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a
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
I've seen it happen a hundred times.
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
4. art. The same; one.
We are of a mind on matters of morals.
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
Stand a tiptoe.
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
Torn a pieces.
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
I brush my teeth twice a day.
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
A God’s name.
13. prep. To do with status; In.
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
To set the people a worke.
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
The times, they are a-changin'.
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
Jacob, when he was a dying
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
The name of John a Gaunt.
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
small
1. adj. Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.
A small serving of ice cream.
A small group.
He made us all feel small.
2. adj. (figuratively) Young, as a child.
Remember when the children were small?
3. adj. (writing, incomparable) Minuscule or lowercase, referring to written letters.
4. adj. Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; paltry; mean.
5. adj. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short.
a small space of time
6. adj. topics, en, Size
7. adv. In a small fashion.
8. adv. In or into small pieces.
9. adv. (obsolete) To a small extent.
10. n. (rare) Any part of something that is smaller or slimmer than the rest, now usually with anatomical reference to the back.
11. v. (obsolete, transitive) To make little or less.
12. v. (intransitive) To become small; to dwindle.
truck
1. n. A small wheel or roller, specifically the wheel of a gun carriage.
2. n. The ball on top of a flagpole.
3. n. (nautical) On a wooden mast, a circular disc (or sometimes a rectangle) of wood near or at the top of the mast, usually with holes or sheaves to reeve signal halyards; also a temporary or emergency pl
4. n. (US, Australia) A semi-tractor ("semi") trailer; (British) a lorry.
Mexican open-bed trucks haul most of the fresh produce that comes into the United States from Mexico.
5. n. Any motor vehicle designed for carrying cargo, including delivery vans, pickups, and other motorized vehicles (including passenger autos) fitted with a bed designed to carry goods.
6. n. A garden cart, a two-wheeled wheelbarrow.
7. n. A small wagon or cart, of various designs, pushed or pulled by hand or (obsolete) pulled by an animal, as with those in hotels for moving luggage, or in libraries for transporting books.
8. n. A pantechnicon (removal van).
9. n. (rail transport) A flatbed railway car; a flatcar.
10. n. A pivoting frame, one attached to the bottom of the bed of a railway car at each end, that rests on the axle and which swivels to allow the axle (at each end of which is a solid wheel) to turn with cu
11. n. The part of a skateboard or roller skate that joins the wheels to the deck, consisting of a hanger, baseplate, kingpin, and bushings, and sometimes mounted with a riser in between.
12. n. (theater) A platform with wheels or casters.
13. n. Dirt or other messiness.
14. v. (intransitive) To drive a truck: Generally a truck driver's slang.
15. v. To convey by truck.
Last week, Cletus trucked 100 pounds of lumber up to Dubuque.
16. v. (intransitive, US, slang) To travel or live contentedly.
Keep on trucking!
17. v. (intransitive, US, Canada, slang) To persist, to endure.
Keep on trucking!
18. v. (intransitive, film production) To move a camera parallel to the movement of the subject.
19. v. (transitive, slang) To fight or otherwise physically engage with.
20. v. (transitive, slang) To run over or through a tackler in American football.
21. v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To fail; run out; run short; be unavailable; diminish; abate.
22. v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To give in; give way; knuckle under; truckle.
23. v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To deceive; cheat; defraud.
24. v. (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To tread (down); stamp on; trample (down).
25. v. To trade, exchange; barter.
26. v. (intransitive) To engage in commerce; to barter or deal.
27. v. (intransitive) To have dealings or social relationships with; to engage with.
28. n. (obsolete, often used in plural sense) Small, humble items; things, often for sale or barter.
29. n. (historical) The practice of paying workers in kind, or with tokens only exchangeable at a shop owned by the employer forbidden in the 19th century by the Truck Acts
30. n. (US) Garden produce, groceries (see truck garden).
31. n. (usually with negative) Social intercourse; dealings, relationships.
32. adj. Pertaining to a garden patch or truck garden.
without
1. adv. (archaic, or literary) Outside, externally.
2. adv. Lacking something.
