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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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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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
Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
The delivery person just loads the food and selects the room number.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026
Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 28 Apr. 2026
The Mavericks ended up back in the lottery at 26-56, with Flagg having to carry a much heavier load than anticipated.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
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Verb
The diary is loaded with gossip about history’s celebrated, with whom Ford has had lunch or met at an opening.
—Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
The delivery person just loads the food and selects the room number.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026
Noun
There's no doubt about it that hot water serves its purpose to clean and sanitize items, but that doesn't mean this setting should be the default for every load.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 28 Apr. 2026
The Mavericks ended up back in the lottery at 26-56, with Flagg having to carry a much heavier load than anticipated.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for load
Verb
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Broad, one-size-fits-all policies that burden high-quality providers will not solve this problem.—
Tom Koutsoumpas,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
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Often, private equity investors kept the sale proceeds as profits while the hospitals were burdened with new rent costs.—
Jordan Rau,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2026
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Mundo Maya is a region filled with natural wonders, historic remnants, architectural and archaeological beauty, and modern-day luxuries.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Apr. 2026
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It's filled with plants, so don't picture a giant mud hole.—
Steve Bender,
Southern Living,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The port of Fujairah (the end-point of the UAE pipeline) also came under attack from Iranian drones, disrupting oil loading operations at its crude export terminal.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
23 Apr. 2026
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Use a front-loading washing machine or a top-loading washing machine without an agitator.—
Katie Cloyd,
Martha Stewart,
22 Apr. 2026
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The Stars, at least, have had a ton of power-play success, with nine goals so far.—
Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Patrick, your recent comments about the liberation of paying off your student loans have gotten a ton of traction online.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Both guides included a chart with ideal body weights for men and women and provided some guidance on how to safely lose weight.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
30 Apr. 2026
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The recall affects about 36,000 units of Heartwarming Hugs weighted plush bears sold in the United States, and 520 sold in Canada, according to a notice published by the Consumer Product Safety Commission on April 30.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Section Two of the 1965 Voting Rights Act aimed to prevent mapmakers from weakening the voting power of racial minorities by either packing them into one district or spreading them out across too many districts to have an impact.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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Naturally, the room was packed.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
30 Apr. 2026
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SpaceX early on in the rocket’s career gave up trying to recover the center stage on Falcon Heavy flights, so that middle booster will instead fall into the Atlantic after its finishes the job of pushing the ViaSat payload on its way to a geosynchronous transfer orbit.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Apr. 2026
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The idea would be for robots like it to construct structures in low-to-zero gravity that are normally too large to carry as a payload in rockets or other spacecraft.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Apr. 2026
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Sturm was trying to formulate an answer for why his team stuffed an amateur hour’s worth of bumbles into Sunday’s opening 20 minutes.—
Fluto Shinzawa,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Of course, no seder would be complete without everyone sitting at the table at the end of the night, totally stuffed and maybe a little tipsy, to chat and gossip about everyday life.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Load.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/load. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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