| NOUN | artifact | load, loading, burden | weight to be borne or conveyed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | electrical power, electric power, wattage | The product of voltage and current |
| Spanish | carga | |
| Catalan | càrrega | |
| Meaning | An onerous or difficult concern. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | electrical device | A device that produces or is powered by electricity |
| Spanish | carga | |
| Catalan | càrrega | |
| Meaning | Fill or place a load on. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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