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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: load - loan word</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="load"> load, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. what one is carrying; burden. Ex. The cart has a load of hay. <DD> 2a. the amount that usually is carried. <DD> b. such amount taken as a unit of measure or weight. Ex. Send us four loads of sand. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) something that weighs down, oppresses, or impedes. Ex. a load of debt, a load of guilt. The nurse bears a load of anxiety. <DD> 4. (Mechanics.) the weight or force supported by a structure or any part of it. <DD> 5a. the external resistance overcome by an engine, dynamo, or the like, under a given condition, measured by the power required. <DD> b. the total amount of power supplied by a dynamo, or other source of electricity in a given time. <DD> 6. the amount of work that a person, business, or machine is expected to perform. Ex. A medical student carries a very heavy load of work through school. <DD> 7. one charge of powder and shot for a gun. <DD> 8. one cubic yard of earth or gravel. <DD> 9. the sales charge levied on a purchaser of mutual fund shares. <DD> 10. =genetic load. <DD> 11. (Slang.) enough liquor to make one drunk. <DD>v.t. 1. to place on or in something for conveyance; heap or pile on. Ex. to load grain. <DD> 2. to put whatever is to be carried in or on. Ex. to load a ship. He loaded the camera with film. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) to burden; oppress. Ex. to load the mind with worries, load the stomach with sweets. <DD> 4. to alter or add to, making inferior or impure. Ex. Silk was formerly loaded with chemicals which made it appear heavier and of better quality than it really was. <DD> 5. to add to the weight of. Ex. to load dice fraudulently so as to regulate the fall after a roll, to load a thin wine to give it greater body. <DD> 6. (Figurative.) to influence unfairly; slant. Ex. Sir Joseph complained that the theme of the programme was "loaded to give viewers the impression that the police are ... 'bent'" (London Times). <DD> 7. to supply amply or in excess. Ex. to load a person with gifts. They loaded her with compliments on her singing. <DD> 8. to put a charge in (a gun). Ex. The pioneer loaded his musket with powder and shot. <DD> 9. to increase (an insurance premium) by adding an extra charge as a provision against contingencies. <DD> 10. (Baseball.) to cause runners to occupy (first, second, and third bases). Ex. He ... retired three Orioles in a row after loading the bases (New York Times). <DD>v.i. 1. to take on a load or cargo. Ex. The ship loaded in five days. <DD> 2. to provide a gun with a charge, bullet, or shell. expr. get a load of, (U.S. Slang.) take note of; notice; observe. Ex. When the boss gets a load of that [fancy car] parked next to his own heap, he fires the hero on the spot (Time). expr. loads, <DD> 1. (Informal.) <DD> a. a great quantity or number. Ex. loads of money, loads of people. <DD> b. very much. Ex. I like you loads. <DD> 2. (U.S. Slang.) an inexpensive substitute for heroin, such as a combination of glutethimide and codeine. Ex. Addicts have found it relatively easy to obtain prescription drugs for loads (Glenn Fowler). </DL> <A NAME="loadarm"> load arm,<DL COMPACT><DD> the distance from the load to the fulcrum of a lever. </DL> <A NAME="loaddisplacement"> load displacement,<DL COMPACT><DD> the displacement of a ship carrying a full load. </DL> <A NAME="loaded"> loaded, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. carrying a load. Ex. a loaded barge. The loaded apple trees in the orchard (John Ruskin). <DD> 2. with a charge in it. <DD> 3. weighted, especially with lead or the like. Ex. a loaded stick or whip. <DD> 4. (Informal, Figurative.) full of meaning and implications. Ex. a loaded question. <DD> 5. (U.S. Slang.) having plenty of money; rich. Ex. This money will make me a millionaire. I'll be loaded (New Yorker). <DD> 6. (U.S. Slang.) drunk. </DL> <A NAME="loader"> loader, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person who loads. <DD> 2. a loading machine. </DL> <A NAME="loadfactor"> load factor,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Electricity.) the ratio of the average to the maximum load of production or consumption. </DL> <A NAME="loading"> loading, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of a person or thing that loads. Ex. Freight-car loadings continue to slack off (Newsweek). <DD> 2. (Electricity.) the introduction of additional inductances, as to a telephone circuit or an antenna. <DD> 3. an addition to the net insurance premium, derived from statistics, to provide for expenses, fluctuations in the death rate, and other contingencies. <DD> 4. the weight imposed on a given supporting component, expressed by dividing the gross weight of an airplane by factors of flight, as engine power (power loading), wing span (span loading), or wing area (wing loading). </DL> <A NAME="loadingcoil"> loading coil,<DL COMPACT><DD> a coil introduced into an electric circuit to increase its inductance. </DL> <A NAME="loadline"> load line,<DL COMPACT><DD> a line painted amidships on the side of a ship that marks the water line under a full load. </DL> <A NAME="loadmaster"> loadmaster, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person in charge of loading and unloading an aircraft. </DL> <A NAME="loads"> loads, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under load. </DL> <A NAME="loadshedding"> load-shedding, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the cutting off of electric power in a particular area especially as a means of preventing a widespread blackout. </DL> <A NAME="loadstar"> loadstar, noun. =lodestar.