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to load

to load

153 8.1
To add cheaper substances to a product to lower its quality
  • verb
  • /loʊd/
translation icon : adulterar
  • Many processed foods are loaded with artificial flavors that mask the lack of natural taste.

Examples

  • The capsules were loaded with drain cleaner.

    Lethal Weapon (1987)

  • Leontine carefully dresses his wounds and then loads his guns so that he may continue to fight.

    Academic text (1993)

  • It's loaded with LSD.

    Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)

  • During the oyster seasons, railroads shipped many cars daily, loaded entirely with shucked oysters throughout the Midwest.

    Academic text (1996)

  • The grocery store sells egg salad that is loaded with unhealthy ingredients instead of fresh vegetables.

  • The chef's famous burger is loaded with cheap fillers instead of high-quality meat.

Synonyms

to dilute
vsto load
26 4.9

To make a product worse by adding cheaper ingredients

specifies replacing valuable ingredients with cheaper ones rather than general impurity
to debase
vsto load
7 6.9

To make something worth less by adding cheaper material

focuses on adding inferior substances to replace valuable ingredients
to adulterate
vsto load
  • Specialized
5 8.2

To make food or drink impure by adding cheaper ingredients

is the same action but used more generally beyond food and chemicals
adulterating
vsto load
  • Specialized
7.4

Making something impure by adding cheaper or harmful substances

is the base verb form rather than the noun-like action form

Antonyms

to enhance
424 4.0

Make something better or more attractive

to purify
30 4.6

To remove dirt and bad chemicals from water or air to make them clean

Idioms

load of shit
  • Offensive
3 9.9

A statement that is completely untrue and makes no sense

load of bullshit
  • Offensive
2 9.9

A rude expression that says something is not true

to blow one's load
  • Offensive
9.9

Informal and rude way to use up all your energy or resources at once

load of bull butter
  • Offensive
9.9

Something someone says that is not true

one brick short of a full load
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who is a little foolish or not very smart

to shoot one's load
  • Offensive
9.9

Use all your energy at once and have none left in a rude way

Phrasal Verbs

to load up
  • Informal
94 3.0

To fill a car, box, or yourself with things until each is full

to get a load of
  • Informal
24 8.4

Tell someone to look at something surprising or interesting

to take a load off
  • Informal
13 5.5

To sit down and rest after standing or working

to load up on
  • Informal
10 4.5

Get a lot of something or use a lot of it

to load down
  • Informal
1 4.2

To make someone or something carry too many heavy things

to drop a load
  • Offensive
9.9

To poop and get rid of solid waste from your body

to drop a load of laundry
2.8

To wash some clothes at one time

to dump one's load
  • Informal
8.8

Talk to someone to let out strong feelings or worries

Compounds

a load of
  • Informal
65 1.0

A large number or amount of things

case load
  • Specialized
1 3.7

The amount of work a doctor, lawyer, or agency has from the people they must help in a period

load-bearing wall
  • Specialized
1 3.6

A wall that supports the floors and roof above it

load factor
  • Specialized
1 8.2

The amount of extra force on an aircraft compared with its weight, measured in g

load-bearing beam
  • Specialized
1 5.5

A strong piece of wood or metal that holds the weight of parts of a building

dead load
  • Specialized
6.9

Permanent weight that a building or bridge has and that does not change

load line
  • Specialized
6.7

A line on the side of a ship that shows how deep it can be safely loaded

load-shedding
  • Indian
6.8

A planned temporary cut of electricity to some areas to reduce demand

live load
  • Specialized
6.1

A weight on a structure that changes, like people or vehicles

How Impure

to contaminate
248 4.9
to load
153 8.1
dilute
1 4.2
to mix
416 1.0

Surface Forms

load infinitive
loaded past
loaded past participle
loading present participle
loads third person singular

Etymology

Load meaning 'to add cheap or extra things' comes from the idea of filling something with extra weight or material, so to load wine with water is to put in a lower-quality substance. So to load a product is to make it worse by adding cheaper stuff.