load betydelse and definition

Betydelse av load på svenska

• 0 the amount of weight carried, especially by a vehicle, a structure such as a bridge, or an animal:

  • The maximum load for this elevator is eight persons.

  • One truck involved in the accident was carrying a heavy load of coal.

  • I've got a load of work to get through before tomorrow.

  • There were a load of people there.

  • Have some more food - there's loads.

  • She looks loads better with her new haircut.

• 1 the amount of work to be done by a person:

  • If we share the organization of the party, that will help spread the load.

  • I've got a heavy/light teaching load this term.

  • I wish I could do something to lighten your load (= make your situation easier).

• 2 to put a lot of things into a vehicle or machine:

  • How long will it take to load this sand onto the lorry?

  • Let's load up the car and then we can go.

  • to load the dishwasher/washing machine

  • I was loaded down with shopping.

  • Most fast foods are loaded with fat.

• 3 to fill or cover something with a lot of food:

  • Guests loaded up their plates at the restaurant buffet.

  • On the day of the party the table was loaded with food.

  • a buttermilk biscuit loaded with bacon, egg and cheese

• 4 to put film in a camera or bullets in a gun:

  • Do not load the film (= put it into the camera) in bright light.

• 5 to put information or a program onto a computer:

  • You need to load this program onto your computer.

  • The software is easy to load.

  • My browser wouldn't load the page.

  • Some of the apps on my smart TV are quite slow to load.

• 6 all the people or goods in the stated type of vehicle or container:

  • a coachload of football fans

  • Busloads of tourists pour into this place in the summer.

  • Truckloads of food and medical supplies arrived in the refugee camp.

• 7 the amount or weight of something carried by a vehicle, a structure such as a bridge, or a person or animal:

  • The truck had a load of bricks.

  • The maximum load for this elevator is eight persons.

• 8 the amount of work to be done by a person:

  • The normal teaching load at this university is three courses each semester.

• 9 to put into a piece of equipment something it uses to make it work:

  • Bill loaded and aimed his crossbow.

  • The technician loaded a sample into the device.

  • You need to load the new software before you can use the computer.

• 10 to put something in or on a vehicle:

  • He could load more hay into the wagon.

• 11 used with other nouns to refer to a vehicle, large container, etc. that is completely full:

  • truckload/planeload/busload Planeloads of aid sent to the disaster region remain undistributed.

  • The auditors have requested boxloads of documents.

• 12 an amount of goods or people transported by road, railway, or air:

  • The total maximum load is four hundred kilograms.

  • heavy/large/full load Heavy passenger loads put stress on the nation's aviation system.

  • carry/deliver/transport a load

  • a load of sth The tanker was commissioned to pick up a load of hazardous materials.

• 13 the amount of work to be done by a person, an organization, or a machine:

  • lighten/reduce a load Workers have asked whether the bank intends to lighten their load by hiring more staff.

  • share/spread the load British manufacturing is looking to other sectors to help share the load of investing in infrastructure.

  • heavy/light/increased load

• 14 a charge that you pay when you buy or sell shares in an investment company

• 15 an amount of money, usually a large amount, that a person, company, or country has to pay:

  • debt/tax load A ruling by the European Union lightened the tax load on investors buying gold.

• 16 to put goods onto a vehicle to transport them:

  • A surge in trade has seen up to 90 vessels a week at the port waiting to load their cargoes.

  • Trucks were loading and unloading at the warehouse.

  • load sth with sth The tanker was loaded with four million gallons of diesel oil.

• 17 to put a program or data onto a computer or website:

  • load software/a file/a program The software is very easy to load.

  • The updates don't take long to load.

• 18 to include charges in an investment, loan, etc.:

  • load sth with sth The card is designed to attract customers with poor credit and comes loaded with lots of fees and a very low credit limit.