load
A burden; a weight to be carried.
Noun 4 meanings
A burden; a weight to be carried.
“I struggled up the hill with the heavy load in my rucksack.”
A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.
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.”
A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle.
“I put a load on before we left.”
Verb 4 meanings
To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).
“The dock workers refused to load the ship.”
To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage.
“The longshoremen loaded the cargo quickly.”
To put a load on something.
“The truck was supposed to leave at dawn, but in fact we spent all morning loading.”
To receive a load.
“The truck is designed to load easily.”
Etymology
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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LOAD at a glance
LOAD has 4 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (L 1 + O 1 + A 1 + D 2) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,530 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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