load
To put a load on or inTo put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).
» This camera isn't loaded with film.
Diese Kamera enthält keinen Film. — Esperantostern
У цьому фотоапараті немає плівки. — deniko
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20 senses(transitive)To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).
The dock workers refused to load the ship.
laden
загружа́тьzagružátʹ, грузи́тьgruzítʹ, загрузи́тьzagruzítʹ
fill or place a load on
(transitive)To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage.
The longshoremen loaded the cargo quickly.
He loaded his stuff into his storage locker.
put (something) on a structure or conveyance
(intransitive)To put a load on something.
The truck was supposed to leave at dawn, but in fact we spent all morning loading.
(intransitive)To receive a load.
The truck is designed to load easily.
(intransitive)To be placed into storage or conveyance.
The containers load quickly and easily.
(transitive)To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.
I pulled the trigger, but nothing happened. I had forgotten to load the gun.
laden
заряжа́тьzarjažátʹ, заряди́тьzarjadítʹ
(transitive)To insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a reel of film into a camera, sheets of paper into a printer etc.
Now that you've loaded the film [into the camera], you're ready to start shooting.
Now that you've loaded the camera [with film], you're ready to start shooting.
(transitive)To fill (an apparatus) with raw material.
The workers loaded the blast furnace with coke and ore.
(intransitive)To be put into use in an apparatus.
The cartridge was designed to load easily.
(transitive)To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory.
Click OK to load the selected data.
laden
загружа́тьzagružátʹ, грузи́тьgruzítʹ, загрузи́тьzagruzítʹ
transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory
(intransitive)To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.
The file took ten minutes to load.
This program takes an age to load.
(transitive)To put runners on first, second and third bases
He walks to load the bases.
Examples
442 sentencesThis camera isn't loaded with film.
У цьому фотоапараті немає плівки. — deniko
deDiese Kamera enthält keinen Film. — Esperantostern
Is your gun loaded?
Твій пістолет заряджений? — deniko
ruУ тебя ружьё заряжено? — marafon
deIst deine Pistole geladen? — Yorwba
The gun isn't loaded.
Пістолет не заряджений. — deniko
ruРужьё не заряжено. — marafon
deDie Waffe ist nicht geladen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Is that gun loaded?
Цей пістолет заряджений? — deniko
ruЭто ружьё заряжено? — marafon
deIst diese Waffe geladen? — al_ex_an_der
The gun wasn't loaded.
Пістолет не був заряджений. — deniko
ruРужьё не было заряжено. — marafon
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
The sense of “burden” first arose in the 13th century as a secondary meaning of Middle EngThe 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
loads, loading, loaded, loadedPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
8 synonymsWord family
17 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
5 patterns- load the truck
- gun was loaded
- loads loads of
- loads loads
- rifle wasn't loaded
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.