| autoloader | (noun) a firearm that reloads itself | Synonyms: self-loader |
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| autoloading | (adjective) (of firearms) capable of automatic loading and firing continuously | Synonyms: self-loading, semiautomatic |
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| boatload | (noun) the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car | Synonyms: carload, shipload |
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| breechloader | (noun) a gun that is loaded at the breech | - |
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| busload | (noun) the quantity of cargo or the number of passengers that a bus can carry | - |
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| carload | (noun) a gathering of passengers sufficient to fill an automobile | - |
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| (noun) the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car | Synonyms: boatload, shipload |
| cartload | (noun) the quantity that a cart holds | - |
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| download | (verb) transfer a file or program from a central computer to a smaller computer or to a computer at a remote location | - |
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| freeload | (verb) live off somebody's generosity | - |
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| freeloader | (noun) someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others | - |
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| load | (noun) weight to be borne or conveyed | Synonyms: burden, loading |
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| (noun) the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents | Synonyms: payload, warhead |
| (noun) goods carried by a large vehicle | Synonyms: cargo, consignment, freight, lading, loading, payload, shipment |
| (noun) electrical device to which electrical power is delivered | - |
| (noun) an onerous or difficult concern | Synonyms: burden, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus |
| (noun) a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks | Synonyms: lode |
| (noun) the power output of a generator or power plant | - |
| (noun) a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time | Synonyms: loading |
| (noun) an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate | - |
| (verb) corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones | Synonyms: adulterate, debase, dilute, stretch |
| (verb) fill or place a load on | Synonyms: lade, laden, load up |
| (verb) provide (a device) with something necessary | Synonyms: charge |
| (verb) put (something) on a structure or conveyance | - |
| (verb) transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory | - |
| loaded | (adjective) (of weapons) charged with ammunition | - |
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| (adjective) filled with a great quantity | Synonyms: laden, ladened |
| (adjective) very drunk | Synonyms: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet |
| (adjective) (of statements or questions) charged with associative significance and often meant to mislead or influence | - |
| (adjective) having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value | Synonyms: affluent, flush, moneyed, substantial, wealthy |
| loader | (noun) a laborer who loads and unloads vessels in a port | Synonyms: dock-walloper, dock worker, docker, dockhand, dockworker, longshoreman, lumper, stevedore |
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| (noun) an attendant who loads guns for someone shooting game | - |
| loading | (noun) the labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc. | - |
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| (noun) goods carried by a large vehicle | Synonyms: cargo, consignment, freight, lading, load, payload, shipment |
| (noun) weight to be borne or conveyed | Synonyms: burden, load |
| (noun) a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time | Synonyms: load |
| (noun) the ratio of the gross weight of an airplane to some factor determining its lift | - |
| loads | (noun) a large number or amount | Synonyms: dozens, gobs, heaps, lashings, lots, oodles, piles, rafts, scads, scores, slews, stacks, tons, wads |
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| loadstar | (noun) something that serves as a model or guide | Synonyms: lodestar |
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| (noun) guiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy | Synonyms: lodestar |
| loadstone | (noun) a permanent magnet consisting of magnetite that possess polarity and has the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically | Synonyms: lodestone |
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| offload | (verb) remove the load from (a container or vehicle) | Synonyms: unlade, unload |
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| (verb) transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data | - |
| overload | (noun) an excessive burden | Synonyms: overburden |
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| (noun) an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical power | - |
| (verb) fill to excess so that function is impaired | Synonyms: clog |
| (verb) place too much a load on | Synonyms: overcharge, surcharge |
| (verb) become overloaded | - |
| overloaded | (adjective) loaded past capacity | Synonyms: overladen |
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| payload | (noun) goods carried by a large vehicle | Synonyms: cargo, consignment, freight, lading, load, loading, shipment |
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| (noun) the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents | Synonyms: load, warhead |
| reload | (verb) place a new load on | - |
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| (verb) load anew | Synonyms: recharge |
| shipload | (noun) the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car | Synonyms: boatload, carload |
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| superload | (noun) a variable load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) such as moving traffic | Synonyms: live load |
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| trainload | (noun) quantity that can be carried by a train | - |
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| unload | (verb) remove the load from (a container or vehicle) | Synonyms: offload, unlade |
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| (verb) remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave | Synonyms: discharge, drop, drop off, put down, set down |
| unloaded | (adjective) (of weapons) not charged with ammunition | - |
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| unloading | (noun) the labor of taking a load of something off of or out of a vehicle or ship or container etc. | - |
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| upload | (verb) transfer a file or program to a central computer from a smaller computer or a computer at a remote location | - |
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| workload | (noun) work that a person is expected to do in a specified time | Synonyms: work load |
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