load

load
load1 [ loud ] noun ***
1. ) count something that a person or animal carries, especially a large amount of things:
The men were struggling with their heavy loads.
a ) count the goods that a vehicle carries:
load of: She drove back from the farm with a full load of hay.
b ) singular the amount of weight or pressure that something has to bear:
The hip belt on this backpack takes most of the load off the shoulders.
2. ) count a quantity of clothes that you put in a washing machine:
I think I'll do another load of laundry.
3. ) count an amount of work that a person, piece of equipment, or system has to do at one time: WORKLOAD:
Teaching loads have increased this year.
We need a computer that can cope with the load.
a ) a problem, responsibility, or worry that you have to deal with: BURDEN:
You must allow others to share your load.
a heavy load to bear/carry: Knowledge of what they had done was a heavy load to bear.
get a load of SPOKEN
used for telling someone to look at or listen to someone or something that you think is funny or interesting:
Get a load of that dress!
a load of/loads of something INFORMAL
a lot of something:
You're getting yourself into a whole load of trouble.
He's making loads of money.
loads (of things) to do: I've got loads to do today.
a load of crap/bull/garbage etc. IMPOLITE
used for emphasizing that you think something is stupid or wrong
take a load off (your feet) SPOKEN
to sit down and relax
load
load 2 [ loud ] verb **
1. ) load or load up intransitive or transitive to put a load onto or into something such as a vehicle or container:
They are loading the truck now.
Down at the docks, ships were loading and unloading.
load something into/onto something: Were there any problems loading the cargo onto the boat?
load something with something: She loaded my plate with grapes and plums.
2. ) transitive to put something into a piece of equipment so that it is ready to use:
Did you load the dishwasher?
My camera is loaded with color film.
load something with/into something: He loaded the cassette into the player.
a ) to put bullets into a gun:
He stopped to load his rifle.
b ) to put information or a program into a computer:
The data is loaded from a spreadsheet file.
,load `down phrasal verb transitive usually passive
1. ) if you are loaded down with a lot of heavy things, you are carrying them:
She was loaded down with luggage.
2. ) if you are loaded down with responsibilities, problems or work, you have more than you can deal with
,load `up phrasal verb intransitive or transitive
same as LOAD 2 1:
They heard the sound of trucks being loaded up and driven away.

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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