load

Nouns

• (n) weight to be borne or conveyed loading, burden,
• (n) a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
  • the system broke down under excessive loads
  loading,
• (n) goods carried by a large vehicle cargo, consignment, freight, lading, shipment, payload, loading,
• (n) an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate
  • he got a load on and started a brawl
• (n) the power output of a generator or power plant
• (n) an onerous or difficult concern
  • the burden of responsibility
  • that's a load off my mind
  burden, encumbrance, onus, incumbrance,
• (n) a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks lode,
• (n) 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,
• (n) electrical device to which electrical power is delivered

Verbs

• (v) fill or place a load on
  • load a car
  • load the truck with hay
  load up, lade, laden,
• (v) provide (a device) with something necessary
  • He loaded his gun carefully
  • load the camera
  charge,
• (v) transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory
• (v) put (something) on a structure or conveyance
  • load the bags onto the trucks
• (v) 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,

Synonyms

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