Synonyms:
load, loading, burden
Meaning: weight to be borne or conveyed
Synonyms:
load, loading
Meaning: a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time; "the system broke down under excessive loads"
Synonyms:
cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment
Meaning: goods carried by a large vehicle
Synonyms:
load
Meaning: an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate; "he got a load on and started a brawl"
Synonyms:
load
Meaning: the power output of a generator or power plant
Synonyms:
burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus
Meaning: an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
load, lade, laden, load_up
Meaning: fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay"
Synonyms:
load, charge
Meaning: provide (a device) with something necessary; "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera"
Usage examples
It's a load taken from my mind."
It is easy to load in this way with cartridges.
"You take a load from my mind," said Captain Blood.
I am a gunner's wife and know how to load and fire a cannon.
Load the gun, and secure it at the proper height from the ground.
The load quivered, and from under the runners arose a crisp crackling.
I'll just go up there myself after supper and load the shot-gun and wait.
Williamson and Leese load the sledges and are getting very clever and expeditious.
So the lad did all that; but it was a heavy load for him to carry them all down at once.
The equipment and rations we carried in weight would have been a respectable load for a mule.