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say it: lohd
load is a noun and verb meaning "weight to be borne or conveyed". It is pronounced /ˈloʊd/ — lohd. It carries 14 recorded senses.
a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
“the system broke down under excessive loads”
goods carried by a large vehicle
an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate
“he got a load on and started a brawl”
colloquialism
the power output of a generator or power plant
an onerous or difficult concern
“the burden of responsibility”
“that's a load off my mind”
a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
electrical device to which electrical power is delivered
corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
“adulterate liquor”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for load come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.