load
/loʊd/ noun A2- A burden; a weight to be carried. · I struggled up the hill with the heavy load in my rucksack.
- A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.
- A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time. · The truck overturned while carrying a full load of oil.· She put another load of clothes in the washing machine.
- A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle. · I put a load on before we left.
- Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle
- A large number or amount. · I got loads of presents for my birthday!· I got a load of emails about that.
- The volume of work required to be performed. · Will our web servers be able to cope with that load?
- The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc. · Each of the cross-members must withstand a tensile load of 1,000 newtons.
Plural loads
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The Ass, as long as he traveled along the plain, carried his load with ease, but when he began to ascend the steep path of the mountain, felt his load to be more than he could bear.
Not knowing what else to do in so wild a region, the Muleteer placed upon the Mule the load carried by the Ass in addition to his own, and at the top of all placed the hide of the Ass, after he had skinned him.
His road home lay across a stream into which his Ass, making a false step, fell by accident and rose up again with his load considerably lighter, as the water melted the sack.
When he came again to the stream, the Ass fell down on purpose in the same spot, and, regaining his feet with the weight of his load much diminished, brayed triumphantly as if he had obtained what he desired.
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