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Noun load has 9 senses
  1. load, loading, burden - weight to be borne or conveyed
    --1 is a kind of weight
    --1 has particulars:
     burthen; dead load; live load, superload; millstone; overload, overburden; overload
    Derived forms: verb load3, verb load1
  2. load, loading - a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time; "the system broke down under excessive loads"
    --2 is a kind of indefinite quantity
    --2 has particulars: trainload
  3. cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment - goods carried by a large vehicle
    --3 is a kind of merchandise, wares, product
    Derived forms: verb load3, verb load1
  4. load - an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate; "he got a load on and started a brawl"
    --4 is a kind of     indefinite quantity
  5. load - the power output of a generator or power plant
    --5 is a kind of     electrical power, electric power, wattage
  6. burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus - an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"
    --6 is a kind of concern, worry, headache, vexation
    --6 has particulars: dead weight; fardel; imposition; pill
  7. lode, load - a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
    --7 is a kind of deposit, sedimentation, alluviation
    --7 has particulars: mother lode, champion lode
  8. warhead, payload, load - the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
    --8 is a kind of explosive
    --8 is a part of guided missile
    --8 has particulars: atomic warhead, nuclear warhead, thermonuclear warhead, nuke
    Derived form: verb load2
  9. load - electrical device to which electrical power is delivered
    --9 is a kind of     electrical device
,Verb load has 3 senses
  1. load, lade, laden, load up - fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay"
    --1 is one way to fill, fill up, make full
    Derived forms: noun load1, noun load3, noun loader1, noun loading5
    Sample sentence:
    They load the cart with boxes
  2. load, charge - provide with munition; "He loaded his gun carefully"
    --2 is one way to fill, fill up, make full
    Derived forms: noun load8, noun loader2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. load - put (something) on a structure or conveyance; "load the bags onto the trucks"
    --3 is one way to     put, set, place, pose, position, lay
    Derived forms: noun load3, noun load1, noun loader1, noun loading5
    Sample sentence:
    They load the books into the box
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