Load (Verb)
Meaning 1
Fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The movers arrived early to load the van with all our furniture for the big move.
- Please help me load the trailer with the luggage, so we can head out on our trip.
- You will need to load the box with more stuffing before it can be sealed properly.
- She carefully load the canoe with supplies and rowed away on her solo adventure.
- Farmers use tractors to load the wagons with crops during harvest season.
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Meaning 2
Provide (a device) with something necessary; "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 3
Put (something) on a structure or conveyance; "load the bags onto the trucks".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 4
Transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory.
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- The computer's browser began to load the requested webpage after a brief delay in the connection.
- The game took a long time to load on the older console, but the graphics were worth the wait.
- The program will automatically load the most recent file you worked on when it is launched.
- To speed up loading times, consider upgrading to a faster hard drive or solid-state drive.
- The app began to load, but it froze partway through and required a restart to finish loading correctly.
Meaning 5
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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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..