A LOAD

Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: A LOAD

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Relief

Disburden; (free); take a load off one's chest, get a load off one's chest, take off a load of care.

What a load of (Shrek; writing credit: Ted Elliott)

We've been told to drop a load in your garden. (The Young Ones; writing credit: Ben Elton; Rik Mayall)

Not sitting on a load of dynamite. (Where the Hell's That Gold?!!?; writing credit: Burt Kennedy)

He'll be at the federal court this afternoon, he's bringing in a load of prisoners from the territories. (True Grit; writing credit: Charles Portis; Marguerite Roberts)

Ya know, it was kinda funny the truck was carrying a load of the strangest-looking seed pods. (Invasion of the Body Snatchers; writing credit: Jack Finney; Daniel Mainwaring)

There's been a load of compromisin' (Rhinestone Cowboy; performing artist: Glen Campbell; writing credit: Larry Weiss)

If there is a load you have to bear (Lean On Me; performing artist: Bill Withers)

Like a load on your back that you can't see, ooh but it's alright (Tonight, Tonight, Tonight; performing artist: Genesis)

Dave drop a load on 'em (O.P.P.; performing artist: Naughty By Nature)

Take a load off Fanny (The weight; performing artist: Shannon)

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Books

• High Adventures Series Set 1: Wild Wind, Burning of the Big Top, Crash at Sea, a Load of Danger, Horse Power (404-2) (reference)

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F/V MONITOR with a load of skates for lobster bait. Credit: Fisheries.

Menhaden fishing - a carrier vessel taking a load of menhaden to a processing plant. Credit: Fisheries.

A driver prepares the draft horses to haul a load of woody debris to the upper stream bed. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

B-52H drops a load of M117 750lb bombs.

Heavy equipmnent hauling a load of soil during construction of a lagoon. Credit: USDA.

Tommy Rogers pushes a load of tobacco into a drying barn on his fathers farm in the Danville, VA area. Credit: USDA.

An air tanker prepares to drop a load of retardant on a fire near Winnemucca, Nevada, August 1999. Credit: Unknown.

Arrives at New York City with a load of troops from France, 1919. Photo printed on a stereograph card, published by the Keystone View Company. See Photo # NH 82704 (extended caption) for the text printed on the original stereograph card's reverse side, concerning the achievements of U.S. Troops on the Western Front in World War I. Credit: NAVY.

A heavy explosion on board USS Lexington (CV-2) blows an aircraft over her side, 8 May 1942. This is probably the "great explosion" from the detonation of torpedo warheads stowed in the starboard side of the hangar, aft, that took place just after the ship's Commanding Officer, Captain Frederick C. Sherman, left Lexington. At left is the bow of USS Hammann (DD-412), which was backing away with a load of the carrier's survivors on board. This view appears to be cropped from Photo # 80-G-7413. Credit: NAVY.

Woodrow Wilson opening a package, "for a good boy," while "Big Business" fat man carries a load of "Combines Dissolved" wood to the oven. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

He spoke loudly, for a load of worry was lifted from him.

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Business

On average, a typical elevator with a load capacity of 900 kg, speed of 2.5m per second and serving 18 stories, will cost between S$300,000 and S$350,000. This includes installation, testing and commissioning. (references)

Economic History

Bahrain

Under the terms of the load-sharing arrangement of the grid, Bahrain will be given an allocation to take or provide a load factor of 600 MW through the Al-Jasra substation that will be connected to Saudi Arabia's Ghunan plant near Dammam via a 90 kilometer, 220-kV line. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "A LOAD": a load of ♦ a load of piffle ♦ bear a load ♦ get a load of this! ♦ get a load off one's chest ♦ take a load off one's chest ♦ take off a load of care ♦ that's a load of shit! ♦ what a load of crap. Additional references.

Albanian

mbart një peshë (bear a load). (various references)

Arabic 

‏معاناة (anguish, bear a load, hardship, illness, misery, sufferance, suffering, tribulation). (various references)

Bulgarian 

нося товар (bear a load, pack), нося бреме (bear a load, carry weight). (various references)

Chinese 

�"" (a picul, burden, responsibility, to carry, to shoulder, to take responsibility, to undertake). (various references)

Czech

to je pìkná hovadina (that's a load of shit, what a load of crap). (various references)

French

souffrance (bear a load), fardeau (bear a load), des masses de (a load of). (various references)

German

sich ausquatschen (get a load off one's chest, have a heart-to-heart), Mir fiel ein Stein vom Herzen. (It took a load off my mind.). (various references)

Greek 

κουβαλώ ένα φορτίο (carry a load). (various references)

Hungarian

terhet visel (bear a load). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

一荷 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

いっか (a family, a home, a house, a household, a style, one's family, one's folks, passing away). (various references)

Pig Latin

aay oadlay

Russian 

выдерживать груз (bear a load), нести бремя (bear a load). (various references)

Scottish

sac (a sack, bag, sack), lòd, l� d , lòd. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

podneti teret (bear a load). (various references)

Spanish

sufrir (bear a load, bleed, catch a tartar, come under, experience, go through, lose oneself, meet with, receive, suffer, sustain, take, trouble, undergo), disparates (a load of piffle, absurdities, balderdash, humbug, jazz, nonsense). (various references)

Swedish

titta på det här (get a load of this), lyssna på det här (get a load of this). (various references)

Thai

จ้องมอง (fix on, fix upon, gaze at, gaze on, gaze upon, get a load of, goggle, regard). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: load.

-2 letters: aal, ado, ala, dal, dol, lad, old.

-3 letters: aa, ad, al, do, la, lo, od.

+1 letter: alodia, anodal, apodal.

+2 letters: alamode, allodia, alodial, armload, calando, carload, dalapon, gonadal, mandola, monadal, payload, scalado.

+3 letters: aardwolf, accolade, adorable, adorably, adulator, agalwood, alamodes, aldolase, alkaloid, allodial, anodally, armloads, boatload, calvados, carloads, cartload, caseload, cathodal, coalyard, dalapons, diaconal, diagonal, foldaway, galopade, gladiola, goalward, gonadial, halloaed, kathodal, labrador, lapboard, larboard, largando, laudator, loadstar, mandolas, oxalated, parlando, payloads, podagral, railroad, scalados, toadflax, zodiacal.