load (verb)
31load onto — phr verb Load onto is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bag …
32load — [OE] Load originally meant ‘way, course’ and ‘conveyance, carriage’. It goes back to prehistoric Germanic *laithō, which also lies behind English lead ‘conduct’. Not until the 13th century did it begin to move over to its current sense ‘burden’,… …
33load down — PHRASAL VERB If you load someone down with things, especially heavy things, you give them a large number of them or put a large number of them on them. [V n P with n] She loaded me down with around a dozen cassettes... [V ed P] They had come up… …
34ˌload (sth) ˈup — phrasal verb same as load The trucks were being loaded up and driven away.[/ex] …
35load — [OE] Load originally meant ‘way, course’ and ‘conveyance, carriage’. It goes back to prehistoric Germanic *laithō, which also lies behind English lead ‘conduct’. Not until the 13th century did it begin to move over to its current sense ‘burden’,… …
36ˌload sb ˈdown — phrasal verb 1) if you are loaded down with a lot of heavy things, you are carrying them She was loaded down with luggage.[/ex] 2) if you are loaded down with responsibilities, problems or work, you have more than you can deal with …
37lock and load — verb a) A slang military command to prepare weapons for battle. No US weapon includes lock and load as one of the commands related to that weapon, nor is it a recognized range command. Lock and load, boy, lock and load. b) To prepare for an… …
38off-load — verb 1 (T) to get rid of something that you do not need by giving it to someone else: off load sth onto sb: We managed to off load all those old typewriters onto a friend of mine. 2 off load your problems/guilt/troubles etc to tell someone about… …
39get a load — verb look at with attention Have a look at this! Get a load of this pretty woman! • Syn: ↑take a look, ↑have a look • Hypernyms: ↑look • Verb Frames …
40get a load of — verb To experience someone or something, especially by looking or listening. One night Bernette happened to get a load of Peggy doing a rumba with Jackie. Syn: behold …
