Meaning of load | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A burden; a weight to be carried
2. A person that spends all day online. The term was originally used in the late 1980s to describe users on free Q-Link (later America Online) accounts who never signed off the system at great expense to the company.
   Internet, obsolete
3. A burden; a weight to be carried.
4. A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind
5. Slang To be intoxicated.
   Slang
6. A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.
   figuratively
7. A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time
8. To sit or lie down.
9. A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.
10. A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle
11. get a load of, Slang. to look at or listen to.
12. A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle.
13. Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle
14. To put a program into a computer’s memory from disk.
15. A weight or mass that is supported: the load on an arch.
16. A large number or amount.
    colloquial, in-plural, often
17. Something that is carried, as by a vehicle, person, or animal: a load of firewood.
18. The volume of work required to be performed.
19. The share of work allocated to or required of a person, machine, group, or organization.
20. The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.
21. The amount of material that can be inserted into a device or machine at one time: The washing machine has a full load.
22. The electrical current or power delivered by a device.
23. A single charge of ammunition for a firearm.
24. A resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing work.
25. A mental weight or burden: Good news took a load off my mind.
26. Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit.
27. A unit of measure for various quantities.
28. Ellipsis of viral load.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
29. A very small explosive inserted as a gag into a cigarette or cigar.
30. The charge of powder for a firearm; a loaded cartridge or round of ammunition.
31. Weight or violence of blows.
    obsolete
32. defecation
    slang, vulgar
33. The contents (e.g. semen) of an ejaculation.
    slang, vulgar
34. Nonsense; rubbish.
    euphemistic
35. The process of loading something, i.e. transferring it into memory or over a network, etc.
36. prepaid phone credit
    Philippines

Equivalents

Examples

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

“Our life's a load.”

“I came here with a load and it feels so much lighter, now I’ve met you.”

“The truck overturned while carrying a full load of oil.”

“She put another load of clothes in the washing machine.”

“I put a load on before we left.”

“I got loads of presents for my birthday!”

“I got a load of emails about that.”

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

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

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

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

“If this load equals its modern representative, it contains 18 cwt. of dry, 19 of new hay.”

“With the thought he he arose and removed his rifle from its boot. He looked to its loads and saw that the magazine was full. Then he inspected his revolver.”

“Far heavier load thyself expect to feel From my prevailing arm”

“Already, Robbie had dumped a load into his dad, and now, before my very eyes, was Alan's own cock lube seeping out of Robbie's crinkled but fleshy sphincter.”

“It felt so good, I wanted to just keep going until I blew a load down his throat, but I hadn't even seen his ass yet, and I sure didn't want to come yet.”

“What a load!”

“All of those uncompressed images are going to slow down the page load.”

“This description represents a form of delay slot: the load operation takes some time to complete, say n cycles. Thus, the value loaded only becomes valid n cycles after the load seems to have executed and can therefore only be read after then.”

“She never logs off; she is a real LOAD!”

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