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LOAD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Goods carried by a large vehicle

Synonyms:

cargo; consignment; freight; lading; load; loading; payload; shipment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("load" is a kind of...):

merchandise; product; ware (commodities offered for sale)

Derivation:

load (fill or place a load on)

load (put (something) on a structure or conveyance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Weight to be borne or conveyed

Synonyms:

burden; load; loading

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("load" is a kind of...):

weight (an artifact that is heavy)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "load"):

burthen (a variant of 'burden')

dead load (a constant load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) due to the weight of the supported structure itself)

live load; superload (a variable load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) such as moving traffic)

millstone (any load that is difficult to carry)

overburden; overload (an excessive burden)

overload (an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power)

Derivation:

load (fill or place a load on)

load (put (something) on a structure or conveyance)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Electrical device to which electrical power is delivered

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("load" is a kind of...):

electrical device (a device that produces or is powered by electricity)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents

Synonyms:

load; payload; warhead

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("load" is a kind of...):

explosive (a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "load"):

atomic warhead; nuclear warhead; nuke; thermonuclear warhead (the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb)

Holonyms ("load" is a part of...):

guided missile (a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices)

Derivation:

load (provide (a device) with something necessary)

Sense 5

Meaning:

An onerous or difficult concern

Example:

that's a load off my mind

Synonyms:

burden; encumbrance; incumbrance; load; onus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("load" is a kind of...):

concern; headache; vexation; worry (something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "load"):

pill (something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured)

imposition (an uncalled-for burden)

fardel (a burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle))

dead weight (an oppressive encumbrance)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks

Synonyms:

load; lode

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("load" is a kind of...):

alluviation; deposit; sedimentation (the phenomenon of sediment or gravel accumulating)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "load"):

champion lode; mother lode (the main vein of ore in a deposit)

Sense 7

Meaning:

The power output of a generator or power plant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("load" is a kind of...):

electric power; electrical power; wattage (the product of voltage and current)

Sense 8

Meaning:

An amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate

Example:

he got a load on and started a brawl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("load" is a kind of...):

indefinite quantity (an estimated quantity)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Sense 9

Meaning:

A quantity that can be processed or transported at one time

Example:

the system broke down under excessive loads

Synonyms:

load; loading

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("load" is a kind of...):

indefinite quantity (an estimated quantity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "load"):

trainload (quantity that can be carried by a train)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones

Example:

adulterate liquor

Synonyms:

adulterate; debase; dilute; load; stretch

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "load" is one way to...):

corrupt; spoil (alter from the original)

Verb group:

extend; stretch (increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "load"):

water down (thin by adding water to)

doctor; doctor up; sophisticate (alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fill or place a load on

Example:

load the truck with hay

Synonyms:

lade; laden; load; load up

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "load" is one way to...):

fill; fill up; make full (make full, also in a metaphorical sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "load"):

load down; pack (load with a pack)

bomb up (load an aircraft with bombs)

overcharge; overload; surcharge (place too much a load on)

reload (place a new load on)

stack (load or cover with stacks)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s something with something

Sentence example:

They load the cart with boxes

Derivation:

load (goods carried by a large vehicle)

load (weight to be borne or conveyed)

loader (a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port)

loading (the labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc.)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Provide (a device) with something necessary

Example:

load the camera

Synonyms:

charge; load

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "load" is one way to...):

fill; fill up; make full (make full, also in a metaphorical sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "load"):

recharge; reload (load anew)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

load (the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents)

loader (an attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Put (something) on a structure or conveyance

Example:

load the bags onto the trucks

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "load" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence example:

They load the books into the box

Derivation:

load (goods carried by a large vehicle)

load (weight to be borne or conveyed)

loader (a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port)

loading (the labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc.)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "load" is one way to...):

transfer (move from one place to another)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Credits

 Context examples: 

A few minutes sufficed to finish the loading, and I lowered the boat into the water.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

"Yus; there was five in the first load an' four in the second. It was main dry work, an' I don't so well remember 'ow I got 'ome."

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Treat every gun as if it were loaded.

(Gun Safety, NIH)

A device to hold an amout of film and facilitate its loading into a device.

(Film Cartridge Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the cytomegalovirus viral load in a biological specimen.

(Cytomegalovirus Viral Load Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

In combination with other anti-retroviral drugs, this agent has been shown to reduce HIV viral load and increase CD4 leukocyte counts in patients.

(Delavirdine, NCI Thesaurus)

Testing the device's ability to withstand a constant tensile load at elevated temperatures.

(Device Creep Strength Testing Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)

The determination of the amount of adenovirus viral load present in a sample.

(Adenovirus Viral Load Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A cancer vaccine consisting of autologous dendritic cells (DCs) loaded with CD133-positive autologous brain tumor stem cells (BTSCs) -derived mRNA with potential immunostimulatory and antineoplastic activities.

(Autologous CD133-Positive BTSC mRNA-Pulsed Autologous Dendritic Cell Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Carbovir decreases HIV viral loads, retards or prevents the damage to the immune system, and reduces the risk of developing AIDS.

(Carbovir, NCI Thesaurus)

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