1. (n.)load anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: a truck with a load of watermelons.
2. load the quantity that can be or usu. is carried at one time, as in a cart.
3. load this quantity taken as a unit of measure or weight (usu. used in combination): carload.
4. load burden: a tree weighed down by its load of fruit.
5. load the weight supported by a structure or part.
6. load the amount of work assigned to or to be done as by a person, team, or mechanical system.
7. load something that oppresses like a burden: That's a load off my mind.
8. load Informal. a greatquantity or number: loads of fun.
9. load the charge for a firearm.
10. load a commission charged to buyers of mutual-fund shares.
11. load any of the unmoving and unvarying forces that a structure is designed to oppose, as stress from wind or earthquake.
12. load the power delivered by a generator, motor, power station, or transformer.
13. load a device that receives power.
14. load the external resistance overcome by an engine, dynamo, or the like, under given conditions, measured and expressed in terms of the power required.
15. load Slang. a sufficient amount of liquor drunk to cause intoxication: He's got a load on tonight.
16. (v.t.)load to put a load on or in; fill: to load a ship.
17. load to supply abundantly, lavishly, or excessively with something (often fol. by down): They loaded us down with gifts.
18. load to weigh down, burden, or oppress (often fol. by down): to load oneself down with obligations.
19. load to insert a charge, projectile, etc., into (a firearm).
20. load to place (film, tape, etc.) into a camera or other device.
21. load to place film, tape, etc., into (a camera or other device).
22. load to take on as a load: a ship loading coal.
23. load to add to the weight of, sometimes fraudulently: The silver candlesticks were loaded with lead.
24. load to increase (the net premium of an insurance policy) by adding charges, as for expenses.
25. load to overcharge (a word, expression, etc.) with extraneous values of emotion, sentiment, or the like.
26. load to add additional or prejudicial meaning to (a statement, question, etc.): The attorney kept loading his questions in the hope of getting the reply he wanted.
27. load Baseball. to have or put runners at (first, second, and third bases): to load the bases with two out in the eighth inning.
28. load to bring (a program or data) into a computer's RAM, as from a disk, so as to make it available for processing.
29. load to place (an input/output medium) into an appropriate device, as by inserting a disk into a diskdrive.
30. load to add (a power-absorbing device) to an electriccircuit.
31. (v.i.)load to put on or take on a load, as of passengers or goods: All trucks load at the platform.
1. (noun)load, loading, burden weight to be borne or conveyed
2. (noun)load, loading a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time "the system broke down under excessive loads"
3. (noun)cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment goods carried by a largevehicle
4. (noun)load an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate "he got a load on and started a brawl"
5. (noun)load the power output of a generator or power plant
6. (noun)burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus an onerous or difficult concern "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"
7. (noun)lode, load a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
8. (noun)warhead, payload, load the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosivecharge or the chemical or biological agents
9. (verb)load electrical device to which electrical power is delivered
10. (verb)load, lade, laden, load up fill or place a load on "load a car"; "load the truck with hay"
11. (verb)load, charge provide (a device) with something necessary "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera"
13. (verb)load put (something) on a structure or conveyance "load the bags onto the trucks"
14. (verb)load, adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones "adulterate liquor"
1. (noun)load the things carried, especially by a vehicle a truck carrying a load of electronic equipment
2. load the amount of work sb has to do; = workload a doctor's patient load
3. load a load of/loads of a lot of Loads of people eat unhealthily.
4. (verb)load to fill or pack things into or onto sth We loaded up the car with all the camping equipment.; a ship being loaded
5. load to put sth into a piece of equipment so that it can be used Load the cartridge into the printer.; He was loading his gun.
Definition of 'Load'
Webster Dictionary
1. Load a burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load
2. Load the quantity which can be carried or drawn in some specified way; the contents of a cart, barrow, or vessel; that which will constitute a cargo; lading
3. Load that which burdens, oppresses, or grieves the mind or spirits; as, a load of care
4. Load a particular measure for certain articles, being as much as may be carried at one time by the conveyance commonly used for the article measured; as, a load of wood; a load of hay; specifically, fivequarters
8. (verb)Load to lay a load or burden on or in, as on a horse or in a cart; to charge with a load, as a gun; to furnish with a lading or cargo, as a ship; hence, to add weight to, so as to oppress or embarrass; to heap upon
9. (verb)Load to adulterate or drug; as, to loadwine