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Etymology [ edit ]

The sense of “burden” first arose in the 13th century as a secondary meaning of Middle English lode, loade, which had the main significance of “way, course, journey”, from Old English lād (“course, journey; way, street, waterway; leading, carrying; maintenance, support”) (ultimately from Proto-Germanic *laidō (“leading, way”), Proto-Indo-European *leyt- (“to go, go forth, die”), cognate with Middle Low German leide (“entourage, escort”), German Leite (“line, course, load”), Swedish led (“way, trail, line”), Icelandic leið (“way, course, route”)). As such, load is a doublet of lode, which has preserved the older meaning.

Most likely, the semantic extension of the Middle English substantive arose by conflation with the (etymologically unrelated) verb lade; however, Middle English lode occurs only as a substantive; the transitive verb load (“to charge with a load”) is recorded only in the 16th century (frequently in Shakespeare),[1] and (except for the participle laden) has largely supplanted lade in modern English.[2]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

load (plural loads)

Synonyms [ edit ]

( unspecific heavy weight to be carried ) : charge freight

( unit of lead ) : fodder fother cartload carrus charrus

( the contents of one's ejaculation ) : cumwad wad

Hyponyms [ edit ]

( 1 ⁄ 12 cartload of wool & for smaller divisions ) : wey

( 1 ⁄ 30 cartload of lead & for smaller divisions ) : fotmal

( 1 ⁄ 36 cartload of straw or hay & for smaller divisions ) : truss

Derived terms [ edit ]

Translations [ edit ]

burden Arabic: Egyptian Arabic: حمل m ( ḥiml )

Armenian: բեռ (hy) ( beṙ )

Aromanian: sartsinã f

Assamese: বোজা ( büza )

Azerbaijani: yük (az)

Bakhtiari: بار ( bâr )

Bulgarian: товар (bg) m ( tovar )

Chinese: Mandarin: 擔子 (zh) class mn

Dutch: gewicht (nl) last (nl) m

Estonian: koorem

Finnish: kuorma (fi) taakka (fi)

French: fardeau (fr)

German: Last (de)

Greek: φορτίο (el) n ( fortío ) , βάρος (el) n ( város ) Ancient: φόρημα n ( phórēma ) , ἄχθος n ( ákhthos )

, Hungarian: teher (hu)

Japanese: 荷物 (ja) ( にもつ, nimotsu ) , 荷 (ja) ( ni )

, Khmer: please add this translation if you can

Korean: 짐 (ko) ( jim )

Kurdish: Kurmanji: bar (ku) Sorani: بار (ku) ( bar ) Latin: onus n

Maori: utanga wahanga

Mongolian: please add this translation if you can

Old English: hlæst n

Persian: بار (fa) ( bâr )

Polish: ciężar (pl) m , obciążenie (pl) n

, Portuguese: fardo (pt) m , carga (pt) f

, Romanian: sarcină (ro) f

Russian: груз (ru) m ( gruz )

Sanskrit: भार (sa) m ( bhāra )

Swahili: mzigo (sw)

Swedish: last (sv) börda (sv)

Tajik: бор (tg) ( bor )

Talysh: بار ( bâr )

Telugu: భారము (te) ( bhāramu )

Thai: please add this translation if you can

Tocharian B: perpette

Turkish: yük (tr)

Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Yagnobi: вор

Zazaki: bar

number of articles that can be transported or processed at one time Azerbaijani: yük (az)

Bulgarian: товар (bg) m ( tovar )

Catalan: càrrega (ca)

Dutch: lading (nl)

Estonian: laadung koorem last (et)

Finnish: kuorma (fi) lasti (fi)

French: charge (fr) f

Friulian: cjarie f , cjame f

, Greek: φόρτωμα (el) n ( fórtoma ) , φορτίο (el) n ( fortío )

, Italian: carica (it) f

Japanese: 積載量 ( せきさいりょう, sekisairyō ) , 船腹 ( funabara )

, Korean: 짐 (ko) ( jim )

Ladin: cèria f Maori: utanga kawenga wahanga

Polish: ładunek (pl) m , ładowność (pl) f

, Portuguese: carregamento (pt) m , carga (pt) f

, Romanian: sarcină (ro) f , încărcătură (ro) f

, Romansch: chargia f , tgargia f , carga f

, , Russian: нагру́зка (ru) f ( nagrúzka )

Scottish Gaelic: luchd m

Spanish: carga (es) cargamento (es)

Swedish: last (sv) c

Telugu: సరుకు (te) ( saruku )

Venetian: carga f

the volume of work required to be performed Bulgarian: натоварване (bg) n ( natovarvane )

Dutch: belasting (nl)

Finnish: ( computing ) kuorma (fi)

