Definition of load

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Load (v.) A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load..

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Lighten :: Lighten (v. t.) To make lighter, or less heavy; to reduce in weight; to relieve of part of a load or burden; as, to lighten a ship by unloading; to lighten a load or burden..
Freight :: Freight (v. t.) To load with goods, as a ship, or vehicle of any kind, for transporting them from one place to another; to furnish with freight; as, to freight a ship; to freight a car..
Overload :: Overload (n.) An excessive load; the excess beyond a proper load.
Lighterage :: Lighterage (n.) The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter..
Loadstone :: Loadstone (n.) Alt. of Lodeston.
Bee Line :: Bee line () The shortest line from one place to another, like that of a bee to its hive when loaded with honey; an air line..
Pack :: Pack (n.) To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse..
Exonerate :: Exonerate (v. t.) To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation, or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something that lies upon oppresses one, as an accusation or imputation; as, to exonerate one's self from blame, or from the charge of avarice..
Load :: Load (v.) The charge of a firearm; as, a load of powder..
Shotted :: Shotted (a.) Loaded with shot.
Discharge :: Discharge (v. i.) To throw off or deliver a load, charge, or burden; to unload; to emit or give vent to fluid or other contents; as, the water pipe discharges freely..
Ungird :: Ungird (v. t.) To loose the girdle or band of; to unbind; to unload.
Fine :: Fine (superl.) Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament; overdressed or overdecorated; showy.
Load :: Load (v.) The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working.
Slug :: Slug (v. t.) To load with a slug or slugs; as, to slug a gun..
Lading :: Lading (n.) The act of loading.
Incumbrance :: Incumbrance (n.) A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check..
Last :: Last (n.) A load; a heavy burden; hence, a certain weight or measure, generally estimated at 4,000 lbs., but varying for different articles and in different countries. In England, a last of codfish, white herrings, meal, or ashes, is twelve barrels; a last of corn, ten quarters, or eighty bushels, in some parts of England, twenty-one quarters; of gunpowder, twenty-four barrels, each containing 100 lbs; of red herrings, twenty cades, or 20,000; of hides, twelve dozen; of leather, twenty dickers;
Unloader :: Unloader (n.) One who, or that which, unloads; a device for unloading, as hay from a wagon..
Relade :: Relade (v. t.) To lade or load again.
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