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Synonyms of loads
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Noun
1. tons, dozens, heaps, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings, large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
usage:
a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she amassed stacks of newspapers"
Noun
1. tons, dozens, heaps, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads, lashings, large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
usage:
weight to be borne or conveyed
2. load, loading, burden, weight
usage:
a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time; "the system broke down under excessive loads"
3. load, loading, indefinite quantity
usage:
goods carried by a large vehicle
4. cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment, merchandise, ware, product
usage:
an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate; "he got a load on and started a brawl"
5. load, indefinite quantity
usage:
the power output of a generator or power plant
6. load, electrical power, electric power, wattage
usage:
an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"
7. burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus, concern, worry, headache, vexation
usage:
a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
8. lode, load, deposit, sedimentation, alluviation
usage:
the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
9. warhead, payload, load, explosive
usage:
electrical device to which electrical power is delivered
Verb
1. load, lade, laden, load up, fill, fill up, make full
usage:
fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay"
2. load, charge, fill, fill up, make full
usage:
provide (a device) with something necessary; "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera"
3. load, transfer
usage:
transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory
4. load, put, set, place, pose, position, lay
usage:
put (something) on a structure or conveyance; "load the bags onto the trucks"
5. load, adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase, corrupt, spoil
usage:
corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"
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