affliction, onus, albatross, millstone, encumbrance, incubus High blood pressure imposes an extra load on the heart.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

load

noun

1. Something carried physically:

2. A quantity of explosive put into a weapon:

3. Informal. An indeterminately great amount or number.Often used in plural:

Informal: bushel, gob (often used in plural), heap (often used in plural), lot, oodles, passel, peck, scad (often used in plural), slew, wad, zillion.

verb

1. To place a burden or heavy load on:

2. To make or become full; put as much into as can be held:

3. To fill to overflowing:

4. To fill to excess by compressing or squeezing tightly:

5. To put (explosive material) into a weapon:

6. To give an inaccurate view of by representing falsely or misleadingly:

belie, color, distort, falsify, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, twist, warp, wrench, wrest.

Idiom: give a false coloring to.

7. To make impure or inferior by deceptively adding foreign substances:

Translations

حُمولَهشُحْنَةٌشَحْنَهشَحْنَه كهربائِيَّه، قُوَّهكميَّه كبيرَه

nákladnaložitspoustazatíženínabít

læsselastbelastningen masselade

kooremlaadimalaadunglast

kuormalastatalastiladata

terettovariti

megrakmegtöltrakrakodikrakomány

álagbyrîi; hlassfullt afhlaîahlaîa, ferma

荷荷を積む

싣다짐

įdėti filmąįkrovapakrautassu filmuužtaisytas

elektriskās strāvas stiprumsiekrautieliktkrautkrava

založiť film

nabitinaložitinatovoritipolnititovor

lastlasta

น้ำหนักบรรทุกบรรทุกสินค้า

bốc hàng lênvật nặng

load

[ləʊd]

B. VT

1. [+ lorry, washing machine, gun, camera] → cargar
the gun is not loaded → la pistola no está cargada
do you know how to load this program? (Comput) → ¿sabes cómo cargar este programa?

3. (= bias)
the dice were loaded → los dados estaban cargados
the dice are loaded against him (fig) → todo está en su contra
the situation is loaded in our favour → la situación se inclina a nuestro favor

C. VI

2. [gun, camera] → cargarse
how does this gun/camera load? → ¿cómo se carga esta pistola/cámara?

D. CPD load factor N (Elec, Aer) → factor m de carga
load line N (Naut) → línea f de carga

load up

A. VT + ADV [+ vehicle, animal, person] → cargar (with de)

Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

load

[ˈləʊd]

[washing]
I did three loads of washing → J’ai fait trois machines.

(ELECTRICITY, ELECTRONICS) → charge

(= lot) a load of → un tas de
a load of kids → un tas de gamins
a load of nonsense → un tas d’âneries
Personally, I think that’s a load of garbage! → Personnellement, je trouve que c’est un tas d’âneries!, Personnellement, je trouve que c’est n’importe quoi!
You’re talking a load of rubbish!
BUT Tu ne dis que des bêtises!.

(= lots) loads of [+ things, people] → des tas de
loads of people → des tas de gens
loads of money → un tas d’argent

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

load

(inf usages) loads of, a load of → massenhaft (inf), → jede Menge (inf); thanks, we have loads → danke, wir haben jede Menge (inf); it’s a load of old rubbish (Brit) → das ist alles Blödsinn (inf) → or Quatsch (inf); (film, book, translation) → das ist alles Mist! (inf); to take on a load → (ganz schön) einen heben (inf); get a load of this! (= listen) → hör dir das mal an!; (= look) → guck dir das mal an! (inf)

load

load centre, (US) load center

load displacement

n (Naut) → Ladeverdrängung f

load

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

load

[ləʊd]

1. n

a. (Elec, Tech) (burden) → carico; (weight) → peso

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

load

(ləud) noun

1. something which is being carried. The lorry had to stop because its load had fallen off; She was carrying a load of groceries.

2. as much as can be carried at one time. two lorry-loads of earth.

3. a large amount. He talked a load of rubbish; We ate loads of ice-cream.

4. the power carried by an electric circuit. The wires were designed for a load of 15 amps.

verb

1. to take or put on what is to be carried (especially if heavy). They loaded the luggage into the car; The lorry was loading when they arrived.

2. to put ammunition into (a gun). He loaded the revolver and fired.

3. to put film into (a camera).

ˈloaded adjective

1. carrying a load. a loaded van.

2. (of a gun) containing ammunition. a loaded pistol.

3. (of a camera) containing film.

load

→ شُحْنَةٌ, يَشْحَنُ náklad, naložit læsse, last beladen, Last φορτίο, φορτώνω carga, cargar kuorma, lastata charge, charger teret, tovariti caricare, carico 荷, 荷を積む 싣다, 짐 laden, vracht last, laste ładunek, załadować carga, carregar груз, грузить last, lasta น้ำหนักบรรทุก, บรรทุกสินค้า yük, yüklemek bốc hàng lên, vật nặng 装载, 负荷

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

load

n. carga, peso;

___ dose → dosis de ___;

v. cargar, recargar.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

load

n carga; viral — carga viral

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noun

anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.

the quantity that can be or usually is carried at one time, as in a cart: The maximum load for a wagon that size is only about 70 pounds.

this quantity taken as a unit of measure or weight or a discrete quantity (usually used in combination): carload;wagonload.

the quantity borne or sustained by something; burden: a tree weighed down by its load of fruit.

the weight supported by a structure or part.

the amount of work assigned to or to be done by a person, team, department, machine, or mechanical system; workload: An additional intern or assistant might lighten the load for the current staff on this project.

something that weighs down or oppresses like a burden; onus: Supporting her younger brothers has been a heavy load for her.

loads, Informal. a great quantity or number: loads of fun;loads of people.

the charge, projectile, etc., for a firearm.

a commission charged to buyers of mutual-fund shares.

