Load
A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load.
The quantity which can be carried or drawn in some specified way; the contents of a cart, barrow, or vessel; that which will constitute a cargo; lading.
That which burdens, oppresses, or grieves the mind or spirits; as, a load of care.
A particular measure for certain articles, being as much as may be carried at one time by the conveyance commonly used for the article measured; as, a load of wood; a load of hay; specifically, five quarters.
The charge of a firearm; as, a load of powder.
Weight or violence of blows.
The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working.
To lay a load or burden on or in, as on a horse or in a cart; to charge with a load, as a gun; to furnish with a lading or cargo, as a ship; hence, to add weight to, so as to oppress or embarrass; to heap upon.
To adulterate or drug; as, to load wine.
To magnetize.
Related Definitions:
Add,
Adulterate,
Anything,
Article,
As,
At,
Barrow,
Be,
Being,
Borne,
Burden,
By,
Can,
Care,
Cargo,
Carried,
Cart,
Certain,
Charge,
Commonly,
Constitute,
Contents,
Conveyance,
Done,
Drawn,
Drug,
Embarrass,
Engine,
Firearm,
Five,
For,
Furnish,
Gun,
Hay,
Heap,
Heavy,
Hence,
Horse,
In,
Is,
Lading,
Laid,
Lay,
Load,
Magnetize,
May,
Measure,
Measured,
Mind,
Mover,
Much,
Of,
On,
One,
Oppress,
Or,
Other,
Particular,
Powder,
Prime,
Put,
Quantity,
Ship,
So,
Some,
Specifically,
Specified,
Steam,
Sustained,
That,
The,
Time,
To,
Upon,
Used,
Vessel,
Violence,
Way,
Weight,
When,
Which,
Will,
Wine,
With,
Wood,
Work,
Working
Load Quotations
Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered.
Marilyn Monroe
It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.
Lou Holtz
The jury could get the case as early as next week, but the defense says they just want to introduce one last-minute load of crap.
Bill Maher
People love talking about when they were young and heard Honky Tonk Women for the first time. It's quite a heavy load to carry on your shoulders, the memories of so many people.
Mick Jagger
My second play, The Birthday Party, I wrote in 1958 - or 1957. It was totally destroyed by the critics of the day, who called it an absolute load of rubbish.
Harold Pinter
The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.
Queen Elizabeth II
Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger the load, the greater will be the profit upon profit.
Hesiod
Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it.
Jean Paul
The world of this is a load of crap. You get all these bloody people, so incredibly sycophantic.
Charlie Watts
You don't really want to load up a whole lot, probably anything more than four hours before the race. I needed something to make me feel full, but I certainly didn't want it to make me feel stuffed.
Eric Heiden
Load Translations
load in Afrikaans is laai, belaai
load in Dutch is laden
load in Finnish is lasti
load in French is chargement, fardeau
load in German is aufladen, Last, Last, laden
load in Italian is caricato
load in Latin is sarcina, onus
load in Norwegian is last, laste, lade, belastning
load in Portuguese is carga
load in Spanish is carga, ajobo, cargar
Copyright © 2001 - 2012 BrainyQuote
BookRags Media Network
