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word load
definition
verb
If you load a vehicle or a container, you put a large quantity of things into it.
The three men seemed to have finished loading the truck.
Mr. Dambar had loaded his plate with lasagne.
Soldiers were loaded with blankets and supplies.
They load all their equipment into backpacks.
She deposited the loaded tray.
I've just loaded my truck up.
The giggling couple loaded up their red sports car and drove off.
We loaded up carts with all the blankets, bandages, medication, water we could spare.
She loaded up his collection of vintage wines into crates.
...the loading of baggage onto international flights.
When someone loads a weapon such as a gun, they put a bullet or missile in it so that it is ready to use.
I knew how to load and handle a gun.
He carried a loaded gun.
They were quite safe because they weren't loaded.
To load a piece of equipment means to put something into it so that it is ready to use.
She made us clean our room and load the dishwasher.
She spends a lot of time loading her video diary onto a website.
The data can subsequently be loaded on a computer for processing.
noun
A load is something, usually a large quantity or heavy object, which is being carried.
He drove by with a big load of hay.
He was carrying a very heavy load.
A load is a quantity of clothes or sheets which need washing and which are washed together in a washing machine.
I put another load in the washing machine.
You can refer to the amount of work you have to do as a load .
She's taking some of the load off the secretaries.
The load of a system or piece of equipment, especially a system supplying electricity or a computer, is the extent to which it is being used at a particular time.
An efficient bulb may lighten the load of power stations.
Several processors can share the load of handling data in a single program.
The load on something is the amount of weight that is pressing down on it or the amount of strain that it is under.
Some of these chairs have flattened feet which spread the load on the ground.
High blood pressure imposes an extra load on the heart.
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quantifier
If you refer to a load of people or things or loads of them, you are emphasizing that there are a lot of them.
I've got loads of money.
His people came up with a load of embarrassing information.
I used to read loads of Asterix books.
...a load of kids.
inflections loadsloadingloadedloading
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