Engineering. any of the forces that a structure is calculated to oppose, comprising any unmoving and unvarying force (dead load ), any load from wind or earthquake, and any other moving or temporary force (live load ).

Electricity.

the power delivered by a generator, motor, power station, or transformer.
a device that receives power.

Mechanics. the external resistance overcome by an engine, dynamo, or the like, under given conditions, measured and expressed in terms of the power required.

Geology. the burden of sediment being carried by a stream or river.Compare bed load.

Slang. a sufficient amount of liquor drunk to cause intoxication: He’s got a load on tonight.

verb (used with object)

to put a load on or in; fill: to load a ship.

to insert a charge, projectile, etc., into (a firearm).

to supply abundantly, lavishly, or excessively with something (often followed by down): They loaded us down with gifts.

to weigh down, burden, or oppress (often followed by down, with, on, etc.): to feel loaded down with responsibilities;to load oneself with obligations.

to place (film, tape, etc.) into a camera or other device: He’s the employee responsible for loading and threading the film into the projector.

to place film, tape, etc., into (a camera or other device): The camera operator loaded the film magazine for the shoot, watched by the impatient director of photography.

to take on as a load: a ship loading coal.

to add to the weight of, sometimes fraudulently: The silver candlesticks were loaded with lead.

Insurance. to increase (the net premium) by adding charges, as for expenses.

to add additional or prejudicial meaning to (a statement, question, etc.): The attorney kept loading his questions in the hope of getting the reply he wanted.

to overcharge (a word, expression, etc.) with extraneous values of emotion, sentiment, or the like: emotion that loads any reference to home, flag, and mother.

to weight (dice) so that they will always come to rest with particular faces upward.

Baseball. to have or put runners at (first, second, and third bases): They loaded the bases with two out in the eighth inning.

Fine Arts.

to place a large amount of pigment on (a brush).
to apply a thick layer of pigment to (a canvas).

Metalworking.

(of metal being deep-drawn) to become welded to (the drawing tool).
(of material being ground) to fill the depressions in the surface of (a grinding wheel).
(in powder metallurgy) to fill the cavity of (a die).

Computers.

to bring (a program or data) into main storage from external or auxiliary storage.
to make (an aspect of a program or website) visible, audible, playable, or otherwise executable: Your character is stuck in elevators between levels while the game loads the next world.
to place (an input/output medium) into an appropriate device, as by inserting a disk into a disk drive.

Electricity. to add (a power-absorbing device) to an electric circuit.

verb (used without object)

to put on or take on a load, as of passengers or goods: The bus usually loads at the side door.

to load a firearm.

to enter a carrier or conveyance (usually followed by into): The students loaded quickly into the buses.

to become filled or occupied: The ship loaded with people in only 15 minutes.

Computers. to make an aspect of a program or website visible, audible, playable, or otherwise executable: Is your operating system to blame if your browser is loading slow?

adjective

Computers. of or relating to the process of making an aspect of a program or website visible, audible, playable, or otherwise executable: The page load time was affecting ad revenue.Players have complained about texture load issues, but this should be addressed in the next patch.

adverb

loads, Informal. very much; a great deal: Thanks loads.It would help loads if you sent some money.

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Idioms about load

get a load of, Slang.

to look at; notice; observe: Get a load of those crazy shoes!
to listen to with interest: Did you get a load of what she said?

load the dice, to put someone or something in an advantageous or disadvantageous position; affect or influence the result: Lack of sufficient education loaded the dice against him as a candidate for the job.

Origin of load

First recorded before 1000; Middle English noun lad(e), lod(e); originally the same word as lode (Old English lād “way, course, carrying”); senses influenced by lade

synonym study for load

7. Load, burden referred originally to something placed on a person or animal or put into a vehicle for conveyance. Both load and burden are still used in this literal sense, though burden only infrequently, except in such fixed phrases as beast of burden and a ship of 1,500 tons burden (carrying capacity). Both words have come to be used figuratively to refer to duties, cares, etc., that are oppressively heavy, and this is now the main meaning of burden : You have taken a load off my mind. If work feels like a burden, you may be experiencing burnout.

OTHER WORDS FROM load

load·less, adjectivere·load, noun, verbun·der·load, verb (used with object)

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH load

load , lode

Words nearby load

ln, lndry rm, LNG, lo, loach, load, load displacement, loaded, loaded for bear, loaded question, loader

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Words related to load

amount, bundle, capacity, consignment, goods, haul, payload, shipment, weight, responsibility, task, carry, cram, fill, lade, pack, pile, stack, store, stuff

How to use load in a sentence

We’ve arrived sans luggage but with loads of curiosity as to how the night will progress.
Twice a week, the retired veterinary pathologist picks up half-ton loads of donated groceries from the Trader Joe’s in his neighborhood, then delivers the food to two charities for distribution.
If your job requires you to spend many hours at your desk, then perhaps you may sacrifice the look of a chic, smaller chair and go for a larger ergonomic model that gives you loads of support.
You can count me in for pretty much any dish with “loaded” and “potato” in its name.

In the office, that pressure wouldn’t be so intense because you’d be around loads of people who are doing the work with you.
He also was working to recruit Castro as a driver for a drug load.
“JSwipe is currently under heavy load,” flashed across the screen, one night as a friend and I looked at it.
Today, the quaint spectacle of a stage-managed fairy-tale celebration strikes many of us as a load of garbage.
He would load his chair with groceries and other purchases, once a 30-roll package of toilet paper.
Biden made many visits to Baghdad and no doubt get fed a load of bull about inclusion on each one.
But, as the keel of the boats touched bottom, each boat-load dashed into the water and then into the enemy’s fire.
Longcluse looked animated—smiling; but a stupendous load lay on his heart.
He had come down after the wagon load, which had to be pitched on again rather more deliberately.
Thus a straw rope enclosing twenty or more eggs, well protected, was made and thrown over the top of the load.
A most comical sight was the cook, perched on top of his load of pans, pots, and potatoes.

