Sekirov Dictionary

load

UK /ləʊd/US /loʊd/

noun 22
verb 20
forms 6
phrases 10

noun22

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a heavy thing that a person or an animal has to carry
- I struggled up the hill with the heavy load in my rucksack.
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(figurative) A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.
- Our life's a load. — 1700
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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.
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A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle.
- I put a load on before we left.
[in compounds] Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle
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A unit of measure for various quantities.
- If this load equals its modern representative, it contains 18 cwt. of dry, 19 of new hay. — 1866
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[in the plural] (informal) A large number or amount.
- I got loads of presents for my birthday!
- I got a load of emails about that.
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The volume of work required to be performed.
- Will our web servers be able to cope with that load?
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The electrical current or power delivered by a device.
- I'm worried that the load on that transformer will be too high.
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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.
A resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing work.
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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.
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(euphemistic) Nonsense; rubbish.
- What a load!
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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 very small explosive inserted as a gag into a cigarette or cigar.
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The charge of powder for a firearm; a loaded cartridge or round of ammunition.
- With the thought he he arose and removed his rifle from its boot. He looked to its loads and saw that the magazine was full. Then he inspected his revolver. — 1913
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(slang, vulgar) The contents (e.g. semen) of an ejaculation.
- Already, Robbie had dumped a load into his dad, and now, before my very eyes, was Alan's own cock lube seeping out of Robbie's crinkled but fleshy sphincter. — 2006
Ellipsis of viral load.
(Philippines) Prepaid phone credit.
(slang, vulgar) Defecation.
(no longer used) Weight or violence of blows.
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(Internet, no longer used) 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!

verb20

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To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).
- The dock workers refused to load the ship.
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To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory.
- Click OK to load the selected data.
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To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.
- The file took ten minutes to load.
- This program takes an age to load.
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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.
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To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.
- I pulled the trigger, but nothing happened. I had forgotten to load the gun.
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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 film [into the camera], you're ready to start shooting.
- Now that you've loaded the camera [with film], you're ready to start shooting.
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To fill (an apparatus) with raw material.
- The workers loaded the blast furnace with coke and ore.
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To be put into use in an apparatus.
- The cartridge was designed to load easily.
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To put a load on something.
- The truck was supposed to leave at dawn, but in fact we spent all morning loading.
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To receive a load.
- The truck is designed to load easily.
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To be placed into storage or conveyance.
- The containers load quickly and easily.
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To encumber with something negative, to place as an encumbrance.
- The new owners had loaded the company with debt.
- The new owners loaded debt on the company.
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To provide in abundance.
- He loaded his system with carbs before the marathon.
- He loaded carbs into his system before the marathon.
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To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome.
- You can load the dice in your favour by researching the company before your interview.
- 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.
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To put runners on first, second and third bases
- He walks to load the bases.
(Philippines) to top up or purchase phone credits
To weight (a cane, whip, etc.) with lead or similar.
(slang, no longer used) To adulterate or drug.
(no longer used) To magnetize.

forms

loaded · loaden · loading · loadeth · loads · loadest

Phrases with load

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