load en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /ləʊd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /loʊd/ (General-American)
Etymology
The sense of “burden” first arose in the 13th century as a secondary meaning of Middle English lode, loade, which had the main significance of “way, course, journey”, from Old English lād (“course, journey; way, street, waterway; leading, carrying; maintenance, support”) (ultimately from Proto-Germanic *laidō (“leading, way”), Proto-Indo-European *leyt- (“to go, go forth, die”). Cognate with Middle Low German leide (“entourage, escort”), German Leite (“line, course, load”), Swedish led (“way, trail, line”), Icelandic leið (“way, course, route”). As such, load is a doublet of lode, which has preserved the older meaning. Most likely, the semantic extension of the Middle English substantive arose by conflation with the (etymologically unrelated) verb lade; however, Middle English lode occurs only as a substantive; the transitive verb load (“to charge with a load”) is recorded only in the 16th century (frequently in Shakespeare), and (except for the participle laden) has largely supplanted lade in modern English. For the meaning development from PIE, compare Latin carrus (whence carry) akin to currō.
Meanings
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A burden; a weight to be carried.
I struggled up the hill with the heavy load in my rucksack.
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(figuratively) A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.
Our life's a load.
1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:I came here with a load and it feels so much lighter, now I’ve met you.
2005, Coldplay, Green Eyes:
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A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.
She put another load of clothes in the washing machine.
The truck overturned while carrying a full load of oil.
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A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle.
I put a load on before we left.
- (in-compounds) Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle
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(colloquial, in-plural, often) A large number or amount.
I got a load of emails about that.
I got loads of presents for my birthday!
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The volume of work required to be performed.
Will our web servers be able to cope with that load?
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The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.
Each of the cross-members must withstand a tensile load of 1,000 newtons.
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The electrical current or power delivered by a device.
I'm worried that the load on that transformer will be too high.
- A resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing work.
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Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit.
Connect a second 24-ohm load across the power supply's output terminals.
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A unit of measure for various quantities.
If this load equals its modern representative, it contains 18 cwt. of dry, 19 of new hay.
1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 1, page 172:
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of viral load.
alt of viral load
- A very small explosive inserted as a gag into a cigarette or cigar.
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The charge of powder for a firearm; a loaded cartridge or round of ammunition.
With the thought he he arose and removed his rifle from its boot. He looked to its loads and saw that the magazine was full. Then he inspected his revolver.
1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 79:
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(obsolete) Weight or violence of blows.
Far heavier load thyself expect to feel From my prevailing arm
1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- (slang, vulgar) Defecation.
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(slang, vulgar) The contents (e.g. semen) of an ejaculation.
Already, Robbie had dumped a load into his dad, and now, before my very eyes, was Alan's own cock lube seeping out of Robbie's crinkled but fleshy sphincter.
2006, John Patrick, Barely Legal, page 129:It felt so good, I wanted to just keep going until I blew a load down his throat, but I hadn't even seen his ass yet, and I sure didn't want to come yet.
2009, John Butler, Wanderlust, page 35:
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(euphemistic) Nonsense; rubbish.
What a load!
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The process of loading something, i.e. transferring it into memory or over a network, etc.
All of those uncompressed images are going to slow down the page load.
This description represents a form of delay slot: the load operation takes some time to complete, say n cycles. Thus, the value loaded only becomes valid n cycles after the load seems to have executed and can therefore only be read after then.
2009, Daniel Page, A Practical Introduction to Computer Architecture, page 614:
- (Philippines) Prepaid phone credit.
Forms
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Deriveds
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loadsamoney (Terms derived from load (noun)) · forkload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · loadspace (Terms derived from load (noun)) · seismic load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · hotel load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · no-load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · butt load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · load shedding (Terms derived from load (noun)) · shoot one's load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · sledload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · load-bearing (Terms derived from load (noun)) · load of crap (Terms derived from load (noun)) · church-load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · loadsome (Terms derived from load (noun)) · fire load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · skipload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · crateload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · freeloader (Terms derived from load (noun)) · palmload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · dynamic load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · axleload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · crush load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · bootload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · jetload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · containerload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · fuel load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · axle load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · disload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · load-store architecture (Terms derived from load (noun)) · lazy man's load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · shiteload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · vanload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · wind load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · overload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · blowing a load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · trunkload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · turboload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · underload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · front-load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · functional load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · loadmaster (Terms derived from load (noun)) · ark load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · buttload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · hyperload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · front load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · snow load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · slingload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · tributary load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · cowboy load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · off-load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · tonload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · load of shit (Terms derived from load (noun)) · cartload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · load water line (Terms derived from load (noun)) · butt-load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · foreload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · baseload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · payload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · wagonload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · military load classification (Terms derived from load (noun)) · thrust load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · offload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · barrowload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · trainload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · bombload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · load time (Terms derived from load (noun)) · lorryload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · load cell (Terms derived from load (noun)) · dump one's load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · running load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · deckload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · crate shy of a load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · barload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · bitchload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · viral load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · bunkload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · poopload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · one brick short of a full load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · loadwise (Terms derived from load (noun)) · mountainload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · binload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · take a load off (Terms derived from load (noun)) · bumload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · chock load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · boxload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · headload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · load voltage (Terms derived from load (noun)) · shitload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · beload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · cop a load of (Terms derived from load (noun)) · loading (Terms derived from load (noun)) · load bank (Terms derived from load (noun)) · bagload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · multiload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · bed load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · transload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · shedload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · dead load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · load bearing (Terms derived from load (noun)) · get a load of (Terms derived from load (noun)) · arseload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · cognitive load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · loaded (Terms derived from load (noun)) · tramload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · crapload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · load-shedding (Terms derived from load (noun)) · armload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · muleload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · brakeload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · back load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · ball load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · load line (Terms derived from load (noun)) · netload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · no-load fund (Terms derived from load (noun)) · loadless (Terms derived from load (noun)) · coachload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · drop a load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · lazyload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · blow one's load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · load module (Terms derived from load (noun)) · boatload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · unit load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · military load class (Terms derived from load (noun)) · busload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · load cast (Terms derived from load (noun)) · design load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · planeload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · bellyload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · assload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · sideload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · trailerload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · steamerload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · bucketload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · shipload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · raftload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · critical load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · upload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · load coil (Terms derived from load (noun)) · spoonload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · sea load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · live load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · carload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · onload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · shed load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · superload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · load down (Terms derived from load (noun)) · download (Terms derived from load (noun)) · churchload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · get one's load on (Terms derived from load (noun)) · courseload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · static load (Terms derived from load (noun)) · caseload (Terms derived from load (noun)) · arkload (Terms derived from load (noun))
Descendants
Hyponyms
Synonyms
arseload · cumwad (the contents of one's ejaculation) · butt-ton · wad (the contents of one's ejaculation) · cartload (unit of lead) · charge (unspecific heavy weight to be carried) · fother (unit of lead) · cartload · busload · lot · brimful · mickle · great deal · sight · mampus · metric fuckton · abundance · lashings · fuckton · fodder (unit of lead) · deal · metric shitload · assload · multitude · hantle · shitful · pile · mountain · shedload · wagonload · mass · superflux · bumload · crapflood · charrus (unit of lead) · horseload · fuckload · heap · multiplicity · hecatomb · shitload · shitton · buttload · tun · vaultful · ton · gob · truckload · many · freight (unspecific heavy weight to be carried) · helluvalot · bellyload · spadeloads · ream · crapload · bucketload · shitflood · battalion · boatload · muckle · fuckwad · carrus (unit of lead) · slew · load · washload · trainload · bucketful · sum
Translations (221)
nb last (burden) · de Haufen (a large number or amount) · de Bürde (burden) · ca fardell (burden) · fr charge (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · el φορτία (a large number or amount) · pl ciężar (burden) · cmn 工作量 (the volume of work required to be performed) · sh то̀вар (burden) · ru заря́д (the charge of powder for a firearm) · de Ladung (burden) · bg това́р (burden) · ca càrrega (burden) · arz حمل (burden) · fi lasti (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · ru нагру́зка (the volume of work required to be performed) · fi lasti (the contents of an ejaculation) · pl mnóstwo (a large number or amount) · isd luxan (burden) · yai вор (burden) · gd luchd (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · de Fuder (a large number or amount) · rm chargia (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · te పనిభారము (the volume of work required to be performed) · el βάρος (burden) · cmn 大量 (a large number or amount) · tab юк (burden) · bg това́р ((electrical engineering) any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit) · de Last (burden) · sa भार (burden) · hi बोझ (burden) · pt monte (a large number or amount) · arz احمال (burden) · sk náklad (burden) · ko 짐 (burden) · de Belastung (burden) · pt carregamento (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · hi खेप (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · ro sarcină (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · ca càrrega (the volume of work required to be performed) · ro încărcătură (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · de Beladungsmenge (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · fr cargaison (burden) · de Verbraucher ((electrical engineering) any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit) · pl ładunek (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · lez ппар (burden) · de Ladegut (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · cmn 負荷 /负荷 (burden) · oc carga (burden) · tt йөк (burden) · el φόρτωμα (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · el φορτίο (burden) · sv last (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · fi mälli (the contents of an ejaculation) · eo ŝarĝo (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · ja 荷 (burden) · vec carga (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · tg бор (burden) · cmn 負擔 /负担 (burden) · sq barr (burden) · el φόρτος (the volume of work required to be performed) · fr fardeau (burden) · fur cjame (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · ga lód (burden) · nl hoop (a large number or amount) · mn ачаа (burden) · bg заря́д (the charge of powder for a firearm) · de Beladung (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · hu teher (burden) · fr paquet (a large number or amount) · ka ტვირთი (burden) · es lastre (burden) · sv last (burden) · es estiba (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · fi kuorma (the volume of work required to be performed) · tk ýük (burden) · es flete (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · rm carga (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · et koorem (burden) · cmn 包袱 (burden) · pdt Lod (burden) · de Traglast (burden) · it un sacco (a large number or amount) · nl heel wat (a large number or amount) · fr charge (the volume of work required to be performed) · nl belasting (the volume of work required to be performed) · ga lód (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · mi utanga (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · es sarta (a large number or amount) · cop ⲁⲃⲓⲛ (burden) · cmn 一大堆 (a large number or amount) · da last (burden) · tew hé (burden) · de Ladung (the charge of powder for a firearm) · et koorem (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · cop ⲁⲟⲩⲓⲛ (burden) · ro sarcină (burden) · fi kuorma (burden) · fi satsi (the contents of an ejaculation) · nl lading (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · es carga (the volume of work required to be performed) · nl gewicht (burden) · ar حِمْل (burden) · de Beladung (burden) · bg натова́рване (the volume of work required to be performed) · ru груз (burden) · bqi بار (burden) · es carga (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · ru нагру́зка (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · de Aufgabe (the volume of work required to be performed) · ja 船腹 (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · tly بار (burden) · km បន្ទុក (burden) · pl obciążenie (burden) · sh tòvar (burden) · el φορτίο (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · pt carga (burden) · ca càrrega (the charge of powder for a firearm) · mk товар (burden) · sl tovor (burden) · de Ladung (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · cmn 擔子 /担子 (burden) · as বোজা (burden) · zza bar (diq) (burden) · rup sartsinã (burden) · sv börda (burden) · sv sats (the contents of an ejaculation) · fur cjarie (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · te సరుకు (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · et last (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · pl ładowność (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · ang hlæst (burden) · izh taakka (burden) · mi utanga (burden) · de Belastung (the volume of work required to be performed) · de Ladegut (burden) · pl nakład (the volume of work required to be performed) · grc φόρημα (burden) · rm tgargia (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · ug يۈك (burden) · ja 仕事量 (the volume of work required to be performed) · de Belastung (the electrical current or power delivered by a device) · mi wahanga (burden) · es escollo (burden) · la carrus (standardized cartload weight) · pt fardo (burden) · cmn 負載 /负载 (the electrical current or power delivered by a device) · az yük (burden) · pt carga (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · de Saum (burden) · es cargamento (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · de Ladung (standardized cartload weight) · ja 積載量 (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · ga ualach (burden) · be цяжа́р (burden) · te భారము (burden) · fi taakka (burden) · de Bürde (the volume of work required to be performed) · de Fuhre (standardized cartload weight) · bg това́р (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · ja 荷物 (burden) · ar حِمْل (the electrical current or power delivered by a device) · uz yuk (burden) · nl last (burden) · izh pörömä (burden) · de Beschickung (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · az yük (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · el φορτίο (the electrical current or power delivered by a device) · ga lód (the volume of work required to be performed) · es rémora (burden) · es carga (burden) · sq ngarkesë (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · vi gánh nặng (burden) · uk ванта́ж (burden) · de Traglast (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · txb perpette (burden) · be груз (burden) · it carica (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · cmn 載重量 /载重量 (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · ckb بار (burden) · de Last (the electrical current or power delivered by a device) · pdt Lod (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · kmr bar (burden) · la onus (burden) · ca càrrega (the electrical current or power delivered by a device) · ko 짐 (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · eo ŝarĝo (burden) · de Tracht (burden) · kk жүк (burden) · et laadung (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · izh koorma (burden) · fr puissance (the electrical current or power delivered by a device) · grc ἄχθος (burden) · fr des tas (de) (a large number or amount) · nl vermogen (the electrical current or power delivered by a device) · ky жүк (burden) · es carguío (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · mi wahanga (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · mi kawenga (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · ja 負荷 (the electrical current or power delivered by a device) · fa بار (burden) · ca càrrega (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · ko 바리 (burden) · de elektrischer Verbraucher ((electrical engineering) any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit) · cop ⲁⲩⲉⲓⲛ (burden) · it carico (burden) · cs náklad (burden) · fr puissance électrique (the electrical current or power delivered by a device) · he משא (burden) · ja 多量 (a large number or amount) · fi kuorma (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · lld cèria (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · es cargazón (number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time) · es carga (the electrical current or power delivered by a device) · hy բեռ (burden) · tr yük (burden) · sw mzigo (burden) · ba йөк (burden) · ibg lugan (burden) · sv last (the electrical current or power delivered by a device) · ja 多く (a large number or amount)