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/loʊd/
Hinweise zur Aussprache
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/ləʊd/
Hinweise zur Aussprache
- Received-Pronunciation
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loʊd
Hinweise zur Aussprache
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ləʊd
Hinweise zur Aussprache
- GB
Substantiv
A burden; a weight to be carried.
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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.
Gebrauch- übertragen
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Our life's a load.
I came here with a load and it feels so much lighter, now I’ve met you.
A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.
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The truck overturned while carrying a full load of oil.
She put another load of clothes in the washing machine.
A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle.
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I put a load on before we left.
Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle
Gebrauch- in Zusammensetzungen
A large number or amount.
Gebrauch- umgangssprachlich
- in-plural
- often
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I got loads of presents for my birthday!
I got a load of emails about that.
The volume of work required to be performed.
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Will our web servers be able to cope with that load?
The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.
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Each of the cross-members must withstand a tensile load of 1,000 newtons.
The electrical current or power delivered by a device.
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I'm worried that the load on that transformer will be too high.
A resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing work.
Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit.
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Connect a second 24-ohm load across the power supply's output terminals.
A unit of measure for various quantities.
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If this load equals its modern representative, it contains 18 cwt. of dry, 19 of new hay.
A very small explosive inserted as a gag into a cigarette or cigar.
The charge of powder for a firearm; a loaded cartridge or round of ammunition.
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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.
Weight or violence of blows.
Gebrauch- außer Gebrauch
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Far heavier load thyself expect to feel From my prevailing arm
Defecation.
Gebrauch- Slang
- vulgär
The contents (e.g. semen) of an ejaculation.
Gebrauch- Slang
- vulgär
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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.
Nonsense; rubbish.
Gebrauch- euphemistic
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What a load!
The process of loading something, i.e. transferring it into memory or over a network, etc.
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All of those uncompressed images are going to slow down the page load.
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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.
Prepaid phone credit.
Gebrauch- Philippines
Verb
To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).
Gebrauch- transitiv
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The dock workers refused to load the ship.
To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage.
Gebrauch- transitiv
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The longshoremen loaded the cargo quickly.
He loaded his stuff into his storage locker.
To put a load on something.
Gebrauch- intransitiv
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The truck was supposed to leave at dawn, but in fact we spent all morning loading.
To receive a load.
Gebrauch- intransitiv
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The truck is designed to load easily.
[I]n his Paroxyſms, as he vvalked the Streets, he vvould have his Pockets loaden vvith Stones, to pelt at the Signs.
To be placed into storage or conveyance.
Gebrauch- intransitiv
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The containers load quickly and easily.
To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.
Gebrauch- transitiv
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I pulled the trigger, but nothing happened. I had forgotten to load the gun.
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.
Gebrauch- transitiv
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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.
To fill (an apparatus) with raw material.
Gebrauch- transitiv
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The workers loaded the blast furnace with coke and ore.
To be put into use in an apparatus.
Gebrauch- intransitiv
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The cartridge was designed to load easily.
To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory.
Gebrauch- transitiv
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Click OK to load the selected data.
To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.
Gebrauch- intransitiv
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The file took ten minutes to load.
This program takes an age to load.
To put runners on first, second and third bases
Gebrauch- transitiv
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He walks to load the bases.
To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome.
Gebrauch- transitiv
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You can load the dice in your favour by researching the company before your interview.
The wording of the ballot paper loaded the vote in favour of the Conservative candidate.
To ask or adapt a question so that it will be more likely to be answered in a certain way.
Gebrauch- transitiv
To encumber with something negative, to place as an encumbrance.
Gebrauch- transitiv
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The new owners had loaded the company with debt.
The new owners loaded debt on the company.
To provide in abundance.
Gebrauch- transitiv
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He loaded his system with carbs before the marathon.
He loaded carbs into his system before the marathon.
To weight (a cane, whip, etc.) with lead or similar.
Gebrauch- transitiv
To adulterate or drug.
Gebrauch- archaisch
- Slang
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to load wine
To magnetize.
Gebrauch- archaisch
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one oscillation of the loaded magnet,
to top up or purchase phone credits
Gebrauch- Philippines
Substantiv
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.
Gebrauch- Internet
- außer Gebrauch
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She never logs off; she is a real LOAD!
Substantiv
weight to be borne or conveyed
- Oberbegriffe
a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
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- Oberbegriffe
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the system broke down under excessive loads
goods carried by a large vehicle
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an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate
- Oberbegriffe
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he got a load on and started a brawl
the power output of a generator or power plant
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an onerous or difficult concern
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the burden of responsibility
that's a load off my mind
a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
- Synonyme
- Oberbegriffe
the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
- Oberbegriffe
electrical device to which electrical power is delivered
- Oberbegriffe
Verb
fill or place a load on
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load a car
load the truck with hay
provide (a device) with something necessary
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He loaded his gun carefully
load the camera
transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory
- Oberbegriffe
put (something) on a structure or conveyance
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load the bags onto the trucks
corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
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adulterate liquor