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.