Definition of "load"

A burden; a weight to be carried.  examples

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

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

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

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

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

The volume of work required to be performed.  examples

(engineering) The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.  examples

(electrical engineering) The electrical current or power delivered by a device.  examples

(engineering) A resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing work.  examples

(electrical engineering) Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit.  examples

A unit of measure for various quantities.  quotations  examples

The viral load  examples

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

The charge of powder for a firearm.  examples

(obsolete) Weight or violence of blows.  quotations

(vulgar, slang) The contents (e.g. semen) of an ejaculation.  quotations

(euphemistic) Nonsense; rubbish.  examples

(computing) The process of loading something, i.e. transferring it into memory or over a network, etc.  quotations  examples

(Philippines) prepaid phone credit  examples

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

(transitive) To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage.  examples

(intransitive) To put a load on something.  examples

(intransitive) To receive a load.  quotations  examples

(intransitive) To be placed into storage or conveyance.  examples

(transitive) To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.  examples

(transitive) 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.  examples

(transitive) To fill (an apparatus) with raw material.  examples

(intransitive) To be put into use in an apparatus.  examples

(transitive, computing) To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory.  examples

(intransitive, computing) To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.  examples

(transitive, baseball) To put runners on first, second and third bases  examples

(transitive) To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome.  examples

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

(transitive) To encumber with something negative, to place as an encumbrance.  examples

(transitive) To provide in abundance.  examples

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

(transitive, archaic, slang) To adulterate or drug.

(transitive, archaic) To magnetize.  quotations

(Philippines) to top up or purchase phone credits  examples

(Internet slang, obsolete) A person that spends all day online. The term was originally used in the late 1980s to describe users on free Q-Link (later America Online) accounts who never signed off the system at great expense to the company.