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English noun: load | |||
| 1. | load (artifact) weight to be borne or conveyed | ||
| Synonyms | burden, loading | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | weight | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | burthen, dead load, live load, millstone, overburden, overload, overload, superload | ||
| 2. | load (quantity) a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time | ||
| Samples | The system broke down under excessive loads. | ||
| Synonyms | loading | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | indefinite quantity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | trainload | ||
| 3. | load (artifact) goods carried by a large vehicle | ||
| Synonyms | cargo, consignment, freight, lading, loading, payload, shipment | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | merchandise, product, ware | ||
| 4. | load (quantity) an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate | ||
| Samples | He got a load on and started a brawl. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | indefinite quantity | ||
| Domain usage | colloquialism | ||
| 5. | load (phenomenon) the power output of a generator or power plant | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | electric power, electrical power, wattage | ||
| 6. | load (cognition) an onerous or difficult concern | ||
| Samples | The burden of responsibility. That's a load off my mind. | ||
| Synonyms | burden, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | concern, headache, vexation, worry | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dead weight, fardel, imposition, pill | ||
| 7. | load (phenomenon) a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks | ||
| Synonyms | lode | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alluviation, deposit, sedimentation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | champion lode, mother lode | ||
| 8. | load (artifact) the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents | ||
| Synonyms | payload, warhead | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | explosive | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | atomic warhead, nuclear warhead, nuke, thermonuclear warhead | ||
| Part meronym | guided missile | ||
| 9. | load (artifact) electrical device to which electrical power is delivered | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | electrical device | ||
English verb: load | |||
| 1. | load (contact) fill or place a load on | ||
| Samples | Load a car. Load the truck with hay. | ||
| Examples | They load the cart with boxes | ||
| Synonyms | lade, laden, load up | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s something PP. Somebody ----s something with something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fill, fill up, make full | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bomb up, load down, overcharge, overload, pack, reload, stack, surcharge | ||
| 2. | load (contact) provide (a device) with something necessary | ||
| Samples | He loaded his gun carefully. Load the camera. | ||
| Synonyms | charge | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fill, fill up, make full | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | recharge, reload | ||
| 3. | load (possession) transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | transfer | ||
| Domain category | computer science, computing | ||
| 4. | load (contact) put (something) on a structure or conveyance | ||
| Samples | Load the bags onto the trucks. | ||
| Examples | They load the books into the box | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lay, place, pose, position, put, set | ||
| 5. | load (change) corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones | ||
| Samples | Adulterate liquor. | ||
| Synonyms | adulterate, debase, dilute, stretch | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | corrupt, spoil | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | doctor, doctor up, sophisticate, water down | ||
| Verb group | extend, stretch | ||
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