Definition of Load

Noun: load lowd

Weight to be borne or conveyed
- loading, burden
A quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
"the system broke down under excessive loads";
- loading
Goods carried by a large vehicle
- cargo, lading, freight, loading, payload, shipment, consignment
An amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate
"he got a load on and started a brawl"
The power output of a generator or power plant
An onerous or difficult concern
"that's a load off my mind";
- burden, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus
A deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
- lode
The front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
- warhead, payload
Electrical device to which electrical power is delivered

Verb: load lowd

Fill or place a load on
"load the truck with hay"; "load a car";
- lade [archaic], laden, load up
Provide (a device) with something necessary
"He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera";
- charge
(computing) transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory
Put (something) on a structure or conveyance
"load the bags onto the trucks"
Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
- adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase