load
Pronunciation: /loʊd/
The English word “load” has 20 meanings listed here.
noun
- A burden; a weight to be carried.
- A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.
- A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.
- A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle.
- Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle
- A large number or amount.
- The volume of work required to be performed.
- The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.
- The electrical current or power delivered by a device.
- A resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing work.
- Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit.
- A unit of measure for various quantities.
- A very small explosive inserted as a gag into a cigarette or cigar.
- The charge of powder for a firearm; a loaded cartridge or round of ammunition.
- Weight or violence of blows.
- Defecation.
- The contents (e.g. semen) of an ejaculation.
- Nonsense; rubbish.
- The process of loading something, i.e. transferring it into memory or over a network, etc.
- Prepaid phone credit.
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…
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