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A mental weight or burden: Good news took a load off my mind.
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A responsibility regarded as oppressive.
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A single charge of ammunition for a firearm.
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A weight or mass that is supported: the load on an arch.
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verb-intransitive
To charge a firearm with ammunition.
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To put or place a load into or onto a structure, device, or conveyance.
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To receive a load: Container ships can load rapidly.
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verb
To put a load in or on.
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To place in or on a means of conveyance.
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To encumber or oppress with something heavy, laborious, or disheartening.
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To place as a burden or obligation.
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To increase the weight of by adding something heavy.
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verb-transitive
Baseball To have or put runners on (first, second, and third base).
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Computer Science To mount (a diskette) onto a floppy disk drive.
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Computer Science To mount (a magnetic tape) onto a tape drive.
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Games To make (dice) heavier on one side by adding weight.
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To charge with additional meanings, implications, or emotional import: loaded the question to trick the witness.
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idiom
Get a load of Slang To look at; notice.
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Get a load of To listen to: Get a load of this!.
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Have a load on Slang To be intoxicated.
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Take a load off To sit or lie down.
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