Dictionary Entry
load
load is a 4-letter English word with 24 senses as verb, transitive verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 24 senses
Definitions
- 1verb
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.
- 2verb
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.
- 3verb
That which burdens, oppresses, or grieves the mind or spirits; as, a load of care.
- 4verb
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.
- 5verb
The charge of a firearm; as, a load of powder.
- 6verb
Weight or violence of blows.
- 7verb
The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working.
- 8transitive verb
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.
- 9transitive verb
To adulterate or drug; as, to load wine.
- 10transitive verb
To magnetize.
- 11noun
goods carried by a large vehicle
- 12noun
weight to be borne or conveyed
- 13noun
electrical device to which electrical power is delivered
- 14noun
the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
- 15noun
an onerous or difficult concern
"the burden of responsibility"
"that's a load off my mind"
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- 16noun
a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
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- 17noun
the power output of a generator or power plant
- 18noun
an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate
"he got a load on and started a brawl"
- 19noun
a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
"the system broke down under excessive loads"
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- 20verb
corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
"adulterate liquor"
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- 21verb
fill or place a load on
"load a car"
"load the truck with hay"
- 22verb
provide (a device) with something necessary
"He loaded his gun carefully"
"load the camera"
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- 23verb
put (something) on a structure or conveyance
"load the bags onto the trucks"
- 24verb
transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory
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