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load

[lohd]

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–noun

1.	anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.

2.	the quantity that can be or usually is carried at one time, as in a cart.

3.	this quantity taken as a unit of measure or weight or a discrete quantity (usually used in combination): carload; wagonload.

4.	the quantity borne or sustained by something; burden: a tree weighed down by its load of fruit.

5.	the weight supported by a structure or part.

6.	the amount of work assigned to or to be done by a person, team, department, machine, or mechanical system: a reasonable load of work.

7.	something that weighs down or oppresses like a burden; onus: Supporting her younger brothers has been a heavy load for her.

8.	loads, Informal. a great quantity or number: loads of fun; loads of people.

9.	the charge for a firearm.

10.	a commission charged to buyers of mutual-fund shares.

11.	Engineering. any of the forces that a structure is calculated to oppose, comprising any unmoving and unvarying force (dead load), any load from wind or earthquake, and any other moving or temporary force (live load).

12.

Electricity.

a.	the power delivered by a generator, motor, power station, or transformer.

b.	a device that receives power.

13.	Mechanics. the external resistance overcome by an engine, dynamo, or the like, under given conditions, measured and expressed in terms of the power required.

14.	Geology. the burden of sediment being carried by a stream or river. Compare bed load.

15.	Slang. a sufficient amount of liquor drunk to cause intoxication: He's got a load on tonight.

–verb (used with object)

16.	to put a load on or in; fill: to load a ship.

17.	to supply abundantly, lavishly, or excessively with something (often fol. by down): They loaded us down with gifts.

18.	to weigh down, burden, or oppress (often fol. by down, with, on, etc.): to feel loaded down with responsibilities; to load oneself with obligations.

19.	to insert a charge, projectile, etc., into (a firearm).

20.	to place (film, tape, etc.) into a camera or other device: He loaded the film into the camera.

21.	to place film, tape, etc., into (a camera or other device): How do you load this camera?

22.	to take on as a load: a ship loading coal.

23.	to add to the weight of, sometimes fraudulently: The silver candlesticks were loaded with lead.

24.	Insurance. to increase (the net premium) by adding charges, as for expenses.

25.	to add additional or prejudicial meaning to (a statement, question, etc.): The attorney kept loading his questions in the hope of getting the reply he wanted.

26.	to overcharge (a word, expression, etc.) with extraneous values of emotion, sentiment, or the like: emotion that loads any reference to home, flag, and mother.

27.	to weight (dice) so that they will always come to rest with particular faces upward.

28.	Baseball. to have or put runners at (first, second, and third bases): They loaded the bases with two out in the eighth inning.

29.

Fine Arts.

a.	to place a large amount of pigment on (a brush).

b.	to apply a thick layer of pigment to (a canvas).

30.

Metalworking.

a.	(of metal being deep-drawn) to become welded to (the drawing tool).

b.	(of material being ground) to fill the depressions in the surface of (a grinding wheel).

c.	(in powder metallurgy) to fill the cavity of (a die).

31.

Computers.

a.	to bring (a program or data) into main storage from external or auxiliary storage.

b.	to place (an input/output medium) into an appropriate device, as by inserting a disk into a disk drive.

32.	Electricity. to add (a power-absorbing device) to an electric circuit.

–verb (used without object)

33.	to put on or take on a load, as of passengers or goods: The bus usually loads at the side door.

34.	to load a firearm.

35.	to enter a carrier or conveyance (usually fol. by into): The students loaded quickly into the buses.

36.	to become filled or occupied: The ship loaded with people in only 15 minutes.

–adverb

37.	loads, Informal. very much; a great deal: Thanks loads. It would help loads if you sent some money.

—Idioms

38.

get a load of, Slang.

a.	to look at; notice; observe.

b.	to listen to with interest: Did you get a load of what she said?

39.	load the dice, to put someone or something in a advantageous or disadvantageous position; affect or influence the result: Lack of sufficient education loaded the dice against him as a candidate for the job.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME lode (n.); orig. the same word as lode (OE lād way, course, carrying); senses influenced by lade

Related forms:

loadless, adjective

Synonyms:
7. weight, encumbrance. Load, burden referred originally to something placed on a person or animal or put into a vehicle for conveyance. Both load and burden are still used in this literal sense, though burden only infrequently, except in such fixed phrases as beast of burden and a ship of 1500 tons burden (carrying capacity). Both words have come to be used figuratively to refer to duties, cares, etc., that are oppressively heavy, and this is now the main meaning of burden: You have taken a load off my mind. Some children are a burden. 16. lade. 18. weight, encumber.

