load
Noun
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Weight to be borne or conveyed (synset 103685312)
hypernym: weight - an artifact that is heavyhyponym:
- burthen - a variant of `burden'
- dead load - a constant load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) due to the weight of the supported structure itself
- live load, superload - a variable load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) such as moving traffic
- millstone - any load that is difficult to carry
- overburden, overload - an excessive burden
- overload - an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power
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A quantity that can be processed or transported at one time (synset 113794608)
"the system broke down under excessive loads"hypernym: indefinite quantity - an estimated quantityhyponym: trainload - quantity that can be carried by a trainsynonym: loading
- Goods carried by a large vehicle (synset 102967841)
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An amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate (synset 113794453)
"he got a load on and started a brawl"domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechhypernym: indefinite quantity - an estimated quantity
- The power output of a generator or power plant (synset 111469898)
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An onerous or difficult concern (synset 105841069)
"the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"hypernym: concern, headache, vexation, worry - something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappinesshyponym:
- dead weight - an oppressive encumbrance
- fardel - a burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle)
- imposition - an uncalled-for burden
- pill - something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured
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A deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks (synset 111466163)
hyponym: champion lode, mother lode - the main vein of ore in a depositsynonym: lode
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The front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents (synset 104558661)
hypernym: explosive - a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struckhyponym: atomic warhead, nuclear warhead, nuke, thermonuclear warhead - the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bombpart meronym: guided missile - a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices
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Electrical device to which electrical power is delivered (synset 103685574)
hypernym: electrical device - a device that produces or is powered by electricity
Verb
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Fill or place a load on (synset 201492646)
"load a car"; "load the truck with hay"hyponym:
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Provide (a device) with something necessary (synset 201492993)
"He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera"synonym: charge
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Transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory (synset 202236692)
domain category: computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structureshypernym: transfer - move from one place to another
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Put (something) on a structure or conveyance (synset 201614988)
"load the bags onto the trucks"
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Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance;
Often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones (synset 200488684)"adulterate liquor"hyponym:- water down - thin by adding water to
- doctor, doctor up, sophisticate - alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive
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