Being from a large, poor family, he learned to live without.
3. adv. (euphemism) In prostitution: without a condom being worn.
4. prep. (archaic, or literary) Outside of, beyond.
The snow was swirling without the cottage, but it was warm within.
5. prep. Not having, containing, characteristic of, etc.
It was a mistake to leave my house without a coat.
6. prep. Not doing or not having done something.
He likes to eat everything without sharing.
He shot without warning anyone.
7. conj. (archaic, otherwise nonstandard) Unless, except (introducing a clause).
steering
1. v. present participle of steer
2. n. Equipment used to control direction; something used to steer.
I hit a rock with my car and broke the steering.
steer
1. n. The castrated male of cattle, especially one raised for beef production.
2. v. To castrate (a male calf).
3. n. (informal) A suggestion about a course of action.
4. v. (intransitive) To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
The boat steered towards the iceberg.
I steered homeward.
5. v. To guide the course of a vessel, vehicle, aircraft etc. (by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or steering wheel).
I find it very difficult to steer a skateboard.
When planning the boat trip, we had completely forgotten that we needed somebody to steer.
6. v. (intransitive) To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm.
The boat steers easily.
7. v. To direct a group of animals.
8. v. To maneuver or manipulate a person or group into a place or course of action.
Hume believes that principles of association steer the imagination of artists.
9. v. To direct a conversation.
10. v. To conduct oneself; to take or pursue a course of action.
11. n. (obsolete) A helmsman; a pilot.
means
1. n. plural of mean
2. n. An instrument or condition for attaining a purpose.
She treated him as a means to an end.
A car is a means of transport.
3. n. Resources; riches.
a person of means; independent means
He was living beyond his means.
4. v. third-person singular present indicative of mean
mean
1. v. To intend.
2. v. To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention.
I didn't mean to knock your tooth out.
I mean to go to Baddeck this summer.
I meant to take the car in for a smog check, but it slipped my mind.
3. v. (intransitive) To have intentions of a given kind.
Don't be angry; she meant well.
4. v. (transitive, usually in passive) To intend (something) for a given purpose or fate; to predestine.
Actually this desk was meant for the subeditor.
Man was not meant to question such things.
5. v. To convey meaning.
6. v. To convey (a given sense); to signify, or indicate (an object or idea).
The sky is red this morning—does that mean we're in for a storm?
7. v. Of a word, symbol etc: to have reference to, to signify.
What does this hieroglyph mean?
8. v. Of a person (or animal etc): to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude.
I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean.
He is a little different, if you know what I mean.
9. v. To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).
Does she really mean what she said to him last night?
Say what you mean and mean what you say.
10. v. To result in; to bring about.
One faltering step means certain death.
11. v. To be important (to).
My home life means a lot to me.
12. v. (Ireland, UK regional) To lament.
13. adj. (obsolete) Common; general.
14. adj. Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble.
a man of mean parentage / a mean abode
15. adj. Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.
a mean appearance / mean dress
16. adj. Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.
a mean motive
17. adj. Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
18. adj. (chiefly UK) Ungenerous; stingy; tight-fisted.
He's so mean. I've never seen him spend so much as five pounds on presents for his children.
19. adj. Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating; small.
20. adj. Selfish; acting without consideration of others; unkind.
It was mean to steal the girl's piggy bank, but he just had to get uptown and he had no cash of his own.
21. adj. Causing or intending to cause intentional harm; bearing ill will towards another; cruel; malicious.
Watch out for her, she's mean. I said good morning to her, and she punched me in the nose.
22. adj. Powerful; fierce; harsh; damaging.
It must have been a mean typhoon that levelled this town.
23. adj. Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.
Your mother can roll a mean cigarette.
He hits a mean backhand.
24. adj. (informal, often, childish) Difficult, tricky.
This problem is mean!
25. adj. Having the mean (see noun below) as its value.
26. adj. (obsolete) Middling; intermediate; moderately good, tolerable.
27. n. (now chiefly in the plural) A method or course of action used to achieve some result.
28. n. (obsolete, in the singular) An intermediate step or intermediate steps.
