NOUN | artifact | load, loading, burden | weight to be borne or conveyed |
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quantity | load, loading | a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time | |
artifact | load, cargo, lading, freight, loading, payload, shipment, consignment | goods carried by a large vehicle | |
quantity | load | an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate | |
phenomenon | load | the power output of a generator or power plant | |
cognition | load, burden, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus | an onerous or difficult concern | |
phenomenon | load, lode | a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks | |
artifact | load, warhead, payload | the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents | |
artifact | load | electrical device to which electrical power is delivered | |
VERB | contact | load, lade, laden, load up | fill or place a load on |
contact | load, charge | provide (a device) with something necessary | |
possession | load | transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory | |
contact | load | put (something) on a structure or conveyance | |
change | load, adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase | corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance |
Sounds | low'd | |
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Rhymes | abode ... workload: 51 rhymes with owd... |
Meaning | weight to be borne or conveyed. | |
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Synonyms | loading, burden | |
Narrower | burthen | A variant of 'burden' |
dead load | A constant load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) due to the weight of the supported structure itself | |
live load, superload | A variable load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) such as moving traffic | |
millstone | Any load that is difficult to carry | |
overload, overburden | An excessive burden | |
overload | An electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power | |
Broader | weight | An artifact that is heavy |
Spanish | carga | |
Catalan | càrrega | |
Verbs | load | fill or place a load on |
load | put (something) on a structure or conveyance |
Meaning | A quantity that can be processed or transported at one time. | |
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Example | "the system broke down under excessive loads" | |
Synonym | loading | |
Narrower | trainload | Quantity that can be carried by a train |
Broader | indefinite quantity | An estimated quantity |
Spanish | cargamento, carga | |
Catalan | càrrega |
Meaning | Goods carried by a large vehicle. | |
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Synonyms | cargo, lading, freight, loading, payload, shipment, consignment | |
Broader | merchandise, ware, product | commodities offered for sale |
Spanish | carga de pago, cargamento, carga, carguío, envío, flete, partida, remesa | |
Catalan | carregament, càrrega, enviament, remesa, tramesa | |
Verbs | load | fill or place a load on |
load | put (something) on a structure or conveyance |
Meaning | An amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate. | |
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Example | "he got a load on and started a brawl" | |
Broader | indefinite quantity | An estimated quantity |
Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
Meaning | The power output of a generator or power plant. | |
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Broader | electrical power, electric power, wattage | The product of voltage and current |
Spanish | carga | |
Catalan | càrrega |
Meaning | An onerous or difficult concern. | |
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Example | "that's a load off my mind" | |
Synonyms | burden, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus | |
Narrower | dead weight | An oppressive encumbrance |
fardel | A burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle) | |
imposition | An uncalled-for burden | |
pill | Something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured | |
Broader | concern, worry, headache, vexation | Something or someone that causes anxiety |
Spanish | carga, peso, preocupación | |
Catalan | carga, càrrega, pes, preocupació |
Meaning | A deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks. | |
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Synonym | lode | |
Narrower | mother lode, champion lode | The main vein of ore in a deposit |
Broader | deposit, sedimentation, alluviation | The phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating |
Spanish | filón, mena, vena, veta | |
Catalan | filó, vena, veta |
Meaning | The front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents. | |
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Synonyms | warhead, payload | |
Part of | guided missile | A rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices |
Narrower | atomic warhead, nuclear warhead, thermonuclear warhead, nuke | The warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb |
Broader | explosive | A chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck |
Spanish | cabeza explosiva, cabeza nuclear, carga explosiva, carga, ojiva | |
Catalan | cap explosiu, ogiva | |
Verbs | load | provide (a device) with something necessary |
Meaning | electrical device to which electrical power is delivered. | |
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Broader | electrical device | A device that produces or is powered by electricity |
Spanish | carga | |
Catalan | càrrega |
Meaning | Fill or place a load on. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s something with something | |
Model | They load the cart with boxes | |
Examples |
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Synonyms | lade, laden, load up | |
Narrower | bomb up | Load an aircraft with bombs |
overload, surcharge, overcharge | place too much a load on | |
pack, load down | Load with a pack | |
reload | place a new load on | |
stack | Load or cover with stacks | |
Broader | fill, fill up, make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense |
Spanish | cargar, montar | |
Catalan | carregar, muntar | |
Nouns | load | weight to be borne or conveyed |
load | goods carried by a large vehicle | |
loader | a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port | |
loading | the labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc. |
Meaning | Provide (a device) with something necessary. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Examples |
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Synonym | charge | |
Narrower | recharge, reload | Load anew |
Broader | fill, fill up, make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense |
Spanish | cargar | |
Nouns | load | the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents |
loader | an attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game |
Meaning | Transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Category | computer science, computing | The branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures |
Broader | transfer | Move from one place to another |
Meaning | put (something) on a structure or conveyance. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
Model | They load the books into the box | |
Example | "load the bags onto the trucks" | |
Broader | put, set, place, pose, position, lay | Put into a certain place or abstract location |
Nouns | load | weight to be borne or conveyed |
load | goods carried by a large vehicle | |
loader | a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port | |
loading | the labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc. |
Meaning | Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase | |
Narrower | sophisticate, doctor, doctor up | Alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive |
water down | Thin by adding water to | |
Broader | corrupt, spoil | Alter from the original |
Similar to | extend, stretch | increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance |
Spanish | adulterar, diluir | |
Catalan | adulterar |
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