Load

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A weight or mass that is supported.
  • noun. The overall force to which a structure is subjected in supporting a weight or mass or in resisting externally applied forces.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Something that is carried, as by a vehicle, person, or animal.
  • noun. The quantity that is or can be carried at one time.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The share of work allocated to or required of a person, machine, group, or organization.
  • noun. The demand for services or performance made on a machine or system.
  • noun. The amount of material that can be inserted into a device or machine at one time.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A single charge of ammunition for a firearm.
  • noun. An ejaculation of semen.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A mental weight or burden.
  • noun. A responsibility regarded as oppressive.
  • noun. The external mechanical resistance against which a machine acts.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The power output of a generator or power plant.
  • noun. A device or the resistance of a device to which power is delivered.
  • noun. A fee that a mutual fund charges to an investor when the investor purchases or redeems shares in the fund.
  • noun. A great number or amount.
  • noun. A heavy or overweight person.
  • noun. Genetic load.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To put (something) into or onto a structure or conveyance.
  • intransitive verb. To put something into or onto (a structure or conveyance).
  • intransitive verb. To provide or fill nearly to overflowing; heap.
  • intransitive verb. To give worries or difficulties to; weigh down; burden.
  • intransitive verb. To insert (a necessary material) into a device.
  • intransitive verb. To insert a necessary material into.
  • intransitive verb. To make (dice) heavier on one side by adding weight.
  • intransitive verb. To charge with additional meanings, implications, or emotional import.
  • intransitive verb. To raise the power demand in (an electrical circuit), as by adding resistance.
  • intransitive verb. To increase (an insurance premium or mutual fund share price) by adding expenses or sale costs.
  • intransitive verb. To have or put runners on (first, second, and third base).
  • intransitive verb. To transfer (data) from a storage device into a computer's memory.
  • intransitive verb. To receive a load.
  • intransitive verb. To charge a firearm with ammunition.
  • intransitive verb. To put or place a load into or onto a structure, device, or conveyance.
  • intransitive verb. To be transferred from a storage device into a computer's memory.
  • idiom. (get a load of) To look at; notice.
  • idiom. (get a load of) To listen to.
  • idiom. (have a load on) To be intoxicated.
  • idiom. (take a load off) To sit or lie down.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. See lode.
  • noun. That which is carried; a burden laid on or placed in anything, or taken up, for conveyance; specifically, a suitable or customary burden; the amount or quantity that can be or usually is carried: as, a ship's load; a cart-load; wood and hay are often sold by the load.
  • noun. That which is upborne or sustained; a burden; a weight resting on or in anything: as, a load of fruit on a tree; a load of learning in the mind.
  • noun. Especially—3. That which is hard to be sustained or endured; an oppressive or grievous burden: as, a load of debt; a load of guilt.
  • noun. The charge of a firearm: as, a load of buckshot.
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    Rhode  abode  bestowed  bestrode  blowed  
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    cargo  control  cost  equipment  output  
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    verb-form
    loaded  loading  loads