load

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The heaviest item of the load is the supply of fish for the dogs.

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  1. noun A weight or mass that is supported: the load on an arch.
  2. noun The overall force to which a structure is subjected in supporting a weight or mass or in resisting externally applied forces.
  3. noun Something that is carried, as by a vehicle, person, or animal: a load of firewood.
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  • Clove seemed startled to find that such a load could be a living thing. —  forestmage
  • If the load is available, just hop onto one with your buddies and you'll continue from there. —  Gaming Nexus
  • Since the load is actually carried by a small number of proxies, you want these to be really good proxies - well-studied and endorsed by their original authors as temperature proxies. —  Climate Audit
  • Electrical maintenance What would cause a GFI outlet on a sub panel in an outbuilding to dim lights when a load is applied to it? —  Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories
  • If you know what your load is and at what voltage is then you can compile the data to build the battery bank you need.
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

supply ·  weight ·  control ·  cargo ·  pressure ·  cost ·  equipment ·  output ·  train ·  pile ·  storage ·  sample

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load:   loading ·  loads ·  loaded
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English lode, alteration (influenced by laden, to load) of lade, course, way, from Old English lād; see leit- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English lode, loode, a burden carried in a vehicle, literally a carrying, a particular use of lode, a way, course, carrying: see lode. In the orig. sense the word is more commonly spelled lode, while in the later senses the exclusive spelling is load, and the word is now associated with lade.
  2. from load, n.; in part a variant of the original verb lade, in imitation of the noun load: see lade.
 

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