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Definition of load verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

load

verb
 
 
/ləʊd/
 
/ləʊd/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they load
 
/ləʊd/
 
/ləʊd/
he / she / it loads
 
/ləʊdz/
 
/ləʊdz/
past simple loaded
 
/ˈləʊdɪd/
 
/ˈləʊdɪd/
past participle loaded
 
/ˈləʊdɪd/
 
/ˈləʊdɪd/
-ing form loading
 
/ˈləʊdɪŋ/
 
/ˈləʊdɪŋ/
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    give/receive load

  1.  
     [transitive, intransitive] to put a large quantity of things or people onto or into something
    • load something We loaded the car in ten minutes.
    • Can you help me load the dishwasher?
    • load something up They loaded up the lorry.
    • load something up with something Men were loading up a truck with timber.
    • load something with something Lastly came six wagons loaded with coal.
    • load something/somebody onto something Sacks were being loaded onto the truck.
    • load something/somebody into something The paramedics loaded Jason into the ambulance.
    • We finished loading and set off.
    • load up We got back to the car and began loading up.
    opposite unload see also front-load
  2. [intransitive] to receive a load
    • The ship was still loading.
    opposite unload
  3. [transitive] load somebody with something to give somebody a lot of things, especially things they have to carry
    • They loaded her with gifts.
    4.

    gun/camera

  4. [transitive, intransitive] to put something into a weapon, camera or other piece of equipment so that it can be used
    • load something (into something) She loaded a new cartridge into the printer.
    • load something (with something) She loaded the printer with a new cartridge.
    • load (something) He carefully loaded the gun.
    opposite unload

    5. computing

  5. [transitive, intransitive] load (something) to put data or a program into the memory of a computer, usually from local disk storage
    • The program automatically loads the file.
    • This page won't load on my laptop.
    compare downloadTopics Computersc1
    6. Word OriginOld English lād ‘way, journey, conveyance’, of Germanic origin: related to German Leite, also to lead; compare with lode. The verb dates from the late 15th cent.
Idioms
load the dice (against/in favour of somebody)
  1. to put somebody at an unfair disadvantage/advantage
    • He has always felt that the dice were loaded against him in life.
    • This is another attempt to load the dice in favour of employers.
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alloy
noun
 
 
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Physics and chemistry
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