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verb

Definition of loadnext
1
as in to burden
to place a weight or burden on students complaining that their teachers were loading them with work

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2
as in to fill
to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained she loaded her plate at the buffet with as much food as she could carry and with more than any sane person should eat

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load

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noun

ˈlōd How to pronounce load (audio)
1
as in loading
a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported hoisted a load of grain on the truck going to Florida

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as in ton
loads plural a considerable amount there's no rush, since we've got loads of time left

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Recent Examples of load
Verb
Simply load up your blender with some of your dog’s favorite human foods. — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 8 July 2026 Lee, Clemens and Josh Bell singled to load the bases with no outs. — ABC News, 8 July 2026
Noun
These provisions are best suited for hyperscale data centers, AI/cloud companies, large industrial buyers, utilities and independent power producers serving always-on loads. — Junaid Ali, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 Athletes use cold plunges and photobiomodulation to speed recovery from heavy training loads. — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for load
Recent Examples of Synonyms for load
  1. burden
  2. fill
  3. loading
  4. ton
  5. weight
  6. pack
  7. payload
  8. lot
Verb
  • For decades, the powers that be have burdened the Eastside with freeways, warehouses, public corruption, unsightly developments that have brought on gentrification and civic negligence bordering on the criminal.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • That includes funding long-term care without burdening family, building wealth intentionally over decades and creating the capacity to give, transfer or invest with purpose.
    — Meredith Moore, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of burden
Verb
  • Workers in hard hats and mountains of dirt fill empty lots directly across from the new restaurants.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 10 July 2026
  • The Grammy winner performed 12 shows beginning in mid-June, making history by filling one of the world's great venues a dozen times.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of fill
Noun
  • Fuel rods for the Aalo-X Critical Test Reactor were manufactured by GE Vernova’s Global Nuclear Fuel business and delivered to the Idaho site in April before the reactor received approval for fuel loading and startup.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
  • Its all-new VL45 Plus combines the advantages of top-loading and door fridges with a triple-access system that all but eliminates the need for a separate slide costing hundreds of dollars.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 July 2026
Definition of loading
Noun
  • The brand has tons of airy dresses, breezy tops, lightweight bottoms, and vacation-ready staples that feel elevated (without the designer price tag).
    — Kaitlin Marks, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2026
  • Come for all the doggie high jinks – thanks to a ton of animatronic animals and a John Hughes screenplay – and stay for Close getting dunked in a vat of molasses.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 July 2026
Definition of ton
Verb
  • Nasdaq’s index methodology weights stocks based on the amount of shares available for trading.
    — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
  • What’s in the budget Teachers are set to get an average raise of 8% over two years, but that is heavily weighted toward early career teachers.
    — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2026
Definition of weight
Verb
  • It's packed with efficacious skin care ingredients to smooth and firm mature complexions.
    — Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 6 July 2026
  • England adjusted its strategy to protect its lead, packing the front of goal.
    — Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Definition of pack
Noun
  • Like, the idea that like people in the cab actually affect payload, like there’s going to be a lot of old boys that don’t really heed that.
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 9 July 2026
  • The model’s maximum payload is 18,600 kilograms and is designed for cargo operations north of 2,400 nautical miles (2,760 miles).
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 9 July 2026
Definition of payload
Noun
  • The only pedestrians passing by one vacant dirt lot near 6th Street were a couple of teens on BMX bikes wearing smoke-blocking face masks.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • Evening sales achieved a 94 percent sell-through rate by lot and 99 percent by value, and the season’s hammer-price-to-low-estimate index reached 165 percent.
    — Daniel Cassady for ARTnews, Robb Report, 8 July 2026
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