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1. load [ n ] weight to be borne or conveyed

Used in print:

(The Sun, [Baltimore],...)

Keegan , a 6 - foot - 3 - inch 158 - pounder , gave_up the Orioles ' last two safeties over the final three frames , escaping a load of trouble in the ninth when the Birds threatened but failed to tally .

(B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)

Still Andrena will do a reasonably good job , so that an animal with a full pollen load looks_like a gay little piece of yellow down floating in the wind .

(Ross E. McKinney and Howard Edde, "Aerated...)

This operation would permit evaluation of the pilot plant , with a slowly increasing load , over a reasonable period_of_time .

The data indicated that the organic load during the 6 - hr composites was essentially 50 per_cent of the 24 - hr organic load .

The data indicated that the organic load during the 6 - hr composites was essentially 50 per_cent of the 24 - hr organic load .

Synonyms load loading burden Related Terms weight overload dead_load overload burthen live_load millstone burden

2. load [ v ] fill or place a load on
Examples: "load a car" "load the truck with hay"

Used in print:

(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)

Thus he wired J._P._Lower_and_Sons of Denver : `` Have you any percussion hand_grenades for throwing in a house or across a well loaded with balls or shrapnel shot ?

(Howard Fast, April Morning....)

My Cousin_Simmons carried a musket , but he had loaded it with bird_shot , and as the officer came opposite him , he rose_up behind the wall and fired .

(Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)

They went downstairs , loaded a tray lavishly .

Synonyms load load_up laden lade Related Terms fill stack overload reload pack bomb_up cargo stevedore loading

3. load [ n ] a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
Examples: "the system broke down under excessive loads"

Used in print:

(Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)

Still more jealous bitterness was engendered by the O_'_Banion gang 's seizure from a West_Side marshalling_yard of a freight-car load of Canadian whisky worth $ 100000 and by one of the biggest coups of the Prohibition_era - the Sibley warehouse robbery , which became famous for the cool brazenness of the operation .

(Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)

If a child watched its progress he whispered , `` Hay , hay , load of hay - make a wish and turn_away '' , and then stared rigidly in the opposite direction until the sound of the horses ' feet returned no_more .

Synonyms load loading Related Terms indefinite_quantity trainload

4. load [ v ] provide with munition "He loaded his gun carefully"

Synonyms load charge Related Terms fill recharge charge

5. load [ n ] goods carried by a large vehicle

Used in print:

(Richard Ferber, Bitter Valley....)

She glanced around the clearing , taking_in the wagon and the load of supplies and trappings scattered over the ground , the two kids , the whiteface bull that was chewing its cud just within the far reaches of the firelight .

Synonyms freight shipment cargo load consignment loading payload lading Related Terms merchandise transport freight

6. load [ v ] fill by packing tightly
Examples: "stow the cart"

Used in print:

(John Harnsberger and Robert P. Wilkins,...)

With these completed and ice gone from the St._Peter's_River ( present-day Minnesota river ) their 250 bushels of wheat , 100 bushels of oats and barley and 30 bushels of peas and some chickens were loaded onto the flat-bottomed boats and rowed up the river to Big_Stone_Lake , across into Lake_Traverse , and down the Red .

Synonyms load stow Related Terms pack stowage

7. load [ n ] (informal) an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate
Examples: "he got a load on and started a brawl"

Used in print:

(Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)

`` We know Penny spent some - and Carmer must have dropped a_few dollars getting that load on '' .

Synonyms load Related Terms indefinite_quantity colloquialism

8. load [ v ] place a load on
Examples: "Load the cart with apples"

Used in print:

(Don Francisco, "Formulas and Math Every Hot Rodder...)

A tire must be inflated to its normal hot operating pressure and the car must be loaded to its operating weight when this measurement is made .

Synonyms load Related Terms unload charge bomb_up overload pack

9. load [ n ] an onerous or difficult concern
Examples: "the burden of responsibility" "that's a load off my mind"

Synonyms burden load encumbrance onus incumbrance Related Terms concern dead_weight fardel pill imposition charge

10. load [ n ] the power output of a generator or power plant

Used in print:

(Raymond C. Binder et al., editors, Proceedings...)

At 100 Amp the 360 cycle ripple was less_than 0.5 V ( peak to peak ) with a resistive load .

Synonyms load Related Terms electrical_power

11. load [ 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

Synonyms payload load warhead Related Terms explosive atomic_warhead guided_missile

12. load [ v ] put (something) on a structure or conveyance
Examples: "load the bags onto the trucks"

Synonyms load Related Terms situate put cargo loading

13. load [ n ] a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks

Synonyms load lode Related Terms deposit champion_lode

14. load [ n ] electrical device to which electrical power is delivered

Synonyms load Related Terms electrical_device

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