</DL> <A NAME="loadstone"> loadstone, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a hard, black stone that attracts iron and steel as a magnet does. It is a kind of magnetite. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) something that attracts. Ex. Gold was the loadstone that drew men to Alaska. <DD> Also, lodestone. </DL> <A NAME="loaf"> loaf (1), noun, pl. loaves.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. bread baked as one piece. Ex. The loaf came apart easily from the loaves it was baked with. <DD> 2. a rather large cake, often baked in the shape of a loaf of bread. <DD> 3. anything like a loaf in shape, especially food shaped like a loaf of bread. Meat loaf is meat chopped and mixed with other things and then baked. <DD> 4. a cone-shaped mass of sugar. <DD> 5. (Dialect.) bread. <DD> 6. (Slang.) head; brains. expr. half a loaf, (Informal.) half of something desired or deserved. Ex. Urban Negroes ... tend to regard the housing provisions in the rights bill as less than half a loaf (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="loaf"> loaf (2), intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to spend time idly; do nothing. Ex. I can loaf all day Saturday. <DD>v.t. to idle (away). Ex. to loaf one's life away. </DL> <A NAME="loafer"> loafer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person who loafs; idler. <DD> 2a. a shoe resembling a moccasin, but with sole and heel stitched to the upper. <DD> b. Loafer, a trademark for such a shoe. </DL> <A NAME="loafsugar"> loaf sugar,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a cone-shaped mass of sugar. <DD> 2. sugar in lumps. </DL> <A NAME="loam"> loam, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1a. a soil that is between sandy soil and clay soil in texture; rich, fertile earth in which decaying leaves and other organic matter are mixed with clay and sand and is therefore easy to work. <DD> b. (Figurative:) Ex. College novels ... were once filled with japes, walks, clubs, sports, and cliques--rich loam for the industrious novelist (New Yorker). <DD> 2. a mixture of clay, sand, and straw used to make molds for large metal castings, and also to plaster walls, stop up holes, and the like. <DD> 3. (Archaic.) earth; ground; soil. <DD>v.t. to cover or fill with loam. adj. loamless. </DL> <A NAME="loamy"> loamy, adjective, loamier, loamiest.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or like loam. noun loaminess. </DL> <A NAME="loan"> loan (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the act of lending. Ex. She asked for the loan of his pen. <DD> 2. money lent. Ex. He asked his brother for a small loan. <DD> 3. anything that is lent. Ex. The bicycle was only a loan from a friend and had to be returned that afternoon. <DD> 4. =loan word. <DD>v.t. to make a loan of; lend. Ex. His brother loaned him the money. <DD>v.i. to make a loan. adj. loanable. noun loaner. </DL> <A NAME="loan"> loan (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) <DD> 1. a lane; by-road. <DD> 2. an open, uncultivated piece of ground near a farmhouse or village, on which cows are milked. </DL> <A NAME="loancompany"> loan company,<DL COMPACT><DD> an organization that lends money to individuals, especially a finance company that makes small loans. </DL> <A NAME="loanoffice"> loan office,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. (U.S. Historical.) an office for receiving subscriptions to a government loan, such as those established during the American Revolutionary War. <DD> 2. =pawnshop. </DL> <A NAME="loanshark"> loan shark,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a person who lends money at an extremely high or unlawful rate of interest. </DL> <A NAME="loansharking"> loan-sharking, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) moneylending at extremely high or unlawful interest rates. Ex. The bill would make "extortionate extensions of credit," or loan-sharking, subject to a maximum penalty of $10,000 and 20 years' imprisonment (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="loantranslation"> loan translation,<DL COMPACT><DD> an expression that is a literal translation of a foreign expression, such as marriage of convenience from French mariage de convenance. </DL> <A NAME="loanword"> loan word,<DL COMPACT><DD> a word borrowed from another language, especially a foreign word that has become naturalized. (Examples:) khaki, intelligentsia. </DL> <A HREF="loath.dic">NEXT</A>