Definition of lood
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 burden2. load [ v ] fill or place a load on
Examples:
"load a car"
"load the truck with hay"
(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 loading3. load [ n ] a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
Examples:
"the system broke down under excessive loads"
(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 trainload4. load [ v ] provide with munition "He loaded his gun carefully"
Synonyms load charge Related Terms fill recharge charge5. 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 freight6. load [ v ] fill by packing tightly
Examples:
"stow the cart"
(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 stowage7. load [ n ] (informal) an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate
Examples:
"he got a load on and started a brawl"
(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 colloquialism8. load [ v ] place a load on
Examples:
"Load the cart with apples"
(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 pack9. load [ n ] an onerous or difficult concern
Examples:
"the burden of responsibility"
"that's a load off my mind"
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_power11. 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_missile12. load [ v ] put (something) on a structure or conveyance
Examples:
"load the bags onto the trucks"
13. load [ n ] a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
Synonyms load lode Related Terms deposit champion_lode14. load [ n ] electrical device to which electrical power is delivered
Synonyms load Related Terms electrical_deviceSimilar Spelling
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