load
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.
- A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.
"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."
- (in combination) Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle
- (often in the plural) A large number or amount.
"I got a load of emails about that."
- The volume of work required to be performed.
"Will our web servers be able to cope with that load?"
- The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.
"Each of the cross-members must withstand a tensile load of 1,000 newtons."
- The electrical current or power delivered by a device.
"I'm worried that the load on that transformer will be too high."
- A resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing work.
- Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit.
"Connect a second 24-ohm load across the power supply's output terminals."
- A unit of measure for various quantities.
- The viral load
- A very small explosive inserted as a gag into a cigarette or cigar.
- The charge of powder for a firearm.
- Weight or violence of blows.
- The contents (e.g. semen) of an ejaculation.
- Nonsense; rubbish.
"What a load!"
- The process of loading something, i.e. transferring it into memory or over a network, etc.
"All of those uncompressed images are going to slow down the page load."
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.
"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."
- To be placed into storage or conveyance.
"The containers load quickly and easily."
- To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.
"I pulled the trigger, but nothing happened. I had forgotten to load the gun."
- To insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a reel of film into a camera, sheets of paper into a printer etc.
"Now that you've loaded the camera [with film], you're ready to start shooting."
- To fill (an apparatus) with raw material.
"The workers loaded the blast furnace with coke and ore."
- To be put into use in an apparatus.
"The cartridge was designed to load easily."
- To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory.
"Click OK to load the selected data."
- To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.
"This program takes an age to load."
- To put runners on first, second and third bases
"He walks to load the bases."
- To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome.
"The wording of the ballot paper loaded the vote in favour of the Conservative candidate."
- To ask or adapt a question so that it will be more likely to be answered in a certain way.
- To encumber with something negative, to place as an encumbrance.
"The new owners had loaded the company with debt."
- To provide in abundance.
"He loaded carbs into his system before the marathon."
- To weight (a cane, whip, etc.) with lead or similar.
- To adulterate or drug.
"to load wine"
- To magnetize.
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