Antonyms:
18. disburden.

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load (lōd)

1. A weight or mass that is supported: the load on an arch.
2. The overall force to which a structure is subjected in supporting a weight or mass or in resisting externally applied forces.
3. Something that is carried, as by a vehicle, person, or animal: a load of firewood.
4. The quantity that is or can be carried at one time.
5. The share of work allocated to or required of a person, machine, group, or organization.
6. The demand for services or performance made on a machine or system.
7. A mental weight or burden: Good news took a load off my mind.
8. A responsibility regarded as oppressive.
9. The power output of a generator or power plant.
10. A device or the resistance of a device to which power is delivered.
1. Something that is carried, as by a vehicle, person, or animal: a load of firewood.
2. The quantity that is or can be carried at one time.
3. The share of work allocated to or required of a person, machine, group, or organization.
4. The demand for services or performance made on a machine or system.
5. A mental weight or burden: Good news took a load off my mind.
6. A responsibility regarded as oppressive.
7. The power output of a generator or power plant.
8. A device or the resistance of a device to which power is delivered.
1. The share of work allocated to or required of a person, machine, group, or organization.
2. The demand for services or performance made on a machine or system.
3. A mental weight or burden: Good news took a load off my mind.
4. A responsibility regarded as oppressive.
5. The power output of a generator or power plant.
6. A device or the resistance of a device to which power is delivered.
The amount of material that can be inserted into a device or machine at one time: The camera has a full load of film.
A single charge of ammunition for a firearm.
1. A mental weight or burden: Good news took a load off my mind.
2. A responsibility regarded as oppressive.
3. The power output of a generator or power plant.
4. A device or the resistance of a device to which power is delivered.
The external mechanical resistance against which a machine acts.
Electricity
1. The power output of a generator or power plant.
2. A device or the resistance of a device to which power is delivered.
A front-end load.
Informal A great number or amount. Often used in the plural: loads of parties during the holiday season.
Slang A heavy or overweight person.
Genetic load.

v. load·ed, load·ing, loads

v. tr.

1. To put (something) into or onto a structure or conveyance: loading grain onto a train.
2. To put something into or onto (a structure or conveyance): loaded the tanker with crude oil.
3. To transfer (data) from a storage device into a computer's memory.
4. To mount (a diskette) onto a floppy disk drive.
5. To mount (a magnetic tape) onto a tape drive.
To provide or fill nearly to overflowing; heap: loaded the table with food.
To weigh down; burden: was loaded with worries.
To insert (a necessary material) into a device: loaded film into the camera; loaded rounds into the rifle.
To insert a necessary material into: loaded the camera with film.
Games To make (dice) heavier on one side by adding weight.
To charge with additional meanings, implications, or emotional import: loaded the question to trick the witness.
To dilute, adulterate, or doctor. See Synonyms at adulterate.
To raise the power demand in (an electrical circuit), as by adding resistance.
To increase (an insurance premium or mutual fund share price) by adding expenses or sale costs.
Baseball To have or put runners on (first, second, and third base).
Computer Science
1. To transfer (data) from a storage device into a computer's memory.
2. To mount (a diskette) onto a floppy disk drive.
3. To mount (a magnetic tape) onto a tape drive.

v. intr.

To receive a load: Container ships can load rapidly.
To charge a firearm with ammunition.
To put or place a load into or onto a structure, device, or conveyance.

[Middle English lode, alteration (influenced by laden, to load) of lade, course, way, from Old English lād; see leit- in Indo-European roots.]

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Load

Load\, n. [OE. lode load, way; properly the same word as lode, but confused with lade, load, v. See Lade, Lead, v., Lode.]

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. --Gower.

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." --Ray. " Our life's a load." --Dryden.

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.] --Milton.

7. (Mach.) The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working.

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.

Syn: Burden; lading; weight; cargo. See Burden.

Load

Load\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Loading. Loaden is obsolete, and laden belongs to lade.]

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. --Gascoigne.

I have loaden me with many spoils. --Shak.

Those honors deep and broad, wherewith Your majesty loads our house. --Shak.

