Definition of "load"
- noun
A burden; a weight to be carried.
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.
Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle.
A large number or amount.
The volume of work required to be performed.
The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.
The electrical current or power delivered by a device.
Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit.
A unit of measure, often equivalent to the capacity of a waggon, but later becoming more specific measures of weight.
- verb
To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).
To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage.
To put a load on something.
To receive a load.
To be placed into storage or conveyance.
To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.
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.
To fill (an apparatus) with raw material.
To be put into use in an apparatus.
To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory.
To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.
To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome.
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.
To provide in abundance.
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