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load

noun as in cargo, freight

verb as in overburden, pressure

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We’ve arrived sans luggage but with loads of curiosity as to how the night will progress.

Twice a week, the retired veterinary pathologist picks up half-ton loads of donated groceries from the Trader Joe’s in his neighborhood, then delivers the food to two charities for distribution.

If your job requires you to spend many hours at your desk, then perhaps you may sacrifice the look of a chic, smaller chair and go for a larger ergonomic model that gives you loads of support.

You can count me in for pretty much any dish with “loaded” and “potato” in its name.

In the office, that pressure wouldn’t be so intense because you’d be around loads of people who are doing the work with you.

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He also was working to recruit Castro as a driver for a drug load.

“JSwipe is currently under heavy load,” flashed across the screen, one night as a friend and I looked at it.

Today, the quaint spectacle of a stage-managed fairy-tale celebration strikes many of us as a load of garbage.

He would load his chair with groceries and other purchases, once a 30-roll package of toilet paper.

Biden made many visits to Baghdad and no doubt get fed a load of bull about inclusion on each one.

But, as the keel of the boats touched bottom, each boat-load dashed into the water and then into the enemy's fire.

Longcluse looked animated—smiling; but a stupendous load lay on his heart.

He had come down after the wagon load, which had to be pitched on again rather more deliberately.

Thus a straw rope enclosing twenty or more eggs, well protected, was made and thrown over the top of the load.

A most comical sight was the cook, perched on top of his load of pans, pots, and potatoes.

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On this page you'll find 222 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to load, such as: amount, bundle, capacity, consignment, goods, and haul.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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