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Load   /loʊd/   Listen
noun
Load  n.  
1.
A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load. "He might such a load To town with his ass carry."
2.
The quantity which can be carried or drawn in some specified way; the contents of a cart, barrow, or vessel; that which will constitute a cargo; lading.
3.
That which burdens, oppresses, or grieves the mind or spirits; as, a load of care. " A... load of guilt." " Our life's a load."
4.
A particular measure for certain articles, being as much as may be carried at one time by the conveyance commonly used for the article measured; as, a load of wood; a load of hay; specifically, five quarters.
5.
The charge of a firearm; as, a load of powder.
6.
Weight or violence of blows. (Obs.)
7.
(Mach.) The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working.
8.
The amount of work that a person, group, or machine is assigned to perform; as, the boss distributed the load evenly among his employees.
9.
(Elec.) The device or devices that consume power from a power supply.
10.
(Engineering) The weight or force that a structural support bears or is designed to bear; the object that creates that force.
Load line, or Load water line (Naut.), the line on the outside of a vessel indicating the depth to which it sinks in the water when loaded.
Synonyms: Burden; lading; weight; cargo. See Burden.


verb
Load  v. t.  (past & past part. loaded; pres. part. loading)  
1.
To lay a load or burden on or in, as on a horse or in a cart; to charge with a load, as a gun; to furnish with a lading or cargo, as a ship; hence, to add weight to, so as to oppress or embarrass; to heap upon. "I strive all in vain to load the cart." "I have loaden me with many spoils." "Those honors deep and broad, wherewith Your majesty loads our house."
2.
To adulterate or drug; as, to load wine. (Cant)
3.
To magnetize. (Obs.)
Loaded dice, dice with one side made heavier than the others, so that the number on the opposite side will come up oftenest.





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"Load" Quotes from Famous Books



... so I did not pocket my share from the sale of the horses, but to celebrate my promotion, I bought from the inn-keeper two sheep, an enormous cheese and a load of wine, with which my detachment had a feast. This was one of the happiest days ...
— The Memoirs of General the Baron de Marbot, Translated by - Oliver C. Colt • Baron de Marbot
... garden, sinner; see Those precious drops that flow; The heavy load he bore for thee; For thee he ...
— Hymns for Christian Devotion - Especially Adapted to the Universalist Denomination • J.G. Adams
... souls means having to bear with the weak, for the strong are able to go on by themselves in their progress towards what is good. Our holy Bishop explained this by two beautiful similitudes: "The plumage of birds is heavy, and yet without this load they could neither raise themselves from the ground nor hover in the air. The burden borne by holy souls is like a load of cinnamon, which, by its perfume invigorates him who carries it. So souls which are weak serve ...
— The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales • Jean Pierre Camus
... he was having his scene with me. She knew he would go and begin to pull the things about without having the sense to know what he was doing. She had seen him do it before. I know it was she who put the load in. We have never uttered a word to each other about it, but I know she did it, and that she knows I know. Before I married Alec, I did not understand how one human being could kill another. He taught me to understand, ...
— Emily Fox-Seton - Being The Making of a Marchioness and The Methods of Lady Walderhurst • Frances Hodgson Burnett
... a bright day with a most saturnine and wo-begone visage, informing you that he is in a terrible way, that his food distresses him, and he can't any longer take comfort in eating. He places his hand in the region of his stomach, remarks that he feels a great load there, and makes the usual complaints of a dyspeptic. He is pathetic over the fact that his physician has denied him fried oysters and mince pie for evening lunch, and closes his observations by exclaiming in a moralizing ...
— Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy • Various


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