load

noun

A burden; a weight to be carried.

"I struggled up the hill with the heavy load in my rucksack."

noun

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

noun

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

"She put another load of clothes in the washing machine."

noun

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

"I put a load on before we left."

noun

(in combination) Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle

noun

(often in the plural) A large number or amount.

"I got a load of emails about that."

noun

The volume of work required to be performed.

"Will our web servers be able to cope with that load?"

noun

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

"Each of the cross-members must withstand a tensile load of 1,000 newtons."

noun

The electrical current or power delivered by a device.

"I'm worried that the load on that transformer will be too high."

noun

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

noun

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

"Connect a second 24-ohm load across the power supply's output terminals."

noun

A unit of measure for various quantities.

noun

The viral load

noun

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

noun

The charge of powder for a firearm.

noun

Weight or violence of blows.

noun

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

noun

Nonsense; rubbish.

"What a load!"

noun

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

"All of those uncompressed images are going to slow down the page load."

verb

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

"The dock workers refused to load the ship."

verb

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

"He loaded his stuff into his storage locker."

verb

To put a load on something.

"The truck was supposed to leave at dawn, but in fact we spent all morning loading."

verb

To receive a load.

"The truck is designed to load easily."

verb

To be placed into storage or conveyance.

"The containers load quickly and easily."

verb

To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.

"I pulled the trigger, but nothing happened. I had forgotten to load the gun."

verb

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.

"Now that you've loaded the camera [with film], you're ready to start shooting."

verb

To fill (an apparatus) with raw material.

"The workers loaded the blast furnace with coke and ore."

verb

To be put into use in an apparatus.

"The cartridge was designed to load easily."

verb

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

"Click OK to load the selected data."

verb

To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.

"This program takes an age to load."

verb

To put runners on first, second and third bases

"He walks to load the bases."

verb

To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome.

"The wording of the ballot paper loaded the vote in favour of the Conservative candidate."

verb

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

verb

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

"The new owners had loaded the company with debt."

verb

To provide in abundance.

"He loaded carbs into his system before the marathon."

verb

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

verb

To adulterate or drug.

"to load wine"