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The definition of load
28 Definitions of: load
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- noun, something to be borne or conveyed; weight
- noun, a) the usual amount borne or conveyed b) (in combination)
- noun, something that weighs down, oppresses, or burdens
- noun, a single charge of a firearm
- noun, the weight that is carried by a structure
- noun, electrical engineering electronics a) a device that receives or dissipates the power from an amplifier, oscillator, generator, or some other source of signals b) the power delivered by a machine, generator, circuit, etc
- noun, the force acting on a component in a mechanism or structure
- noun, the resistance overcome by an engine or motor when it is driving a machine, etc
- noun, an external force applied to a component or mechanism
- noun, a load of a quantity of
- noun, get a load of pay attention to
- noun, have a load on slang to be intoxicated
- noun, shoot one's load slang (of a man) to ejaculate at orgasm
- verb, to place or receive (cargo, goods, etc) upon (a ship, lorry, etc)
- verb, to burden or oppress
- verb, to supply or beset (someone) with in abundance or overwhelmingly
- verb, to cause to be biased
- verb, to put an ammunition charge into (a firearm)
- verb, photog to position (a film, cartridge, or plate) in (a camera)
- verb, to weight or bias (a roulette wheel, dice, etc)
- verb, insurance to increase (a premium) to cover expenses, etc
- verb, to draw power from (an electrical device, such as a generator)
- verb, to add material of high atomic number to (concrete) to increase its effectiveness as a radiation shield
- verb, to increase the power output of (an electric circuit)
- verb, to increase the work required from (an engine or motor)
- verb, to apply force to (a mechanism or component)
- verb, computing to transfer (a program) to a memory
- verb, load the dice a) to add weights to dice in order to bias them b) to arrange to have a favourable or unfavourable position ▷ See also loads
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of load