Dictionary entry details
• LOAD (noun)
Meaning:
Weight to be borne or conveyed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
loading; load; burden
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')
overload (an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power)
overburden; overload (an excessive burden)
millstone (any load that is difficult to carry)
live load; superload (a variable load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) such as moving traffic)
dead load (a constant load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) due to the weight of the supported structure itself)
Meaning:
A quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
loading; load
Context example:
the system broke down under excessive loads
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)
Meaning:
Goods carried by a large vehicle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
cargo; consignment; freight; lading; shipment; payload; load; loading
Hypernyms ("load" is a kind of...):
merchandise; product; ware (commodities offered for sale)
Meaning:
An amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Context example:
he got a load on and started a brawl
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)
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)
Meaning:
An onerous or difficult concern
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
onus; encumbrance; burden; incumbrance; load
Context examples:
the burden of responsibility / that's a load off my mind
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)
Meaning:
A deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
lode; load
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)
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
payload; warhead; load
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)
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)
• LOAD (verb)
Meaning:
Fill or place a load on
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
load; load up; lade; laden
Context examples:
load a car / load the truck with hay
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"):
stack (load or cover with stacks)
reload (place a new load on)
overcharge; overload; surcharge (place too much a load on)
bomb up (load an aircraft with bombs)
load down; pack (load with a pack)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s something with something
Sentence example:
They load the cart with boxes
Meaning:
Provide with munition
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
load; charge
Context example:
He loaded his gun carefully
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 with ammunition,)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Put (something) on a structure or conveyance
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
load the bags onto the trucks
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