29. n. Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium.
30. n. (music, now historical) The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument.
31. n. (statistics) The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean.
32. n. (mathematics) Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency.
33. n. (mathematics) Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6.
to
1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
I want to leave.
He asked me what to do.
I don’t know how to say it.
I have places to go and people to see.
2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
"Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
I have to do laundry today.
4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
We are walking to the shop.
5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
He devoted himself to education.
They drank to his health.
6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
His face was beaten to a pulp.
7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); t
9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
one to one = 1:1
ten to one = 10:1.
I have ten dollars to your four.
10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
Three to the power of two is nine.
Three to the second is nine.
11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
I gave the book to him.
12. prep. (time) Preceding.
ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
There's a lot of sense to what he says.
14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
Please push the door to.
16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
17. adv. misspelling of too
be
1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us.
3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
The cup is on the table.
4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
When will the meeting be?
5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar.
The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come.
I have been to Spain many times.
Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating.
6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
Knowledge is bliss.
Hi, I’m Jim.
7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.
3 times 5 is fifteen.
8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995.
9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
The sky is blue.
10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
The sky is a deep blue today.
11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
The dog was drowned by the boy.
12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
The woman is walking.
I shall be writing to you soon.
We liked to chat while we were eating.
13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go".
14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
I am to leave tomorrow.
I would drive you, were I to obtain a car.
15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
This building is three hundred years old.
I am 75 kilograms.
He’s about 6 feet tall.
16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.)
17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day.
It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.)
It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo.
What time is it there? It’s night.
18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period)
It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him.
19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid.
Why is it so dark in here?
20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.
"What do we do?" "We be ourselves.".
Why is he being nice to me?
slipped
1. adj. (heraldry, of a plant) With part of the stalk displayed.
2. v. simple past tense and past participle of slip
slip
1. n. (ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
2. n. (obsolete) Mud, slime.
3. n. A twig or shoot; a cutting.
a slip from a vine
4. n. (obsolete) A descendant, a scion.
5. n. A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
She couldn't hurt a fly, young slip of a girl that she is.
6. n. A long, thin piece of something.
7. n. A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
a salary slip
8. n. (marine insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwriters.
9. v. (intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
10. v. (intransitive) To err.
11. v. (intransitive) To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentional.
12. v. (intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
A bone may slip out of place.
13. v. To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
She thanked the porter and slipped a ten-dollar bill into his hand.
14. v. To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
15. v. (intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
Some errors slipped into the appendix.
16. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To move down; to slide.
Profits have slipped over the past six months.
17. v. (transitive, falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
18. v. (transitive, cooking) To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily
19. v. (obsolete) To omit; to lose by negligence.
20. v. To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
to slip a piece of cloth or paper
21. v. To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
A horse slips his bridle; a dog slips his collar.
22. v. To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
23. v. (transitive, business) To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go beyond the allotted deadline.
24. n. An act or instance of slipping.
I had a slip on the ice and bruised my hip.
25. n. A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.
26. n. A slipdress.
27. n. A mistake or error.
a slip of the tongue
28. n. (nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
29. n. (nautical) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
30. n. (medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behaviour after cure.
31. n. (cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip
32. n. A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.
33. n. A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
34. n. An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
He gave the warden the slip and escaped from the prison.
35. n. (printing, dated) A portion of the columns of a newspaper etc. struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.
36. n. (dated) A child's pinafore.
37. n. An outside covering or case.
a pillow slip
the slip or sheath of a sword
38. n. (obsolete) A counterfeit piece of money, made from brass covered with silver.
39. n. Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
40. n. (ceramics) An aqueous suspension of minerals, usually clay, used, among other things, to stick workpieces together.
41. n. A particular quantity of yarn.
42. n. (dated) A narrow passage between buildings.
43. n. (US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
44. n. (mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
45. n. (engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the s
46. n. (electrical) The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
47. n. A fish, the sole.
under
1. prep. In or at a lower level than.
2. prep. As a subject of; subordinate to.
He served in World War II under General Omar Bradley.
3. prep. Less than.