French: charge (fr) f

Greek: φόρτος (el) m ( fórtos ) Japanese: 仕事量 ( しごとりょう, shigotoryō )

Russian: нагру́зка (ru) f ( nagrúzka )

Spanish: carga (es)

Telugu: పనిభారము ( panibhāramu )

standardized cartload weight Latin: carrus f

( electrical engineering ) Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit Bulgarian: товар (bg) m ( tovar )



The charge of powder for a firearm Bulgarian: заряд (bg) m ( zarjad )



Verb [ edit ]

load (third-person singular simple present loads, present participle loading, simple past loaded, past participle loaded or (archaic) loaden)

( transitive ) To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage). The dock workers refused to load the ship. ( transitive ) To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage. The longshoremen loaded the cargo quickly. He loaded his stuff into his storage locker. ( intransitive ) To put a load on something. The truck was supposed to leave at dawn, but in fact we spent all morning loading. ( intransitive ) To receive a load. The truck is designed to load easily. ( intransitive ) To be placed into storage or conveyance. The containers load quickly and easily. ( transitive ) To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition. I pulled the trigger, but nothing happened. I had forgotten to load the gun. ( transitive ) To insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a reel of film into a camera, sheets of paper into a printer etc. Now that you've loaded the film [into the camera], you're ready to start shooting. Now that you've loaded the camera [with film], you're ready to start shooting. ( transitive ) To fill (an apparatus) with raw material. The workers loaded the blast furnace with coke and ore. ( intransitive ) To be put into use in an apparatus. The cartridge was designed to load easily. ( transitive , computing ) To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory. Click OK to load the selected data. ( intransitive , computing ) To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory. This program takes an age to load. ( transitive , baseball ) To put runners on first, second and third bases He walks to load the bases. ( transitive ) To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome. You can load the dice in your favour by researching the company before your interview. The wording of the ballot paper loaded the vote in favour of the Conservative candidate. ( transitive ) To ask or adapt a question so that it will be more likely to be answered in a certain way. ( transitive ) To encumber with something negative, to place as an encumbrance. The new owners had loaded the company with debt. The new owners loaded debt on the company. ( transitive ) To provide in abundance. He loaded his system with carbs before the marathon. He loaded carbs into his system before the marathon. ( transitive ) To weight (a cane, whip, etc.) with lead or similar. ( transitive , archaic , slang ) To adulterate or drug. to load wine ( transitive , archaic ) To magnetize. (Can we find and add a quotation of Prior to this entry?)

Derived terms [ edit ]

Translations [ edit ]

to place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage Finnish: lastata (fi) kuormata (fi) pakata (fi)

intransitive: to put a load on something Bulgarian: натоварвам (bg) ( natovarvam )

Finnish: lastata (fi) kuormata (fi) pakata (fi)

to receive a load Finnish: lastata (fi) kuormata (fi) pakata (fi)

to be placed into storage or conveyance Finnish: lastata (fi) kuormata (fi) pakata (fi)

to insert into an apparatus Bulgarian: зареждам (bg) ( zareždam )

Finnish: laittaa paikalleen laittaa (fi) lisätä (fi) ( paper or other material into something ) Maori: puru

to fill with raw material Bulgarian: зареждам (bg) ( zareždam )

Finnish: panostaa (fi) ladata (fi)

to be put into use in an apparatus Finnish: latautua

intransitive: to transfer from a storage medium into memory Catalan: carregar (ca) Finnish: latautua

baseball: to put runners on the bases Finnish: täyttää (fi)

to tamper with to produce biased outcome Finnish: parantaa mahdollisuuksiaan ( to load the dice in one's favour ) ; painottaa (fi) ( dice ) ; johdatella (fi) ( paper, statement etc. )

to ask so that it will be more likely to be answered in a certain way Finnish: johdatella (fi)

to encumber, place as an encumbrance Bulgarian: обременявам (bg) ( obremenjavam )

Finnish: kuormittaa (fi)

to provide in abundance Finnish: tankata (fi)

to adulterate or drug Finnish: törsätä (fi)

to magnetize Bulgarian: магнетизирам (bg) ( magnetiziram )

Finnish: magnetoida sähköistää (fi) ( figuratively )

References [ edit ]

^ An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language (2013), Walter W. Skeat,(2013), p. 345 ^ "but lade is now usually replaced in the present and the past tense by load, a derivative from the noun load". Hans Kurath, George Oliver Curme, A grammar of the English language vol. 2 (1935), p. 262.

Anagrams [ edit ]

Cebuano [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

Borrowed from English load.

Noun [ edit ]

load

prepaid phone credit

Verb [ edit ]

load

to top up or purchase phone credits

Estonian [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

load

Spanish [ edit ]

Verb [ edit ]

load