load (verb)

  • 1load up — verb fill or place a load on (Freq. 1) load a car load the truck with hay • Syn: ↑load, ↑lade, ↑laden • Derivationally related forms: ↑lading ( …

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  • 2load up on — ˌload ˈup on [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they load up on he/she/it loads up on present participle loading up on past tense …

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  • 3load# — load n Load, burden, freight, cargo, lading are comparable when they mean something which is carried, conveyed, or transported from one place to another. Load is the most comprehensive of these terms, being applicable to whatever is carried (as… …

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  • 4load down — verb load with a pack • Syn: ↑pack • Derivationally related forms: ↑pack (for: ↑pack) • Hypernyms: ↑load, ↑lade, ↑laden …

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  • 5load — ► NOUN 1) a heavy or bulky thing being or about to be carried. 2) a weight or source of pressure. 3) the total number or amount carried in a vehicle or container. 4) (a load/loads of) informal a lot of. 5) the amount of work to be done by a… …

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  • 6load — n: an amount added (as to the price of a security or the net premium in insurance) to represent selling expense and profit to the distributor compare no load Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. load …

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  • 7load down with — [phrasal verb] load (someone or something) down with (something) : to cause or force (someone or something) to accept or deal with (something difficult) usually used as (be) loaded down with The company is loaded down with debt. [=is burdened… …

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  • 8load up — verb a) to give a load to b) to get a load …

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  • 9load — [[t]lo͟ʊd[/t]] ♦♦♦ loads, loading, loaded 1) VERB If you load a vehicle or a container, you put a large quantity of things into it. [V n] The three men seemed to have finished loading the truck... [V n with n] Mr. Dambar had loaded his plate with …

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  • 10load — A sales charge paid by an investor in some mutual fund shares or annuities. The sales charge may be a front end charge, a back end charge, or a 12b 1 charge. Also, an expression used to describe a mutual fund that imposes sales charges on… …

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