EGAVE

preload

About 0.52 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To load in advance (used especially in reference to software installed on a computer prior to sale).
    My computer came preloaded with wordprocessor software.
  2. verb To drink (cheaper) alcohol at home before going out socially.
    That nightclub is so expensive. Let's preload at your flat.
  3. noun The end diastolic pressure that stretches the right or left ventricle of the heart to its greatest geometric dimensions under variable physiologic demand.
  4. noun The internal application of stress to certain mechanical systems.

Similar words

hook foreload preinstall precache prefetch prebuffer prepack prepaste presupply prepatch

Often followed by

and is of in the on or to moveable

Word family

preloaded preloading preloads

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