load

load
noun
1》 a heavy or bulky thing that is being carried or is about to be carried.
    ↘[in combination] the total number or amount that can be carried in a vehicle or container: a carload of people.
2》 a weight or source of pressure.
    ↘the amount of work to be done by a person or machine.
    ↘a burden of responsibility, worry, or grief.
3》 (a load of) informal a lot of.
    ↘(a load/loads) plenty.
4》 the amount of power supplied by a source.
    ↘the resistance of moving parts to be overcome by a motor.
    ↘Electronics an impedance or circuit that receives or develops the output of a transistor or other device.
verb
1》 put a load on or in (a vehicle, ship, etc.).
    ↘(of a ship or vehicle) take on a load.
2》 make (someone or something) carry or hold a large amount of heavy things.
    ↘(load someone/thing with) supply with (something) in overwhelming abundance or to excess.
3》 insert (something) into a device so that it will operate.
    ↘charge (a firearm) with ammunition.
4》 bias towards a particular outcome.
Phrases
get a load of informal used to draw attention to someone or something.
get (or have) a load on US informal become drunk.
load the bases Baseball have base runners on all three bases.
load the dice against (or in favour of) put at a disadvantage (or advantage).
Origin
OE lād 'journey, conveyance', of Gmc origin: related to lead1; cf. lode.

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