British Dictionary definitions for load

noun

something to be borne or conveyed; weight

the usual amount borne or conveyed
(in combination)a carload

something that weighs down, oppresses, or burdensthat’s a load off my mind

a single charge of a firearm

electrical engineering electronics

a device that receives or dissipates the power from an amplifier, oscillator, generator, or some other source of signals
the power delivered by a machine, generator, circuit, etc

the force acting on a component in a mechanism or structure

the resistance overcome by an engine or motor when it is driving a machine, etc

an external force applied to a component or mechanism

a load of informal a quantity ofa load of nonsense

get a load of informal pay attention to

have a load on US and Canadian slang to be intoxicated

shoot one’s load slang (of a man) to ejaculate at orgasm

verb (mainly tr)

(also intr) to place or receive (cargo, goods, etc) upon (a ship, lorry, etc)

to burden or oppress

to supply or beset (someone) with in abundance or overwhelminglythey loaded her with gifts

to cause to be biasedto load a question

(also intr) to put an ammunition charge into (a firearm)

photog to position (a film, cartridge, or plate) in (a camera)

to weight or bias (a roulette wheel, dice, etc)

insurance to increase (a premium) to cover expenses, etc

to draw power from (an electrical device, such as a generator)

to add material of high atomic number to (concrete) to increase its effectiveness as a radiation shield

to increase the power output of (an electric circuit)

to increase the work required from (an engine or motor)

to apply force to (a mechanism or component)

computing to transfer (a program) to a memory

load the dice

to add weights to dice in order to bias them
to arrange to have a favourable or unfavourable position

Word Origin for load

Old English lād course; in meaning, influenced by lade 1; related to lead 1

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Scientific definitions for load

The resistance, weight, or power drain sustained by a machine or electrical circuit. Compare effort.

The power output of a generator or power plant.

The amount of a pathogen or toxic substance present in an organism.

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Other Idioms and Phrases with load

In addition to the idioms beginning with load

loaded for bear
loaded question
load off one’s feet
load off one’s mind, a
load the dice

also see:

bricks shy of a load
carbo load
get a load of
take the load off

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Meaning Load

What does Load mean? Here you find 182 meanings of the word Load. You can also add a definition of Load yourself

1	1 0 a) To place a round of ammunition in a firearm chamber or magazine. b) A specific type or composition of ammunition.

2	0 0 Load An end-use device or customer that receives power from the electric system. Source: Glossary of Terms Used in NERC Reliability Standards.

3	0 0 Load Load denotes either a fund’s maximum initial or deferred sales charge.

4	0 0 Load Pounds (number) of cattle that can be hauled on a large cattle truck. For example, pot load is 42,000-52,000 lb (40-42 head of slaughter steers, 72 yearlings, or 100 calves).

5	0 0 Load Of a stream, the amount that it carries at any one time.

6	0 0 Load late 15c., «to place in or on (a vehicle),» from load (n.). Sense of «add to the weight of, put a load in or on» is from c. 1500; sense of «to charge a firearm» is from 1 [..]

7	0 0 Load c. 1200, lode, lade «that which is laid upon a person or beast, burden,» a sense extension from Old English lad «a way, a course, a carrying; a street, watercourse; maintenance, support [..]

8	0 0 Load Any force or combination of forces applied to the outside of a structure.

9	0 0 Load The portion of the offering price of shares of open-end investment companies in excess of the value of the underlying assets. Covers sales commissions and all other costs of distribution. The load is [..]

10	0 0 Load A huge overdue amount of cum that weighs down your balls and makes them ache blue

11	0 0 Load 1. semen 2. cum 3. love juice 4. jizz 5. a slut's toothpaste

12	0 0 Load jizz

13	0 0 Load n. the total amount of sperm ejaculated in one orgasm.

14	0 0 Load Jizz, ejaculate, cum

15	0 0 Load A portion of man juice.

16	0 0 Load The amount of semen expelled during one male ejaculation.

17	0 0 Load To place explosives in a drill hole. Also, to transfer broken material into a haulage device.

18	0 0 Load The amount of electric power delivered or required at any specific point or points on an electrical system. The requirement originates at the energy-consuming equipment of the customer.

19	0 0 Load The amount of electricity delivered or required at any specific point or points on a system. The load of an electricity system is effected by many factors and changes on a daily, seasonal, and annual [..]

20	0 0 Load component within a circuit that transforms electricity into a different form of energy such as light, heat, or sound.

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If you buy a mutual fund through a broker or other financial professional, you pay a sales charge or commission, also called a load. If the charge is levied when you purchase the shares, it's called a front-end load. If you pay when you sell shares, it's called a back-end load or contingent deferred sales charge. And with a level lo [..]

22	0 0 Load A sales charge or commission paid by an investor. Typically, this term is used only in connection with investments in mutual funds and municipal fund securities. See: BACK-END LOAD; COMMISSION; FRONT- [..]

23	0 0 Load weight to be borne or conveyed fill or place a load on; &quot;load a car&quot;; &quot;load the truck with hay&quot; a quantity that can be processed or transported at o [..]

24	0 0 Load v. To transfer a program held on some external storage medium (such as magnetic tape or disk) into the main memory of the machine in a form suitable for execution.

25	0 0 Load all that can be carried at one time, like a load of bricks or a load of bananas, the same word also means to put bullets into a gun, ready for shooting

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The power consumed by a device or circuit in performing its function. 2. A power-consuming device connected to a circuit. 3. To enter data or programs into storage or working registers. 4. To insert data values into a database that previously contained no occurrences of data. 5. To place a magnetic tape reel on a tape drive, or to place cards into [..]

