load

n

1. contents, merchandise, goods, stuff; burden, charge, weight; boatload, shipload, Chiefly U.S. carload, wagonload, truckload; lading, U.S. and Canada. freight, freightage, haul.

2. burden, weight, onus, cross, millstone, albatross; duty, charge, obligation, responsibility, tax; strain, encumbrance, impediment, hindrance, handicap; trouble, care, anxiety, worry; hardship, difficulty, affliction, oppression; trial, tribulation, ordeal.

3. assignment, schedule, stint, routine; chore, job, task.

4. loads

Informal. lots, numbers, scores, hordes; numerous, multitudinous, countless, quite a few, immeasurable, measureless, numberless.

5. get a load of

Slang. a. glance, look quickly or briefly, cast a brief look at, glimpse, peek, peep, sneak a look or peek; observe, witness, view, behold, contemplate, see; pry, watch for, be on the lookout, scan; ogle, Inf. eye, Inf. eyeball, Inf. give [s.o.] the glad eye, look over, scrutinize, Inf. give the once-over; take a look at, Inf. have a look-see.b. listen, listen to, heed, prick up one's ears, give an ear to, lend an ear to, bend an ear to, be all ears, give [s.o.] one's full attention.

v

6. fill, fill up, fill to the brim, fill to overflowing, overfill, stuff, overstuff, crowd, congest; lade, burden, overburden; cram, force in, ram down, pack in, push in, shove in, press in, jam, squeeze.

7. heap on or upon, give, assign, bestow, confer; supply, provide, burden.

8. weigh down, weight, burden, saddle with, charge, tax; encumber, cumber, impede, hamper, handicap; strain, overload, overburden, overtask, overtax, overwhelm.

9.(all usu. of a word, statement, etc.) overcharge, overcolor, embellish; color, tinge, imbue, impregnate.

10. load the dice

stack the deck, fix, rig; prearrange, precontrive, predesign; put in the hole, put behind the eight ball.

adv

11. loads

a lot, much, very much, a great deal, a whole lot.