2. To adulterate or drug; as, to load wine. [Cant]

3. To magnetize.[Obs.] --Prior.

Loaded dice, dice with one side made heavier than the others, so that the number on the opposite side will come up oftenest.

Language Translation for : load

Spanish: carga,

German: die Ladung,

Japanese: 積荷

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load (n.)

"that which is laid upon a person or beast, burden," 1225, from O.E. lad "way, course, carrying," from P.Gmc. *laido (cf. O.H.G. leita, Ger. leite, O.N. leið "way, course"); related to O.E. lædan "to guide" (see lead (v.)). Sense shifted 13c. to supplant words based on lade (q.v.), to which it is not etymologically connected; original association with "guide" is preserved in lodestone (see lode). Meaning "amount customarily loaded at one time" is from 1384. Fig. sense of "burden weighing on the mind, heart, or soul" is first attested 1593. Meaning "amount of work" is from 1946. Colloquial loads "lots" is attested from 1606. The verb is from 1495; of firearms from 1626. To take one's load "drink one's fill" is from 1598; hence slang loaded "drunk" (1886). In the sense of "rich," loaded is attested from 1910. Phrase take a load off one's feet "sit down, relax" is from 1945. Get a load of "take a look at" is Amer.Eng. colloquial, attested from 1929.

Load

A fee or commission charged to an investor when buying or redeeming shares in a mutual fund. The fee may be charged at the time the investor buys into the mutual fund (called a front-end load) or when the investor redeems his/her mutual fund shares (called a back-end load).

Investopedia Commentary

Most mutual funds today carry some load, since costs are incurred in the operation of the fund and as a result of numerous shareholder transactions (i.e. buying and redeeming of mutual fund shares). Also, this load quite literally acts as a burden for investors, effectively discouraging them from trading the mutual fund short-term.

Also spelled: mutual fund load

load

The sales fee the buyer pays in order to acquire an asset. This fee varies according to the type of asset and the way it is sold. Many mutual funds impose a sales charge. As a result of the load, only a portion of the investor's funds go into the investment itself. Also called front-end load, sales load.

Main Entry: load
Function: noun
: an amount added (as to the price of a security or the net premium in insurance) to represent selling expense and profit to the distributor —compare NO-LOAD

Main Entry: ¹load
Pronunciation: 'lOd
Function: noun
1 a : a mass or weight put on something b : the amount of stress puton something load to the nervous system —H. G. Armstrong> c : an amount of something (as food or water) added to thebody or available for use in some physiological process load —Emergency Medicine>
2 : the number orquantity (as of patients) to be accommodated or treated load of physicians in private practice —Journal of the American Medical Association>
3 : the amount of a deleterious microorganism, parasite, growth, or substance present in a human or animal body load in the blood> load in rats>called also burden
4 : GENETIC LOAD

Main Entry: ²load
Function: transitive verb
1 : to put a load in or on loaded with … pyruvate by intravenousinjections —Experiment Station Record>
2 : to weight (as a test or experimental situation) with factors influencing validity or outcome
3 : tochange by adding an adulterant or drug loaded with narcotics —D. W. Maurer & V. H. Vogel>

load (lōd)
n.
A departure from normal body content, as of water, salt, or heat. A positive load is a quantity in excess of the normal; a negative load is a deficit.

load (lōd) Pronunciation Key

The resistance, weight, or power drain sustained by a machine or electrical circuit. Compare effort.
The power output of a generator or power plant.
The amount of a pathogen or toxic substance present in an organism.

load
1. To copy data (often program code to be run) into memory, possibly parsing it somehow in the process. E.g. "WordPerfect can't load this RTF file - are you sure it didn't get corrupted in the download?" Opposite of save.
2. The degree to which a computer, network, or other resource is used, sometimes expressed as a percentage of the maximum available. E.g. "What kind of CPU load does that program give?", "The network's constantly running at 100% load". Sometimes used, by extension, to mean "to increase the level of use of a resource". E.g. "Loading a spreadsheet really loads the CPU". See also: load balancing.
3. To install a piece of software onto a system. E.g. "The computer guy is gonna come load Excel on my laptop for me". This usage is widely considered to be incorrect.
(2002-07-02)

load

In addition to the idioms beginning with load, also see bricks shy of a load; carbo load; get a load of; take the load off.

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