n. 25B6; noun
MacDowell's got a load to deliver : CARGO, freight, consignment, delivery, shipment, goods, merchandise; pack, bundle, parcel; lorryload, truckload, shipload, boatload, vanload; archaic lading.
(informal) I bought a load of clothes : A LOT, a great deal, a large amount/quantity, an abundance, a wealth, a mountain; many, plenty; informal a heap, a mass, a pile, a stack, a ton, lots, heaps, masses, piles, stacks, tons.
a heavy teaching load : COMMITMENT, responsibility, duty, obligation, charge, burden; trouble, worry, strain, pressure.
25B6; verb
we quickly loaded the van : FILL (UP), pack, lade, charge, stock, stack.
Larry loaded boxes into the jeep : PACK, stow, store, stack, bundle; place, deposit, put away.
loading the committee with responsibilities : BURDEN, weigh down, saddle, charge; overburden, overwhelm, encumber, tax, strain, trouble, worry.
Richard loaded Marshal with honours : REWARD, ply, regale, shower.
he loaded a gun : PRIME, charge, prepare to fire/use.
load the cassette into the camcorder : INSERT, put, place, slot.
the dice are loaded against him : BIAS, rig, fix; weight.