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| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : lohd |
| Phonetic Transcription : loʊd |
Definition of loads
Origin :- "that which is laid upon a person or beast, burden," c.1200, from Old English lad "way, course, carrying," from Proto-Germanic *laitho (cf. Old High German leita, German leite, Old Norse leið "way, course"); related to Old English lædan "to guide," from PIE *leit- "to go forth" (see lead (v.)). Sense shifted 13c. to supplant words based on lade, to which it is not etymologically connected; original association with "guide" is preserved in lodestone. Meaning "amount customarily loaded at one time" is from c.1300.
- Figurative sense of "burden weighing on the mind, heart, or soul" is first attested 1590s. Meaning "amount of work" is from 1946. Colloquial loads "lots, heaps" is attested from c.1600. Phrase take a load off (one's) feet "sit down, relax" is from 1914, American English. Get a load of "take a look at" is American English colloquial, attested from 1929.
- noun cargo, freight
- noun burden, pressure
- verb burden, saddle
- verb overburden, pressure
- Decent, unpretentious folks, somewhat new, but with loads of money.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Went over to the lake with all the horses, and brought the loads to the camp.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- I made them unload the drays and carry the loads to firm ground.
- Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
- They caught the Indian carriers, who were just easing their loads under the walls.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- One or two arose wearily and stiffly, and dragged their loads to the pile.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- Mali-ya-bwana considered that it was bad to leave the loads.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- Mali-ya-bwana, under his directions, had undone the loads containing the lanterns.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- Then we must make shauri with these people to get our loads.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- The loads, covered by the tarpaulin, had been arranged in the centre of the circle.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- The men laid down their loads, and sprawled about in abandon.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
Synonyms for loads
- affliction
- albatross
- amount
- arrange
- bale
- ballast
- bear
- bundle
- burden
- capacity
- care
- carry
- charge
- chock
- choke
- consignment
- containerize
- contents
- cram
- cumber
- deadweight
- drag
- drain
- duty
- encumber
- encumbrance
- excess baggage
- fill
- flood
- freight
- glut
- goods
- gorge
- hamper
- haul
- heap
- heap up
- heft
- hindrance
- incubus
- jam
- lade
- lading
- liability
- lumber
- mass
- millstone
- obligation
- onus
- oppress
- oppression
- oversupply
- pack
- parcel
- part
- payload
- pile
- pile it on
- pile up
- place
- pour in
- put aboard
- ram in
- responsibility
- saddle
- shipment
- shot
- stack
- store
- stow
- stuff
- surfeit
- swamp
- task
- tax
- top
- top off
- trouble
- trust
- weigh
- weigh down
- weight
- worry
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