load

load
1 noun (C)
1 AMOUNT OF STH a large quantity of something that is carried by a vehicle, person etc: Take this load of wood over to the barn.
-see also: shed its load shed 2 (8)
2 a load/loads (of sth) informal especially BrE a lot of something: We got a load of complaints about the loud music. | Don't worry, there's loads of time | loads to do/see/eat etc: There was loads to eat at the party.
3 truckload/carload etc the biggest amount or number of something that a vehicle can carry: a busload of tourists
4 a load of crap/rubbish/bull etc spoken especially BrE used to say that something is complete nonsense or stupid: I never heard such a load of crap in all my life!
5 WORK the amount of work that a person or machine has to do: The computer couldn't handle the load and crashed. | a light/heavy load (=not much work, or a lot of work): Hans has a heavy teaching load this semester. | work load: My work load has doubled since Mandy left.
6 a heavy/difficult load to bear a responsibility or worry that is difficult to deal with: Coping with her mother's long illness was a heavy load to bear.
-see also: be a load/weight off your mind mind 1 (15)
7 WASHING a quantity of clothes etc that are washed together in a washing machine: Do all the whites in one load.
8 get a load of spoken used to tell someone to look at or listen to something surprising or funny: Get a load of that weird hairdo!
9 WEIGHT the amount of weight that the frame of a building or structure can support: a load-bearing wall
10 ELECTRICITY an amount of electrical power
2 verb
1 also load up (I, T) to put a load of something on or into a vehicle: Have you finished loading up?
(+ with): The boat called at Lerwick to load up with fresh vegetables. | load sth: It took an hour to load the van. | load sth into/onto: Be careful loading that piano into the truck!
2 (T) to put bullets into a gun, a film into a camera etc: load sth with: Did you load it with 200 or 400 film? | load sth into: Can you load the CD into the player, please?
3 (T) to put a program 1 (1) into a computer: load sth into/from: You have to load it from the A drive.
4 load sb with to give someone a lot of things to carry: Em always loaded the kids with groceries to carry.
load sb/sth down phrasal verb (transitive usually passive)
1 (usually passive) to give someone more responsibility, work etc than they can deal with: Jane felt loaded down with money worries.
2 to make someone carry too many things: She staggered home loaded down with shopping bags.

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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