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