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load

/loʊd/noun, verb1 syllable

Load means: goods carried by a large vehicle.

Synonyms for load22

noun, as in goods carried by a large vehicle

cargo, lading, freight, loading, payload, shipment, consignment

noun, as in an onerous or difficult concern

burden, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus

noun, as in weight to be borne or conveyed

noun, as in the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents

warhead, payload

noun, as in a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time

noun, as in a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks

lode

verb, as in corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones

adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase, extend

verb, as in fill or place a load on

lade, laden, load up

verb, as in provide (a device) with something necessary

What does load mean?14

noun

1

goods carried by a large vehicle

2

an onerous or difficult concern“the burden of responsibility”

3

weight to be borne or conveyed

4

the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents

5

a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time“the system broke down under excessive loads”

6

a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks

7

an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate“he got a load on and started a brawl”

8

the power output of a generator or power plant

9

electrical device to which electrical power is delivered

verb

1

corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones“adulterate liquor”

2

fill or place a load on“load a car”

3

provide (a device) with something necessary“He loaded his gun carefully”

4

transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory

5

put (something) on a structure or conveyance“load the bags onto the trucks”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with load?21

two syllables

explodebestowedreloadunloadabodeerodedecodeencode
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Load in a sentence

  • The load exceeded the maximum allowed, and the server crashed.AlanF_US
  • If you load your donkey like that, it won't budge.AlanF_US
  • However, there may be some deficiencies due to extreme patient load and finite resources.CM
  • After using utensils, wash them or load them into the dishwasher.Amastan
  • If you have a dishwasher, load the utensils properly, handle down.Amastan
  • Between the four of them, they picked up the load._undertoad
  • Obviously, the server load will increase as a result.unknown
  • If you load too much weight in this box, it's going to blow up.unknown

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of load

as a noun

plural
loads

as a verb

past tense
loaded
present participle
loading
third-person singular
loads
past participle
loaded