Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - load
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n. & v. --n. 1 a what is carried or is to be carried; a burden. b an amount usu. or actually carried (often in comb.: a busload of tourists; a lorry-load of bricks). 2 a unit of measure or weight of certain substances. 3 a burden or commitment of work, responsibility, care, grief, etc. 4 (in pl.; often foll. by of) colloq. plenty; a lot. 5 a Electr. the amount of power supplied by a generating system at any given time. b Electronics an impedance or circuit that receives or develops the output of a transistor or other device. 6 the weight or force borne by the supporting part of a structure. 7 a material object or force acting as a weight or clog. 8 the resistance of machinery to motive power. --v. 1 tr. a put a load on or aboard (a person, vehicle, ship, etc.). b place (a load or cargo) aboard a ship, on a vehicle, etc. 2 intr. (often foll. by up) (of a ship, vehicle, or person) take a load aboard, pick up a load. 3 tr. (often foll. by with) a add weight to; be a weight or burden upon. b oppress (a stomach loaded with food). 4 tr. strain the bearing-capacity of (a table loaded with food). 5 tr. (also load up) (foll. by with) a supply overwhelmingly (loaded us with work). b assail overwhelmingly (loaded us with abuse). 6 tr. charge (a firearm) with ammunition. 7 tr. insert (the required operating medium) in a device, e.g. film in a camera, magnetic tape in a tape recorder, a program into a computer, etc. 8 tr. add an extra charge to (an insurance premium) in the case of a poorer risk. 9 tr. a weight with lead. b give a bias to (dice, a roulette wheel, etc.) with weights. Phrases and idioms get a load of sl. listen attentively to; notice. load-displacement (or -draught) the displacement of a ship when laden. load line a Plimsoll line. Etymology: OE lad way, journey, conveyance, f. Gmc: rel. to LEAD(1), LODE
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I. noun see: lode Date: 12th century 1. the quantity that can be carried at one time by a specified means, whatever is put on a person or pack animal to be carried ; pack, whatever is put in a ship or vehicle or airplane for conveyance ; cargo, 2. a mass or weight supported by something , the forces to which a structure is subjected due to superposed weight or to wind pressure on the vertical surfaces, 3. something that weighs down the mind or spirits , a burdensome or laborious responsibility , an intoxicating amount of liquor drunk, a large quantity ; lot, 6. a charge for a firearm, the quantity of material ~ed into a device at one time, external resistance overcome by a machine or prime mover, 8. power output (as of a power plant) or power consumption (as by a device), a device to which power is delivered, 9. a. the amount of work that a person carries or is expected to carry, the amount of authorized work to be performed by a machine, a group, a department, or a factory, the demand on the operating resources of a system (as a telephone exchange or a refrigerating apparatus), eyeful, the amount of a deleterious microorganism, parasite, growth, or substance present in a human or animal body , an amount added (as to the price of a security or the net premium in insurance) to represent selling expense and profit to the distributor, genetic ~, II. verb Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to put a ~ in or on , to place in or on a means of conveyance , 2. to encumber or oppress with something heavy, laborious, or disheartening ; burden , to place as a burden or obligation , 3. to increase the weight of by adding something heavy, to add a conditioning substance (as a mineral salt) to for body, to weight or shape (dice) to fall unfairly, to pack with one-sided or prejudicial influences ; bias, to charge with multiple meanings (as emotional associations or hidden implications), to weight (as a test) with factors influencing validity or outcome, 4. to supply in abundance or excess ; heap, pack, to put runners on (first, second, and third bases)...Толковый словарь английского языка
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