27	0 0 Load rock material being transported by an agent of erosion.

28	0 0 Load The amount of force which can be exerted by a lever from a given amount of effort.

29	0 0 Load Dictionary of Internet Terms On the WWW,HTML documents and graphics are loaded into the browser whenever an URL is accessed.

30	0 0 Load A load in electrical terms is the power consumed by a device or a circuit. Load is also used to describe the total of all electricity consumers in a power system.

31	0 0 Load The amount that investors pay when they buy (front-end load) or redeem (back-end load) shares in a mutual fund, similar to a commission. The SEC’s rules do not limit sales loads a fund may charge,…

32	0 0 Load Definition A sales charge added to the purchase and/or sale price of some mutual funds and annuities. opposite of no-load.

33	0 0 Load The amount of electric power delivered or required at any specific point or points on an electrical system. The requirement originates at the energy-consuming equipment of the customer.

34	0 0 Load (1) To install. For example, to load a disk means to mount it in a disk drive. (2) To copy a program from a storage device into memory. Every program must be loaded into memory before it can be execut [..]

35	0 0 Load 1. The combination of components used to assemble a cartridge or shotshell.2. The act of putting ammunition into a firearm.

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To dream that you carry a load, signifies a long existence filled with labors of love and charity. To fall under a load, denotes your inability to attain comforts that are necessary to those looking to you for subsistence. To see others thus engaged, denotes trials for them in which you will be interested.

37	0 0 Load Noun. The quantity of semen that is usually ejaculated. E.g.»She was so horny I shot my load just looking at her.» See ‘shoot one’s load’.

38	0 0 Load an amount added (as to the price of a security or the net premium in insurance) to represent selling expense and profit to the distributor compare no-load

39	0 0 Load In electrical terms, the demand of an electrical process — i.e.- amp load. In computer terms it refers to transferring data from a disk (or other types of media) to a computer system.

40	0 0 Load The amount of electrical power required by connected electrical equipment.

41	0 0 Load The quantity or mass of any substance transported in an effluent per unit time (the product of concentration of pollutant and effluent flow).

42	0 0 Load Capacity rating in pounds which an elevator is designed to safely handle.

43	0 0 Load See

44	0 0 Load The amount of electric power drawn at a specific time from an electric power system, or the total power drawn from the system.

45	0 0 Load in manufacturing, describes the amount of production scheduled against a plant or machine. In warehousing, describes the materials being handled by a piece of equipment. In transportation, describes t [..]

46	0 0 Load An amount of end-use demand.

47	0 0 Load Anything in an electrical circuit that, when the circuit is turned on, draws power from that circuit.

48	0 0 Load The weight or force applied to the load cell.

49	0 0 Load Load is that the amount of electric power used by devices associated to electricity generating system.

50	0 0 Load The amount of power carried by a utility system or subsystem, or the amount of power consumed by an electric device, at a specified time. Load is also referred to as demand.

51	0 0 Load Any measurable force exerted on a structure or object. Things that can add load to a sign and its supporting structure include water, snow and wind. (See also dead load.)

52	0 0 Load What the river carries along with it — mud, sand, rocks, wood

53	0 0 Load The load is any material transported by the river, e.g. Sand, pebbles, rock particles.

54	0 0 Load Any device to which power is delivered

55	0 0 Load A term used to describe work require form a motor to drive equipment attached at the shaft. Usually defined in units of horsepower, or torque at a certain speed.

56	0 0 Load materials carried by a stream. local wind —

57	0 0 Load The type of load is important when it comes to selecting and calculating the suitable vibration isolation. This load is composed of two parts: 1. static load caused by the weight of the machine and th [..]

58	0 0 Load Sales charge on a mutual fund, usually paid at time of purchase. The NASD

59	0 0 Load the force to be overcome by a machine when it shifts or raises an object

60	0 0 Load Short for download and upload. If someone asks how long did the page take to load? He/She is referring to the time it takes a page to appear on your screen. If a web page is loading slow it means that [..]

61	0 0 Load There are two popular meanings for load. The first means to fetch some data or a program from a disk and store it in memory. The second indicates the amount of work a component (especially a processor [..]

62	0 0 Load Load refers to the process of drawing the image of a web page, including text and graphics, on your screen. If you have to wait a long time for a page to appear, you say it takes a long time to load. [..]

63	0 0 Load The sales charge assessed upon the initial investment in or redemption of a mutual fund.

64	0 0 Load Something physical or electrical that absorbs energy. A wind generator that is connected to a battery bank is loaded. A disconnected wind generator is NOT loaded, so the blades are free to spin at ver [..]

65	0 0 Load — 1) The amount of electrical power required by connected electrical equipment. 2) The total impedance of all the items in the output circuit.

66	0 0 Load The electrical device or devices that use electric power.

67	0 0 Load something which takes electrical energy from a circuit. It is sometimes called an energy sink. A household light globe becomes a load when it is connected to the mains and switched on.

68	0 0 Load The end-use consumption of power

69	0 0 Load An electrical device or devices that use electric power.

70	0 0 Load The amount of electric power delivered or required at any specific point or points on a system. The requirement originates at the energy consuming equipment of the consumers.

71	0 0 Load The amount of electricity used by any electrical unit or appliance at any given time.

72	0 0 Load The amount of electric power required to meet customers’ use in a given period.

73	0 0 Load The load of a transformer is the power, in kVA or volt-amperes, supplied by the transformer.

74	0 0 Load The amount of electric power drawn at a specific time from an electric system, or the total power drawn from the system. Peak load is the amount of power drawn at the time of highest demand.

