Antonyms for load
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : lohd |
| Phonetic Transcription : loÊŠd |
Definition of load
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
- The iron loop at the end was to put one's foot into when one wanted to load it.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- I am haunted by the thought that my car may break down when I have a load of wounded.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- One of our chaps, taking in a load of wounded, was chased and pelted the other day.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- Merely to abstain from definition was like a load taken off my mind.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Two of us were going in company, each with a load of cotton.
- Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
- The Pelican by this time had got rid of her load of fish and settled herself for conversation.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- Allis's success with Lauzanne had taken a load from her spirits.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- The proportions of these must be based upon the load to be carried.
- Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
- As the load is increased so must the surface area of the planes be increased.
- Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
- His load was missing: evidently one of the askaris had taken it up.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
Synonyms for load
- 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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