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loaded

/ˈləʊdɪd/ /ˈloʊdɪd/

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To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).

Examples :

"The dock workers refused to load the ship."

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To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage.

Examples :

"He loaded his stuff into his storage locker."

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To put a load on something.

Examples :

"The truck was supposed to leave at dawn, but in fact we spent all morning loading."

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To receive a load.

Examples :

"The truck is designed to load easily."

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To be placed into storage or conveyance.

Examples :

"The containers load quickly and easily."

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To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.

Examples :

"I pulled the trigger, but nothing happened. I had forgotten to load the gun."

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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.

Examples :

"The photographer loaded the camera with fresh film before taking pictures of the family. "

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To fill (an apparatus) with raw material.

Examples :

"The workers loaded the blast furnace with coke and ore."

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To be put into use in an apparatus.

Examples :

"The cartridge was designed to load easily."

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To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory.

Examples :

"Click OK to load the selected data."

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To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.

Examples :

"This program takes an age to load."

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To put runners on first, second and third bases

Examples :

"He walks to load the bases."

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To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome.

Examples :

"The wording of the ballot paper loaded the vote in favour of the Conservative candidate."

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To ask or adapt a question so that it will be more likely to be answered in a certain way.

Examples :

"To get a positive response from her parents, Sarah loaded her question about staying out late. "

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To encumber with something negative, to place as an encumbrance.

Examples :

"The new owners had loaded the company with debt."

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To provide in abundance.

Examples :

"He loaded carbs into his system before the marathon."

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To weight (a cane, whip, etc.) with lead or similar.

Examples :

"The blacksmith loaded the cane with lead weights to make it heavier for practicing sword fighting. "

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To adulterate or drug.

Examples :

"to load wine"

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verb

Examples :

"The scientist carefully loaded the needle with a powerful magnetic field. "

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adjective

Burdened by some heavy load; packed.

Examples :

"The backpack was loaded with books, making it heavy to carry. "

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(of a projectile weapon) Having a live round of ammunition in the chamber.

Examples :

"The loaded gun lay on the table, a dangerous reminder of the argument. "

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Possessing great wealth.

Examples :

"He sold his business a couple of years ago and is just loaded."

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adjective

Examples :

"By the end of the evening, the guests in the club were really loaded."

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Pertaining to a situation where there is a runner at each of the three bases.

Examples :

"The baseball game was a loaded situation; a runner was on first, second, and third base. "

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(also used figuratively) a die or dice being weighted asymmetrically, and so biased to produce predictable throws.

Examples :

"He was playing with loaded dice and won a fortune."

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(of a question) Designed to produce a predictable answer, or to lay a trap.

Examples :

"That interviewer is tricky; he asks loaded questions."

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adjective

Examples :

""Ignorant" is a loaded word, often implying lack of intelligence rather than just lack of knowledge."

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adjective

(of an item offered for sale, especially an automobile) Equipped with numerous options.

Examples :

"She went all out; her new car is loaded."

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Covered with a topping or toppings.

Examples :

"loaded fries"

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Weighted with lead or similar.

Examples :

"a loaded cane or whip"

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