load

UK /loʊd/ US /loʊd/
noun 6verb 5

Definitions

noun

1

A burden; a weight to be carried.

I struggled up the hill with the heavy load in my rucksack.

2

A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.

Our life's a load.

I came here with a load and it feels so much lighter, now I’ve met you.

3

A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.

The truck overturned while carrying a full load of oil.

She put another load of clothes in the washing machine.

4

A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle.

I put a load on before we left.

5

Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle

verb

1

To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).

The dock workers refused to load the ship.

2

To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage.

The longshoremen loaded the cargo quickly.

He loaded his stuff into his storage locker.

3

To put a load on something.

The truck was supposed to leave at dawn, but in fact we spent all morning loading.

4

To receive a load.

The truck is designed to load easily.

[I]n his Paroxyſms, as he vvalked the Streets, he vvould have his Pockets loaden vvith Stones, to pelt at the Signs.

5

To be placed into storage or conveyance.

The containers load quickly and easily.

noun

1

A person that spends all day online. The term was originally used in the late 1980s to describe users on free Q-Link (later America Online) accounts who never signed off the system at great expense to the company.

She never logs off; she is a real LOAD!

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