load
/loʊd/ verb B2- To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage). · The dock workers refused to load the ship.
- 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.
- To put a load on something. · The truck was supposed to leave at dawn, but in fact we spent all morning loading.
- To receive a load. · The truck is designed to load easily.
- To be placed into storage or conveyance. · The containers load quickly and easily.
- To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition. · I pulled the trigger, but nothing happened. I had forgotten to load the gun.
- 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.
- To fill (an apparatus) with raw material. · The workers loaded the blast furnace with coke and ore.
He/she/it loads · Past loaded · Past participle loaded · -ing form loading
Verb forms
- Base form
- load
- He/she/it
- loads
- Past
- loaded
- Past participle
- loaded
- -ing form
- loading
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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AN ARAB Camel-driver, after completing the loading of his Camel, asked him which he would like best, to go up hill or down.
At first the little creatures, many though they were, could hardly stir the heavily loaded truck; but the Woodman and the Scarecrow both pushed from behind, and they got along better.
I know she was loaded with cotton, and that she took in her freight at Alexandria from Pastret’s warehouse, and at Smyrna from Pascal’s; that is all I was obliged to know, and I beg I may not be asked for any further particulars.”
Five little fiddlers played as loudly as possible, and the people were laughing and singing, while a big table near by was loaded with delicious fruits and nuts, pies and cakes, and many other good things to eat.
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