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A burden; a weight to be carried.
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I struggled up the hill with the heavy load in my rucksack.
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A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.
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A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.
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She put another load of clothes in the washing machine.
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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.
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(in combination) Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle
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(often in the plural) A large number or amount.
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I got a load of emails about that.
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The volume of work required to be performed.
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Will our web servers be able to cope with that load?
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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.
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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.
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A resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing work.
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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.
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A unit of measure for various quantities.
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The viral load
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A very small explosive inserted as a gag into a cigarette or cigar.
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The charge of powder for a firearm.
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Weight or violence of blows.
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The contents (e.g. semen) of an ejaculation.
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Nonsense; rubbish.
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What a load!
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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.