75	0 0 Load see demand.

76	0 0 Load The amount of electric power delivered or required at any specific point or points on a system. The requirement originates at the energy-consuming equipment of the consumers.

77	0 0 Load End user of retail power; the consuming customer.

78	0 0 Load Amount of electricity needed/demanded at a given time.

79	0 0 Load The amount of electric power consumed at a given point on a system.

80	0 0 Load an electrical device, or the amount of power required by such a device.

81	0 0 Load Any power consuming device connected to an electrical circuit.

82	0 0 Load Any device that consumes electricity in order to operate. Appliances, tools, and lights are examples of electrical loads.

83	0 0 Load The electrical equipment powered from a device.

84	0 0 Load The driven device that uses the power supplied from the source.

85	0 0 Load The amount of electric power used by any electrical unit or appliance at any given time.

86	0 0 Load All the devices that consume electricity and make up the total demand for power at any given moment, like factories, distribution substations, etc.

87	0 0 Load The amount of power drawn from a utility system at a given point in time. The peak load is the highest amount of power drawn down at any one time, or the utilities maximum capacity or demand.

88	0 0 Load The amount of electric power delivered or required at any specified point on a system. Load originates at the power-consuming equipment of the customers.

89	0 0 Load The amount of electric power required to meet customers’ use in a given time period.

90	0 0 Load The amount of electric power delivered or required at any specific point or points on a system. The requirement originates at the energy-consuming equipment of the consumers.

91	0 0 Load (1)A device, or resistance of a device, to which power is delivered in a circuit. (2) The measure of electrical demand placed on an electric system at any given time. See demand.

92	0 0 Load Any device that consumes electricity to operate. Appliances, tools, and lights are examples of electrical loads.

93	0 0 Load sarcina, onus

94	0 0 Load An external force or other action acting on a member or structure. It can be from permanent construction, environmental effects, differential settlement, occupants, and material objects.

95	0 0 Load Weight or mass that is supported or carried and sometimes even measured. When we speak of work load, we generally mean the amount of work an individual’s job comprises.

96	0 0 Load See ‘Equivalent full-time student load’.

97	0 0 Load The maximum load for which a hoist is designated by the manufacturer or a qualified person.

98	0 0 Load The total lifted weight on the load block or hook.

99	0 0 Load The amount of electric power supplied to meet one or more end user’s needs. (SOURCE: California Energy Commission, http://www.consumerenergycenter.org)

100	0 0 Load The electric power used by devices connected to an electrical generating system. The amount of electric power required to meet customers’ use in a given time period. The amount of electric power [..]

101	0 0 Load a device which consumes electrical power and is connected to a source of electricity.

102	0 0 Load A device or apparatus that uses the energy of a circuit to perform work. May also refer to the power used by a device, machine, or a combination of many.

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The Active, Reactive or Apparent Power, as the context requires, generated, transmitted or distributed LV (low voltage) An a.c. voltage below 1000 V between phases, or below 600 V between any phase and Earth, or a d.c. voltage below 1500 V between conductors, or below 900 V between any conductor and earth.

104	0 0 Load Load for which voltage form and current form are similar. Voltage and current are related by Ohm’s law: U(t) = Z x I(t).

105	0 0 Load Load (generally with a switched-mode power supply) generating major harmonic currents. Current waveform is different from voltage waveform. Ohm’s law is not applicable. It can be used only with each harmonic.

106	0 0 Load The weight or force applied to the load cell.

107	0 0 Load The overall force to which a structure is subjected in supporting a weight or mass, or in resisting externally applied forces.

108	0 0 Load is the electrical power encountered by a contact set in any particular application.

109	0 0 Load The amount of power or watts on a circuit or distribution panel.

110	0 0 Load The load of a transformer is the power, in kVA or volt-amperes, supplied by the transformer. (Lagging Load) inductive type load. (Leading Load) capacitive load.

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112	0 0 Load The demand on an energy producing system. The energy consumption or requirement of a piece of equipment.

113	0 0 Load A weight that needs to be lifted, moved or supported.

114	0 0 Load means an end-use device or customer that receives power from the electricity system. Load should not be confused with demand, which is the measure of power that a load receives or requires. Load-frequ [..]

115	0 0 Load An external force or other action acting on a member or structure. It can be from permanent construction, environmental effects, differential settlement, occupants, and material objects.

116	0 0 Load A dose of drugs.

117	0 0 Load the weight supported by a structure or part.

118	0 0 Load the rate of output required; also the weight carried.

119	0 0 Load The MW/MWh consumed by a utility/ installation.

120	0 0 Load Load refers to the total superimposed weight on the load block or hook.

121	0 0 Load The load of a transformer is the power, in kVA or volt-amperes, supplied by the transformer. (Lagging Load) inductive type load. (Leading Load) capacitive load.

122	0 0 Load The amount of electrical power required by a consumer.

123	0 0 Load The amount of power drawn from an electric system at a specific time, or the total power drawn from the system. Peak load is the amount of power drawn at the time of highest demand. Also, anything that uses electrical energy.

124	0 0 Load The amount of electricity, in kVA or volt-amperes, supplied by the transformer. Loads are expressed as a function of the current flowing in the transformer, and not according to the watts consumed by [..]

125	0 0 Load The power required of an energy generation system for a particular area at a specific time.

126	0 0 Load A device or the resistance of a device to which electricity is delivered.

127	0 0 Load The load is the capacity and/or amount of electricity currently being used by all consumers using the energy grid. The load is measured in watts.

128	0 0 Load The demand on an energy producing system; the energy consumption or requirement of a piece or group of equipment.

129	0 0 Load Amount of electricity needed at a given time.

