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load
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- pronunciation:
- lod
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Homophone Note, Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
loads, loading, loaded |
| definition 1: |
to put onto or into a ship, train, truck, or other vehicle in order to transport.
They loaded the freight onto the ship.We loaded our furniture into the truck.
- synonyms:
- fill, heap, lade, pack, weight
- antonyms:
- unlade, unload
- similar words:
- burden, cumber, pile, sack, stack, stuff
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| definition 2: |
to fill with something, often to capacity.
The moving people loaded the truck with the furniture.I loaded the washing machine.The police officer loaded his gun.He loaded his stomach with steak and potatoes.
- synonyms:
- freight
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| definition 3: |
to place (a thing or things) into a machine or device.
The photographer loaded fresh film into the camera.I loaded the dishes into the dishwasher.- antonyms:
- discharge, unload
- similar words:
- charge, refill
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| definition 4: |
to provide things to (someone) in abundance.
My aunt loaded me with presents.- synonyms:
- flood, overload, oversupply, overwhelm, swamp, weight
- similar words:
- burden, cumber, glut, provide, supply
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| definition 5: |
to distort by prejudice, for the purpose of gaining what one wants.
The reporter loaded his question.- synonyms:
- weight
- similar words:
- fix, pack, rig, slant, stack, stuff
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| definition 6: |
to transfer (data or a program) onto the memory of a computer. Data or programs may come from either the computer's storage or from an external source such as the internet.
It's a large image and takes a long time to load. |
| related words: |
fill, freight, heap, line, overwhelm, weight |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to put goods on or in a structure, container, or conveyance.
The provisions and trucks are ready, but the men haven't begun to load yet.- synonyms:
- pack
- antonyms:
- discharge, unlade, unload
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| definition 2: |
to enter a vehicle of transport.
We made it to the gate just as the passengers were beginning to load.- synonyms:
- board, embark
- similar words:
- enter, mount
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| definition 3: |
of an airplane or other vehicle of transport, to take on passengers.
The plane hasn't left yet; it's loading just now. |
| definition 4: |
to put ammunition into firearms.
He aimed the gun but realized he'd forgotten to load.- antonyms:
- unload
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| definition 5: |
to take on or eat a great deal of something (usu. fol. by "up").
He loaded up with eggs and bacon before going out to chop wood.- synonyms:
- fill
- similar words:
- cram, glut, gorge, overeat, stuff
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
an amount of something carried; cargo or freight.
The train carried its load of coal through the valley.- synonyms:
- cargo, contents, freight, lading, shipment
- similar words:
- goods, merchandise
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| definition 2: |
the usual or customary amount carried or put into something.
They delivered a load of hay this morning.- synonyms:
- boatload, carload, shipload, shipment, wagonload
- similar words:
- payload
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| definition 3: |
a heavy burden or responsibility, or a large amount of work to be done.
Caring for her ailing mother had been a heavy load.I have a load of work to accomplish before Friday.- synonyms:
- burden, chore, millstone, onus, tax
- antonyms:
- sinecure
- similar words:
- charge, cross, duty, encumbrance, freight, obligation, responsibility, stack, strain, weight
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| definition 4: |
in engineering, resistance to mechanical operation.
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| definition 5: |
the output of an electric generating plant.
- synonyms:
- output
- similar words:
- production
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| definition 6: |
(informal) a large amount.
Sorry, but I can't go camping this weekend. I've got a load of work to do before Monday.There were loads of people stuck at the airport because of the weather. |
| related words: |
content, freight, mass, mine, misery, mountain |
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Are you looking for the word lode (a mineral deposit)? Load and lode sound alike but have different meanings.
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