| Main Entry: | load |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burden, saddle |
Synonyms: |
arrange, ballast, bear, carry, charge, chock, choke, containerize, cram, fill, flood, freight, glut, gorge, heap, heap up, jam*, lade, lumber, mass, oversupply, pack, pile, pile it on, pile up, place, pour in, put aboard, ram in, stack, store, stow, stuff, surfeit, swamp, top, top off, weigh, weigh down, weight |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, benefit, bless, help |
| Main Entry: | load |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | overburden, pressure |
Synonyms: |
burden, charge, encumber, hamper, lade, oppress, saddle, task, tax, trouble, weigh down, weight, worry |
Antonyms: |
relieve, unburden |
| Main Entry: | loading |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stowing |
Synonyms: |
burdening, charging, cramming, cumbering, encumbering, filling, lading, packing, priming, readying, storing |
| Main Entry: | arm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | equip with weapon or power |
Synonyms: |
accouter, appoint, array, deck, equalize, fortify, furnish, gear, gird, guard, heel up, heel, issue, load, load up, lug iron, make ready, mobilize, outfit, pack, pack a rod, prepare, prime, protect, provide, rig, rod up, strengthen, supply, tote |
Antonyms: |
disarm |
| Main Entry: | boot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start operating system |
Synonyms: |
bootstrap, cold boot, load, reboot, reset, restart, start, start computer, warm boot |
| Main Entry: | burden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encumber, strain |
Synonyms: |
afflict, bear down on, bother, crush, cumber, depress, dish it out, dish out, dump on, encumber, give it to, hamper, handicap, hinder, impede, lade, load, make heavy, obligate, oppress, overcharge, overload, overwhelm, pile, press, saddle with, snow under, snow*, stick it to, strain, tax, trouble, try, vex, weigh down, worry |
Antonyms: |
aid, help, relieve |
| Main Entry: | cram |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fill to overflowing; compress |
Synonyms: |
charge, chock, choke, compact, crowd, crush, devour, drive, force, gobble, gorge, guzzle, heap, ingurgitate, jam, jam-pack, load, overcrowd, overeat, overfill, pack, pack 'em in, pack in, pack it in, pack like sardines, press, ram, sardine, satiate, shove, slop, slosh, squash, squeeze, stive, stuff, tamp, thrust, wedge, wolf* |
Antonyms: |
let out, open, release |
| Main Entry: | debase |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adulterate |
Synonyms: |
abase, animalize, bastardize, bestialize, contaminate, corrupt, damage, defile, depreciate, doctor, dope up, impair, load, pervert, pollute, sophisticate, spoil, taint, vitiate, weight, worsen |
Antonyms: |
clean, clear, enhance, improve, purify |
| Main Entry: | doctor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adulterate, pervert |
Synonyms: |
add to, alter, change, cut, deacon, debase, dilute, disguise, dope up, falsify, fudge, gloss, load, misrepresent, mix with, sophisticate, spike*, tamper with, water down, weight |
| Notes: | the word doctor is derived from Latin doctus 'having been taught; learned' (from docere 'to teach'); physician comes from Latin physica 'natural science; physics' |
Antonyms: |
clean, purify |
| Main Entry: | dope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drug someone |
Synonyms: |
adulterate, anesthetize, deaden, debase, inject, knock out, load, narcotize, put to sleep, sedate, soak, sophisticate, stupefy |