130	0 0 Load Load is the overall usage or consumption of electricity on a power supply. Load is generally expressed in kilowatt-hours or megawatt-hours.

131	0 0 Load A force that a body or structure is subjected to. Loads may be as a result of weight such as snow on a roof, pressure such as in a boiler drum, impact such as the force on a piston during the power stroke.

132	0 0 Load Usually used with up-load or down-load, it means to transfer files or software from one computer or server to another computer or server. In other words, it is the movement of information online.

133	0 0 Load The quantity of sediment transported by a current. It includes the suspended load of small particles in the water, and the bedload of large particles that move along the bottom.

134	0 0 Load The amount of adaptive Work involved in Allostasis.

135	0 0 Load Measurable quantity of Bacteria in an object, organism, or organism compartment.

136	0 0 Load The relative amount by which the average fitness of a Population is lowered, due to the presence of Genes that decrease Survival, compared to the Genotype with maximum or optimal fitness. (From Rieger [..]

137	0 0 Load Measure of the number of the Parasites present in a host organism.

138	0 0 Load The total amount (Cell Number, weight, size or volume) of Tumor Cells or Tissue in the body.

139	0 0 Load The quantity of measurable Virus in a Body Fluid. Change in viral load, measured in Plasma, is sometimes used as a SURROGATE MARKER in Disease Progression.

140	0 0 Load To put cargo into a vessel. 2. ‘Load’ of timber is a measurement of 50 cu. ft. of undressed wood, 40 cu. ft. of dressed wood.

141	0 0 Load A fee paid for the purchase of a fund. A fund may be front-end (paid on purchase), back-end (paid on sale), no-load (no fee), or decreasing (fee lowers each year).

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The commission fee (also known as sales charge) paid by an investor who buys shares in a mutual fund or insurance policy. A front-end load is imposed when an investor first purchases shares in the fund as well as any subsequent shares. A back-end load is charged when an investor takes money out of the fund, although this charge usually diminishes t [..]

143	0 0 Load Load refers to a sales charge imposed by some mutual funds*.

144	0 0 Load Refers to the amount of force placed on the objective piece from either percussion or pressure. Load is generally increased when going from pressure flaking to percussion flaking and from soft hammer [..]

145	0 0 Load The amount of a type of pollution that the Bay and its tributaries receive.

146	0 0 Load Amount of energy of power re required from a system.

147	0 0 Load A sales charge applied to a mutual fund when buying the fund or selling shares. This sales charge is added to the price of the fund. The fee may be either a one-time charge or a yearly fee.

148	0 0 Load a fee charged to investors in an investment fund, notably in order to pay commissions to distributors, and which may be paid when they buy fund shares or units, during the period of investment in the [..]

149	0 0 Load To position the blockers so that the most effective blockerconfronts the opponents most effective attacker.

150	0 0 Load Required rate of heat removal

151	0 0 Load 1. A force or combination of forces carried by a structural component. 2. The power delivered to an electrical device or equipment.

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Sales charge or commission paid by an investor in a load mutual fund. Loads can be charged when shares are purchased (front-end loads), when shares are sold (back-end loads) or at regular intervals over time (level loads). Funds that do not levy a sales charge and have 12b-1 fees of 0.25% or less are called no-load mutual funds.

153	0 0 Load The electrical device that uses power supplied by the source.

154	0 0 Load The amount of electric power delivered or required at any specified point or points on a system. Load originates primarily at the power consuming equipment of the customer.

155	0 0 Load An external force. The term load is sometimes used to describe more general actions such as temperature differentials or movements such as foundation settlements.

156	0 0 Load Commissions charged on the purchase or sale of mutual fund units.

157	0 0 Load The transfer of material, dissolved or particulate, associated with a flow of water.

158	0 0 Load The electrical demand of a process expressed as power (watts), current (amps) or resistance(ohms).

159	0 0 Load The amount of energy in MWh delivered at any specified point or points on a system.

160	0 0 Load A source drives a load. Whatever component or piece of equipment is connected to a source and draws current from a source is a load on that source.

161	0 0 Load number of passengers on board.

162	0 0 Load The electric power used by devices connected to an electrical generating system. The amount of electric power required to meet customers’ use in a given time period.

163	0 0 Load The power consumed by a device or circuit in performing its function. 2. A power-consuming device connected to a circuit. 3. To enter data or programs into storage or working registers. 4. To insert data values into a database that previously contained no occurrences of data.

164	0 0 Load The force the testing system exerts on the specimen. Load is a real channel. The testing system uses a load cell to measure force.

165	0 0 Load a sales commission paid when you buy (front-end) or sell (back-end) a mutual fund.

166	0 0 Load Commission and fees taken out of investment capital; that is, the situation in which a front-loaded mutual fund takes commission and fees out of investment capital before the money is put to work.

167	0 0 Load The sales commission attached to a purchased or sold mutual fund.

168	0 0 Load 1) The opposition to the audio output signal of a device by the input of the device being fed. 2) A resistor that would have the lowest impedance the device was designed to feed into used during testi [..]

169	0 0 Load A device through which an electric current flows and which changes electrical energy into another form. Power consumed by a device or circuit in performing its function. A digital load my be represent [..]

170	0 0 Load The amount of heat per unit time imposed on a refrigeration system or the required rate of heat removal.

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Any passive electrical device connected to a power source may be called by the general term of "load". It is the amount of electric power delivered or required at any specific point or points on a system. The requirement originates at the energy consuming equipment of the consumers. [Unit: kW or MW]

172	0 0 Load An outside force that affects the structure or its members.

173	0 0 Load lang=en 1600s=1678 * »’1678»’ — . »». *: Now I saw in my dream, that the highway up which Christian was to go, was fenced on either side with a wall, and that wall was called Salvation. [Isa. [..]

