Definitions for loads

• Definition
• Anagrams (70)

loads load

Spelling: [lohd]

IPA: /loʊd/

Loads is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 70 anagrams from letters in loads (adlos).

Definitions for loads

noun

1. anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
2. the quantity that can be or usually is carried at one time, as in a cart.
3. this quantity taken as a unit of measure or weight or a discrete quantity (usually used in combination):
4. the quantity borne or sustained by something; burden:
5. the weight supported by a structure or part.
6. the amount of work assigned to or to be done by a person, team, department, machine, or mechanical system:
7. something that weighs down or oppresses like a burden; onus:
8. loads, Informal. a great quantity or number:
9. the charge for a firearm.
10. a commission charged to buyers of mutual-fund shares.
11. Engineering. any of the forces that a structure is calculated to oppose, comprising any unmoving and unvarying force (dead load) any load from wind or earthquake, and any other moving or temporary force (live load)
12. Electricity. the power delivered by a generator, motor, power station, or transformer. a device that receives power.
13. Mechanics. the external resistance overcome by an engine, dynamo, or the like, under given conditions, measured and expressed in terms of the power required.
14. Geology. the burden of sediment being carried by a stream or river. Compare bed load.
15. Slang. a sufficient amount of liquor drunk to cause intoxication:

Idioms

1. get a load of, Slang. to look at; notice; observe. to listen to with interest:
2. load the dice, to put someone or something in a advantageous or disadvantageous position; affect or influence the result:

adverb

1. loads, Informal. very much; a great deal:

verb (used with object)

1. to put a load on or in; fill:
2. to supply abundantly, lavishly, or excessively with something (often followed by down):
3. to weigh down, burden, or oppress (often followed by down, with, on, etc.):
4. to insert a charge, projectile, etc., into (a firearm).
5. to place (film, tape, etc.) into a camera or other device:
6. to place film, tape, etc., into (a camera or other device):
7. to take on as a load:
8. to add to the weight of, sometimes fraudulently:
9. Insurance. to increase (the net premium) by adding charges, as for expenses.
10. to add additional or prejudicial meaning to (a statement, question, etc.):
11. to overcharge (a word, expression, etc.) with extraneous values of emotion, sentiment, or the like:
12. to weight (dice) so that they will always come to rest with particular faces upward.
13. Baseball. to have or put runners at (first, second, and third bases):
14. Fine Arts. to place a large amount of pigment on (a brush). to apply a thick layer of pigment to (a canvas).
15. Metalworking. (of metal being deep-drawn) to become welded to (the drawing tool). (of material being ground) to fill the depressions in the surface of (a grinding wheel). (in powder metallurgy) to fill the cavity of (a die).
16. Computers. to bring (a program or data) into main storage from external or auxiliary storage. to place (an input/output medium) into an appropriate device, as by inserting a disk into a disk drive.
17. Electricity. to add (a power-absorbing device) to an electric circuit.

verb (used without object)

1. to put on or take on a load, as of passengers or goods:
2. to load a firearm.
3. to enter a carrier or conveyance (usually followed by into):
4. to become filled or occupied:

Origin of loads

before 1000; Middle English lode (noun); orig. the same word as lode (Old English lād way, course, carrying); senses influenced by lade

Examples for loads

Can you make it in a wide-open market in which consumers have loads of options?

Went over to the lake with all the horses, and brought the loads to the camp.

Decent, unpretentious folks, somewhat new, but with loads of money.

In turn, always happy to save money, corporate America will no doubt reward Republicans with loads of campaign cash.

They caught the Indian carriers, who were just easing their loads under the walls.

The men laid down their loads, and sprawled about in abandon.

And loads of top faculty around the country—loads—make more than Krugman will.

Five hours and loads of frustration later, the bewildered psychologist gave up.

I made them unload the drays and carry the loads to firm ground.

There is also a photo of a man sitting with a pistol in his lap as he loads an AK-47.