loads

Meanings

Noun

• a large number or amount
• weight to be borne or conveyed
• a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
  • "the system broke down under excessive loads"
• goods carried by a large vehicle
• an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate
• the power output of a generator or power plant
• an onerous or difficult concern
• a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
• the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
• electrical device to which electrical power is delivered
• plural of load

Verb

• fill or place a load on
• provide (a device) with something necessary
• transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory
• put (something) on a structure or conveyance
• corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
• third-person singular simple present indicative of load

Adv

• Lots, much, plenty, a great deal.

Synonyms

a lot, a thing or two, adulterate, burden, cargo, charge, consignment, debase, dilute, dozens, encumbrance, freight, gobs, heaps, incumbrance, lade, laden, lading, lashings, load, load up, loading, lode, lots, onus, oodles, payload, piles, rafts, scads, scores, shipment, slews, stacks, stretch, tons, wads, warhead