fodder vs load

fodder

noun
  • A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities, generally around 1000 kg. 

  • People considered to have negligible value and easily available or expendable. 

  • Food for animals; that which is fed to cattle, horses, and sheep, such as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc. 

  • The text to be operated on (anagrammed, etc.) within a clue. 

  • Tracing paper. 

  • Stuff; material; something that serves as inspiration or encouragement, especially for satire or humour. 

verb
  • To feed animals (with fodder). 

load

noun
  • A unit of measure for various quantities. 

  • The charge of powder for a firearm. 

  • A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind. 

  • A burden; a weight to be carried. 

  • The volume of work required to be performed. 

  • The contents (e.g. semen) of an ejaculation. 

  • Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit. 

  • The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc. 

  • The viral load 

  • A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time. 

  • Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle 

  • Nonsense; rubbish. 

  • prepaid phone credit 

  • The electrical current or power delivered by a device. 

  • A resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing work. 

  • A very small explosive inserted as a gag into a cigarette or cigar. 

  • A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle. 

  • A large number or amount. 

  • The process of loading something, i.e. transferring it into memory or over a network, etc. 

verb
  • To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage). 

  • To put runners on first, second and third bases 

  • To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome. 

  • To provide in abundance. 

  • To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage. 

  • To weight (a cane, whip, etc.) with lead or similar. 

  • To receive a load. 

  • To be placed into storage or conveyance. 

  • To encumber with something negative, to place as an encumbrance. 

  • to top up or purchase phone credits 

  • To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory. 

  • To be put into use in an apparatus. 

  • To put a load on something. 

  • To ask or adapt a question so that it will be more likely to be answered in a certain way. 

  • To insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a reel of film into a camera, sheets of paper into a printer etc. 

  • To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory. 

  • To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition. 

  • To fill (an apparatus) with raw material. 

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