Definition of load

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Load (v.) The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working.

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Burden :: Burden (v. t.) To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes..
Unload :: Unload (v. t.) To take the load from; to discharge of a load or cargo; to disburden; as, to unload a ship; to unload a beast..
Keel :: Keel (n.) A barge or lighter, used on the Type for carrying coal from Newcastle; also, a barge load of coal, twenty-one tons, four cwt..
Overlade :: Overlade (v. t.) To load with too great a cargo; to overburden; to overload.
Load :: Load (v.) A particular measure for certain articles, being as much as may be carried at one time by the conveyance commonly used for the article measured; as, a load of wood; a load of hay; specifically, five quarters..
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled; as, to discharge a cargo..
Suspend :: Suspend (n.) To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone..
Deplete :: Deplete (a.) To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine..
Load :: Load (v. t.) To magnetize.
Dirt :: Dirt (n.) Any foul of filthy substance, as excrement, mud, dust, etc.; whatever, adhering to anything, renders it foul or unclean; earth; as, a wagonload of dirt..
Mitraille :: Mitraille (n.) Shot or bits of iron used sometimes in loading cannon.
Shipload :: Shipload (n.) The load, or cargo, of a ship..
Jag :: "Jag (n.) A small load, as of hay or grain in the straw, or of ore..
Roustabout :: Roustabout (n.) A laborer, especially a deck hand, on a river steamboat, who moves the cargo, loads and unloads wood, and the like; in an opprobrious sense, a shiftless vagrant who lives by chance jobs..
Unload :: Unload (v. t.) To sell in large quantities, as stock; to get rid of..
Siderite :: Siderite (n.) Formerly, magnetic iron ore, or loadstone..
Cumber :: Cumber (v. t.) To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruct or occupy uselessly; to embarrass; to trouble..
Load :: Load (v.) The charge of a firearm; as, a load of powder..
Chassepot :: Chassepot (n.) A kind of breechloading, center-fire rifle, or improved needle gun..
Laden :: Laden (p. & a.) Loaded; freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a laden heart..
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