Last Updated：2025/11/19

Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

load

Edit Histories（0）

Source Word

load

IPA(Pronunciation)

/loʊd/

Noun

figuratively in-compounds colloquial in-plural often obsolete slang vulgar euphemistic Philippines

Japanese Meaning

重荷 / 荷物 / 負担 / 悩み・心配事

What is this buttons?

After years of unpaid overtime, the financial and emotional load finally became too much to bear.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

長年の未払い残業の結果、金銭的かつ精神的な負担はついに耐えられなくなった。

Details

Sense（1）

A burden; a weight to be carried.

I struggled up the hill with the heavy load in my rucksack.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Details

Sense（2）

(figuratively) A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.

Our life's a load.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Details

Sense（3）

A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.

The truck overturned while carrying a full load of oil.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Details

Sense（4）

A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle.

I put a load on before we left.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Details

Sense（5）

(in combination) Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle

Sense（6）

(often in the plural, colloquial) A large number or amount.

I got loads of presents for my birthday!

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Details

Sense（7）

The volume of work required to be performed.

Will our web servers be able to cope with that load?

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Details

Sense（8）

(engineering) The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.

Each of the cross-members must withstand a tensile load of 1,000 newtons.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Details

Sense（9）

(electrical engineering) The electrical current or power delivered by a device.

I'm worried that the load on that transformer will be too high.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Details

Sense（10）

(engineering) A resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing work.

Sense（11）

(electrical engineering) Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit.

Connect a second 24-ohm load across the power supply's output terminals.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Details

Sense（12）

A unit of measure for various quantities.

If this load equals its modern representative, it contains 18 cwt. of dry, 19 of new hay.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Details

Sense（13）

The viral load

Sense（14）

A very small explosive inserted as a gag into a cigarette or cigar.

Sense（15）

The charge of powder for a firearm.

Sense（16）

(obsolete) Weight or violence of blows.

Far heavier load thyself expect to feel

From my prevailing arm

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Details

Sense（17）

(vulgar, slang) The contents (e.g. semen) of an ejaculation.

Details

Sense（18）

(euphemistic) Nonsense; rubbish.

What a load!

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Details

Sense（19）

(computing) The process of loading something, i.e. transferring it into memory or over a network, etc.

All of those uncompressed images are going to slow down the page load.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Details

Sense（20）

(Philippines) prepaid phone credit

loads

（ plural ）

Details

load

Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

Login / Sign up

Download the app!

load

Dictionary quizzes to help you remember the meaning

Login / Sign up

Login

──── or ────

Sign up

──── or ────

Download the app!