load

About 35.94 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A burden; a weight to be carried.

   I struggled up the hill with the heavy load in my rucksack.

2. noun A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.
3. noun 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.

4. noun A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle.

   I put a load on before we left.

5. noun Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle
6. noun A large number or amount.

   I got loads of presents for my birthday!

7. noun The volume of work required to be performed.

   Will our web servers be able to cope with that load?

8. noun The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.

   Each of the cross-members must withstand a tensile load of 1,000 newtons.

Similar words

burden laden incumbrance encumbrance lade load up onus lode stow lading

Often followed by

of is and on the in to for at

Word family

loaded loader loaders loading loads lode tumor load tumor loads viral load viral loads