174	0 0 Load Semen. The porn star Nick Manning became famous for saying his catch phrase, «Dropping fucking loads,» while delivering the money shot.

175	0 0 Load The sales fee charged to an investor when shares are purchased in a load fund or annuity. See: Back-end load; front-end load; level load.

176	0 0 Load In UNIX computing, the system load is a measure of the amount of computational work that a computer system performs. The load average represents the average system load over a period of time. It co [..]

177	0 0 Load Load is the sixth studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica, released on June 4, 1996 by Elektra Records in the United States and by Vertigo Records internationally. The album showed mor [..]

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179	0 0 Load Load or LOAD may refer to:

180	0 0 Load Load or LOAD may refer to:

181	0 0 Load In UNIX computing, the system load is a measure of the amount of computational work that a computer system performs. The load average represents the average system load over a period of time. It co [..]

182	0 0 Load The load (Latin: carrus, lit. «cartload»), also known as a fodder, fother, and charrus, was an English unit of weight or mass of various amounts, depending on the era and the substance being measured.

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LOAD

Old English lād course; in meaning, influenced by lade1; related to lead1.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF LOAD

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOAD

Load is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb load in English.

WHAT DOES LOAD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Load

Load may refer to: ▪ Structural load, forces which are applied to a structure ▪ Cargo, material being transported ▪ Load, Kentucky ▪ The load of a mutual fund ▪ Electrical load, a device connected to the output of a circuit ▪ Electronic load, a simulated electrical load used for testing purposes ▪ Load, a measure of how much processing a computer performs ▪ Preload, various meanings ▪ Afterload, a medical term describing the maximum effect of a heartbeat driving blood mass out of the heart into the aorta and pulmonary arteries.

Definition of load in the English dictionary

The first definition of load in the dictionary is something to be borne or conveyed; weight. Other definition of load is the usual amount borne or conveyed. Load is also something that weighs down, oppresses, or burdens.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO LOAD

PRESENT

Present

I load

you load

he/she/it loads

we load

you load

they load

Present continuous

I am loading

you are loading

he/she/it is loading

we are loading

you are loading

they are loading

Present perfect

I have loaded

you have loaded

he/she/it has loaded

we have loaded

you have loaded

they have loaded

Present perfect continuous

I have been loading

you have been loading

he/she/it has been loading

we have been loading

you have been loading

they have been loading

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I loaded

you loaded

he/she/it loaded

we loaded

you loaded

they loaded

Past continuous

I was loading

you were loading

he/she/it was loading

we were loading

you were loading

they were loading

Past perfect

I had loaded

you had loaded

he/she/it had loaded

we had loaded

you had loaded

they had loaded

Past perfect continuous

I had been loading

you had been loading

he/she/it had been loading

we had been loading

you had been loading

they had been loading

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will load

you will load

he/she/it will load

we will load

you will load

they will load

Future continuous

I will be loading

you will be loading

he/she/it will be loading

we will be loading

you will be loading

they will be loading

Future perfect

I will have loaded

you will have loaded

he/she/it will have loaded

we will have loaded

you will have loaded

they will have loaded

Future perfect continuous

I will have been loading

you will have been loading

he/she/it will have been loading

we will have been loading

you will have been loading

they will have been loading

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would load

you would load

he/she/it would load

we would load

you would load

they would load

Conditional continuous

I would be loading

you would be loading

he/she/it would be loading

we would be loading

you would be loading

they would be loading

Conditional perfect

I would have load

you would have load

he/she/it would have load

we would have load

you would have load

they would have load

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been loading

you would have been loading

he/she/it would have been loading

we would have been loading

you would have been loading

they would have been loading

Conditional or «future-in-the-past» tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you load
we let´s load
you load

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Present Participle

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LOAD

Synonyms and antonyms of load in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS OF «LOAD»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «load» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «load» into 25 languages

TRANSLATION OF LOAD

Find out the translation of load to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of load from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «load» in English.

Translator English — Chinese

负荷

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English — Spanish

carga

570 millions of speakers

English

load

510 millions of speakers

Translator English — Hindi

लोड

380 millions of speakers

Translator English — Arabic

شُحْنَةٌ

280 millions of speakers

Translator English — Russian

груз

278 millions of speakers

Translator English — Portuguese

carga

270 millions of speakers

Translator English — Bengali

বোঝা

260 millions of speakers

Translator English — French

charge

220 millions of speakers

Translator English — Malay

Beban

190 millions of speakers

Translator English — German

Last

180 millions of speakers

Translator English — Japanese

荷

130 millions of speakers

Translator English — Korean

짐

85 millions of speakers

Translator English — Javanese

Mbukak

85 millions of speakers

Translator English — Vietnamese

vật nặng

80 millions of speakers

Translator English — Tamil

சுமை

75 millions of speakers

Translator English — Marathi

लोड करा

75 millions of speakers

Translator English — Turkish

yük

70 millions of speakers

Translator English — Italian

carico

65 millions of speakers

Translator English — Polish

ładunek

50 millions of speakers

Translator English — Ukrainian

вантаж

40 millions of speakers

Translator English — Romanian

încărcătură

30 millions of speakers

Translator English — Greek

φορτίο

15 millions of speakers

Translator English — Afrikaans

vrag

14 millions of speakers

Translator English — Swedish

last

10 millions of speakers

Translator English — Norwegian

last

5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of load

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOAD»

The term «load» is very widely used and occupies the 1.337 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.

Trends

FREQUENCY

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Principal search tendencies and common uses of load

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LOAD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about load

10 QUOTES WITH «LOAD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word load.

We would load up the yellow Cutlass Supreme station wagon and pick blackberries during blackberry season or spring onions during spring onion season. For us, food was part of the fabric of our day.

