load : Idioms & Phrases

• adjective (of guns) designed to be loaded at the breech
  

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Breech"-load`ing adjective

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1. Receiving the charge at the breech instead of at the muzzle.

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• noun a diet of foods high in starch that increases carbohydrate reserves in muscles
  carbo loading.
  
  • carbo loading is used by endurance athletes just before competing

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• noun a diet of foods high in starch that increases carbohydrate reserves in muscles
  carbo loading.
  
  • carbo loading is used by endurance athletes just before competing

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• as much as will fill or load a cart. In excavating and carting sand, gravel, earth, etc., one third of a cubic yard of the material before it is loosened is estimated to be a cart load.

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• noun the number of cases handled in a given period of time (as by a court or agency)
  

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• noun a constant load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) due to the weight of the supported structure itself
  

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• (Civil Engin.), a constant, motionless load, as the weight of a structure, in distinction from a moving load, as a train of cars, or a variable pressure, as of wind.

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• verb look at with attention
  take a look; have a look.
  
  • Have a look at this!
  • Get a load of this pretty woman!

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• noun a variable load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) such as moving traffic
  superload.
  

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• (Engin.), a suddenly applied load; a varying load; a moving load; as a moving train of cars on a bridge, or wind pressure on a roof.

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• verb load with a pack
  pack.
  

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• noun (aeronautics) the ratio of an external load to the weight of the aircraft (measured in g)
  

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• noun waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded
  Plimsoll line; Plimsoll; Plimsoll mark.
  

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• (Naut.), the line on the outside of a vessel indicating the depth to which it sinks in the water when loaded.

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• verb fill or place a load on
  load; lade; laden.
  
  • load a car
  • load the truck with hay

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• adjective satellite capable of bearing a structural load
  supporting.
  
  • a supporting wall

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• noun cutting off the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply
  

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• dice with one side made heavier than the others, so that the number on the opposite side will come up oftenest.

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• adjective satellite heavily burdened with work or cares
  bowed down; weighed down; overburdened.
  
  • bowed down with troubles
  • found himself loaded down with responsibilities
  • overburdened social workers
  • weighed down with cares
• adjective satellite bearing a physically heavy weight or load
  burdened; heavy-laden.
  
  • tree limbs burdened with ice
  • a heavy-laden cart
  • loaded down with packages

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• noun a stop where carriers can be loaded and unloaded
  loading area.
  

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• noun a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded
  dock.
  

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• noun a stop where carriers can be loaded and unloaded
  loading area.
  

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• adjective (of firearms) taking the projectile or cartridge through the muzzle
  

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Muz"zle-load`ing adjective

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1. Receiving its charge through the muzzle; as, a muzzle-loading rifle.

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• noun the ratio of the weight of an airplane to its engine power
  

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• (Engin.), the greatest load than can be applied to a piece, as a beam, column, etc., without straining the piece beyond the elastic limit.

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• adjective satellite (of firearms) capable of automatic loading and firing continuously
  autoloading; semiautomatic.
  
  • an autoloading rifle

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• noun the ratio of the weight of an airplane to its wingspan
  

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• adjective containing a compressed spring that presses one part against another
  

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• to lay on blows; to strike violently. Obs. ∨ Archaic

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• noun the ratio of the weight of an airplane to its wing area
  

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• noun work that a person is expected to do in a specified time
  workload.
  

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