Meaning

21 senses
  1. A burden; a weight to be carried.

    I struggled up the hill with the heavy load in my rucksack.

    Last, Belastung, Ladung

    грузgruz

    ванта́жvantáž

    weight to be borne or conveyed

  2. (figuratively)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.

    The truck overturned while carrying a full load of oil.

    She put another load of clothes in the washing machine.

    Beschickung, Ladung, Beladung

    нагру́зкаnagrúzka

    a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time

  4. A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle.

    I put a load on before we left.

  5. (in compounds)Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle

    goods carried by a large vehicle

  6. (colloquial, in the plural, often)A large number or amount.

    I got loads of presents for my birthday!

    I got a load of emails about that.

    Haufen, Fuder, Ladung

    an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate

  7. The volume of work required to be performed.

    Will our web servers be able to cope with that load?

    Aufgabe, Bürde, Belastung

    нагру́зкаnagrúzka

  8. The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.

    Each of the cross-members must withstand a tensile load of 1,000 newtons.

  9. The electrical current or power delivered by a device.

    I'm worried that the load on that transformer will be too high.

    Belastung, Last

    electrical device to which electrical power is delivered

  10. A resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing work.

  11. Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit.

    Connect a second 24-ohm load across the power supply's output terminals.

    Verbraucher, elektrischer Verbraucher

  12. A unit of measure for various quantities.

Examples

442 sentences
  1. This camera isn't loaded with film.

    У цьому фотоапараті немає плівки.

    deDiese Kamera enthält keinen Film.

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  2. Is your gun loaded?

    Твій пістолет заряджений?

    ruУ тебя ружьё заряжено?

    deIst deine Pistole geladen?

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  3. The gun isn't loaded.

    Пістолет не заряджений.

    ruРужьё не заряжено.

    deDie Waffe ist nicht geladen.

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  4. Is that gun loaded?

    Цей пістолет заряджений?

    ruЭто ружьё заряжено?

    deIst diese Waffe geladen?

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  5. The gun wasn't loaded.

    Пістолет не був заряджений.

    ruРужьё не было заряжено.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
burden:
Русский
By meaning 3
burden:
number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time:
the charge of powder for a firearm:
Deutsch
By meaning 6
burden:
number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time:
a large number or amount:
standardized cartload weight:
the volume of work required to be performed:
(electrical engineering) any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit:

Origin

The sense of “burden” first arose in the 13th century as a secondary meaning of Middle Eng

The sense of “burden” first arose in the 13th century as a secondary meaning of Middle English lode, loade, which had the main significance of “way, course, journey”, from Old English lād (“course, journey; way, street, waterway; leading, carrying; maintenance, support”) (ultimately from Proto-Germanic *laidō (“leading, way”), Proto-Indo-European *leyt- (“to go, go forth, die”).

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Forms

plural: loads
Singularload
Pluralloads

regular

Synonyms

79 synonyms
unspecific heavy weight to be carried:chargeB1freight
unit of lead:fodderfothercarruscharrus
the contents of one's ejaculation:cumwadwad
Close in meaning

Word family

145 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • load the truck
  • gun was loaded
  • loads loads of
  • loads loads
  • rifle wasn't loaded

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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