My songwriting process is painful. Songwriting is brilliant. It’s a load of fun — when it works. It’s really difficult as well.

I love working for myself. I’ve grown to dislike the Hollywood machine. Too much bull, disappointment, and quite frankly, untalented, mindless, and hugely disrespectful people involved in the process. I’ll take carrying the load on my back, all the way up Everest if needed, to be able to steer away from it.

Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered.

There are so many cliches associated with mental health — such as the ‘fine line between lunacy and genius’ — which are, on the whole, a load of rubbish.

You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load.

The thing is: in order to reach an agreement, to reach that balance, sometimes it is sort of like that old Rhinestone Cowboy lyric, ‘There’ll be a load of compromisin’ on the road to my horizon.’ For those of you who were too young, or don’t recall the song, made famous by country singer Glen Campbell, it is your loss.

There’s a whole load of stuff in life that is worth documenting. You see it every day but don’t even notice.

The great thing about athletics is that it’s like poker sometimes: you know what’s in your hand, and it may be a load of rubbish, but you’ve got to keep up the front.

The added work load of a degree has made me focus a lot more when I am in work.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOAD»

Discover the use of load in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to load and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

This volume explores cognitive architecture and its evolutionary base, and the instructional implications that follow, including technology-based instruction.

John Sweller, Paul Ayres, Slava Kalyuga, 2011

This edited volume brings together the most prolific researchers from around the world who study various aspects of cognitive load to discuss its current theoretical as well as practical issues.

Jan L. Plass, Roxana Moreno, Roland Brünken, 2010

Electrical Load Forecasting: Modeling and Model Construction

Succinct and understandable, this book is a step-by-step guide to the mathematics and construction of electrical load forecasting models.

S.A. Soliman, Ahmad Mohammad Al-Kandari, 2010

No system administrator responsible for traffic management should be without this practical guide.

Efficiency in Learning: Evidence-Based Guidelines to Manage …

This excellent book clearly describes and illustrates those guidelines for practitioners in the field of education and training.» —Jeroen J.G. van Merrinboer, coauthor, Integrated E-Learning «Nowhere else in book form will you find the …

Ruth C. Clark, Frank Nguyen, John Sweller, 2011

Spatial Electric Load Forecasting

Containing 12 new chapters, this second edition offers increased coverage of weather correction and normalization of forecasts, anticipation of redevelopment, determining the validity of announced developments, and minimizing risk from over …

The Glycemic-Load Diet: A powerful new program for losing …

In The Glycemic-Load Diet, cardiologist Dr. Rob Thompson unveils a revolutionary eating and exercise plan that helps you reverse insulin resistance, allowing you to: Eat more of the foods you like Eliminate cravings for starchy foods Eat …

Load Balancing in Parallel Computers: Theory and Practice

Load Balancing in Parallel Computers: Theory and Practice is about the essential software technique of load balancing in distributed memory message-passing parallel computers, also called multicomputers.

Practical Load Balancing: Ride the Performance Tiger

You can read Practical Load Balancing from end to end or out of sequence, and indeed, if there are individual topics that interest you, you can pick up this book and work through it once you have read the first three chapters.

Peter Membrey, Eelco Plugge, David Hows, 2012

Load-oriented Manufacturing Control

Load-Oriented Manufacturing Control is unique as it gives comprehensive and self-contained principles for the implementation of an appropriate production control technique of general applicability.

Hans-Peter Wiendahl, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOAD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term load is used in the context of the following news items.

First load-shedding, now load limiting | eNCA

JOHANNESBURG — City Power has begun implementing ‘load limiting’ in its areas of supply in Johannesburg and has urged residents not … «eNCA, Jul 15»

Stage one load shedding to kick in at 5pm — Eyewitness News

JOHANNESBURG — Power utility Eskom has announced it will implement stage one load shedding from 5pm this afternoon until 10pm this … «Eyewitness News, Jul 15»

‘Super load‘ continues journey to East Texas — KTBS.com …

The convoy bringing the load to Longview includes trucks pushing and pulling the load, police escorts and crews getting utility lines out of the … «KTBS, Jul 15»

The Trader Daily: Don’t Load the Boat — RealMoney.com — TheStreet

Last week was a good one for bulls, assuming you came into the week with a mitt full of longs. The E-Mini S&P 500 futures (Es) gained near 51 … «TheStreet.com, Jul 15»

I got dumped because of load shedding | Women24

Those pictures were uploaded during load shedding. My boyfriend doesn’t live in AFRICA so he knows less about load shedding. It was all too … «Women24, Jul 15»

My mother’s birthday turned into a load shedding disaster | Women24

I checked the load shedding schedule the day before, and it clearly stated NO load shedding. Yep, the lord was smiling at me as it would seem. «Women24, Jul 15»

Truck drops topsoil, compost load onto Ithaca street — The Ithaca Voice

ITHACA, N.Y. — A truck dropped a load of compost and topsoil on an Ithaca street, which backed up traffic in the area for nearly 40 minutes. «The Ithaca Voice, Jul 15»

Motorists warned of delays due to «abnormal load … — News & Star

Drivers are being warned they face potential delays due to an «abnormal load» passing through north Cumbria. Police officers will be escorting … «News & Star, Jul 15»

Wide load to cause delays on Suffolk roads on Monday morning …

Suffolk Police will be escorting the load from Clopton Commercial Park to … The load, which is 4.9m wide, 5m high, 16.5m long and which … «East Anglian Daily Times, Jul 15»

Ethanol vessels waiting to load at Santos soars to 9 from 4 the week …

In Brazil, nine vessels were waiting to load ethanol from the Port of Santos last Thursday, five more than were waiting the week prior. A total of … «Biobased Digest, Jul 15»

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