load

A burden; a weight to be carried.

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

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

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.”

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

“I put a load on before we left.”

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

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

“I got a load of emails about that.”

The volume of work required to be performed.

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

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.”

The electrical current or power delivered by a device.

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

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

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

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

A unit of measure for various quantities.

The viral load

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

The charge of powder for a firearm.

Weight or violence of blows.

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

Nonsense; rubbish.

“What a load!”

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.”

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

“The dock workers refused to load the ship.”

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

“He loaded his stuff into his storage locker.”

To put a load on something.

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

To receive a load.

“The truck is designed to load easily.”

To be placed into storage or conveyance.

“The containers load quickly and easily.”

To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.

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

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.”

To fill (an apparatus) with raw material.

“The workers loaded the blast furnace with coke and ore.”

To be put into use in an apparatus.

“The cartridge was designed to load easily.”

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

“Click OK to load the selected data.”

To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.

“This program takes an age to load.”

To put runners on first, second and third bases

“He walks to load the bases.”

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.”

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

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

“The new owners had loaded the company with debt.”

To provide in abundance.

“He loaded carbs into his system before the marathon.”

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

To adulterate or drug.

“to load wine”

To magnetize.