4. prep. Below the surface of.
5. prep. (figuratively) In the face of; in response to (some attacking force).
to collapse under stress; to give in under interrogation
6. prep. As, in the character of.
he writes books under the name John Smith
7. adv. In a way lower or less than.
8. adv. In a way inferior to.
9. adv. (informal) In an unconscious state.
It took the hypnotist several minutes to make his subject go under.
10. adj. Being lower; being beneath something.
11. adj. (medicine, colloquial) Under anesthesia, especially general anesthesia; sedated.
Ensure the patient is sufficiently under.
a
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
I've seen it happen a hundred times.
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
4. art. The same; one.
We are of a mind on matters of morals.
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
Stand a tiptoe.
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
Torn a pieces.
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
I brush my teeth twice a day.
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
A God’s name.
13. prep. To do with status; In.
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
To set the people a worke.
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
The times, they are a-changin'.
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
Jacob, when he was a dying
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
The name of John a Gaunt.
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
load
1. n. A burden; a weight to be carried.
I struggled up the hill with the heavy load in my rucksack.
2. n. (figuratively) A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.
3. n. A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.
The truck overturned while carrying a full load of oil.
She put another load of clothes in the washing machine.
4. n. (in combination) Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle
5. n. (often, in the colloquial) A large number or amount.
I got loads of presents for my birthday!
I got a load of emails about that.
6. n. The volume of work required to be performed.
Will our web servers be able to cope with that load?
7. n. (engineering) The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.
Each of the cross-members must withstand a tensile load of 1,000 newtons.
8. n. (electrical engineering) The electrical current or power delivered by a device.
I'm worried that the load on that transformer will be too high.
9. n. (engineering) A resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing work.
10. n. (electrical engineering) Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit.
Connect a second 24 ohm load across the power supply's output terminals.
11. n. A unit of measure for various quantities.
12. n. A very small explosive inserted as a gag into a cigarette or cigar.
13. n. The charge of powder for a firearm.
14. n. (obsolete) Weight or violence of blows.
15. n. (vulgar, slang) The contents (e.g. semen) of an ejaculation.
16. n. (euphemism) Nonsense; rubbish.
What a load!
17. n. (computing) The process of loading something, i.e. transferring it into memory or over a network, etc.
All of those uncompressed images are going to slow down the page load.
18. v. To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).
The dock workers refused to load the ship.
19. v. To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage.
The longshoremen loaded the cargo quickly.
He loaded his stuff into his storage locker.
20. v. (intransitive) To put a load on something.
The truck was supposed to leave at dawn, but in fact we spent all morning loading.
21. v. (intransitive) To receive a load.
The truck is designed to load easily.
22. v. (intransitive) To be placed into storage or conveyance.
The containers load quickly and easily.
23. v. To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.
I pulled the trigger, but nothing happened. I had forgotten to load the gun.
24. v. To insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a reel of film into a camera, sheets of paper into a printer etc.
Now that you've loaded the film you're ready to start shooting.
25. v. To fill (an apparatus) with raw material.
The workers loaded the blast furnace with coke and ore.
26. v. (intransitive) To be put into use in an apparatus.
The cartridge was designed to load easily.
27. v. (transitive, computing) To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory.
Click OK to load the selected data.
28. v. (intransitive, computing) To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.
This program takes an age to load.
29. v. (transitive, baseball) To put runners on first, second and third bases
He walks to load the bases.
30. v. To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome.
You can load the dice in your favour by researching the company before your interview.
The wording of the ballot paper loaded the vote in favour of the Conservative candidate.
31. v. To ask or adapt a question so that it will be more likely to be answered in a certain way.
32. v. To encumber with something negative, to place as an encumbrance.
The new owners had loaded the company with debt.
The new owners loaded debt on the company.
33. v. To provide in abundance.
He loaded his system with carbs before the marathon.
He loaded carbs into his system before the marathon.
34. v. To weight (a cane, whip, etc.) with lead.
35. v. (transitive, archaic, slang) To adulterate or drug.
to load wine
36. v. (transitive, archaic) To magnetize.

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