load
/loʊd/
A burden; a weight to be carried; A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind; A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time
- plural
- loads
Meanings
- 1
A burden; a weight to be carried
You have loads of time.
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC BY 2.0 FR
He has loads of books.
Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind
- 3
A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time
- 4
A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cyclerare
- 5
Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehiclerare
- 6
A large number or amountrare
- 7
The volume of work required to be performedrare
- 8
The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etcrare
- 9
The electrical current or power delivered by a devicerare
- 10
A resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing workrare