loading

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.

The process by which something is loaded.

“The loading of hazardous cargoes is not permitted.”

A load, especially in the engineering and electrical engineering senses of force exerted, or electrical current or power supplied.

“I need to recheck the loadings on the external walls.”

(industrial relations) A hourly pay rate given to a casual employee which is higher than the equivalent full-time or part-time employee's rate, usually paid to compensate for a lack of benefits such as sick leave or annual leave.

A weighting or bias.