load

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/loʊd/

noun 6verb 5

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

heavy, light

The nurses complained about their light load during the quiet night shift at the hospital.

full

The truck carried a full load of vegetables to the market every morning.

VERB + LOAD

bear, carry

lighten, share, spread

The nurses decided to share the load by rotating their shifts more fairly.

drop, dump, shed

The farmer decided to dump his load of old hay behind the barn.

PREP

under its, etc. ~

The old bridge groaned under its heavy load of traffic during rush hour.

Definitions

noun

A burden; a weight to be carried.

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

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.

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.

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

I put a load on before we left.

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

verb

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

The dock workers refused to load the ship.

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.

To put a load on something.

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

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.

To be placed into storage or conveyance.

The containers load quickly and easily.

noun

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!

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — goods carried by a large vehicle

noun — weight to be borne or conveyed

noun — the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that

warhead
payload

noun — an onerous or difficult concern

noun — a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundari

lode

noun — a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time

verb — corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or infer

verb — fill or place a load on

verb — provide (a device) with something necessary

charge

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

one brick short of a full load

Not mentally sound; insane.

I feel fine today, but that gentleman conversing with the house plant there may be one brick short of a full load.

take a load off

To go from a standing position to a sitting one.

shoot one's load

To ejaculate; to cum.

2001, Penthouse Magazine, Letters to Penthouse XII: It Just Gets Hotter, link I grab her tighter and shoot my load in her bum.

load up

To fill (a vehicle, vessel, room, etc.) with a load of cargo or similar.

We loaded up the wagon with supplies.

blow one's load

To ejaculate, to cum.

“I want your big cock up my ass so bad, I'm jacking off, and if I don't stop soon, I'm gonna blow my load."

Example Bank

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

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Our life's a load.

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

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The dock workers refused to load the ship.

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The longshoremen loaded the cargo quickly.

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He loaded his stuff into his storage locker.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, load is marked as figuratively, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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