load down

verb

To load heavily, with a significant burden.

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Meanings

verbload down (third-person singular simple present loads down, present participle loading down, simple past and past participle loaded down)

present singular third person loads down · participle present loading down · participle past loaded down · past loaded down

  1. transitiveTo load heavily, with a significant burden.

    The big and little inmates of the Edgewater Orphanage will receive a visit from St. Claus tonight, when members of the Townsmen Society of Norfolk, loaded down with toys and useful presents, will visit the institution to put on their annual Christmas party.

    1936 December 22, “Orphans Given Party Tonight: Members of Townsmen Society to Be Accompanied by Santa, with Pack”, in Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, volume CXLIII, number 83, Norfolk, Va., →OCLC, page 9, column 6

Synonyms & antonyms

verbload with a pack

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pack
Broader
loadladeladen
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pack

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

load down. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/load%20down

MLA

“load down.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/load%20down. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “load down,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/load%20down.

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