load meaning and definition

LOAD noun

Definition of load (noun)

1. weight to be borne or conveyed
   • synonyms: burden, loading
2. a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
   • "the system broke down under excessive loads"
   • synonyms: loading
3. goods carried by a large vehicle
   • synonyms: cargo, consignment, freight, lading, loading, payload, shipment
4. an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate
   • "he got a load on and started a brawl"
5. the power output of a generator or power plant
6. an onerous or difficult concern
   • "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"
   • synonyms: burden, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus
7. a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
   • synonyms: lode
8. the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
   • synonyms: payload, warhead
9. electrical device to which electrical power is delivered

LOAD verb

Definition of load (verb)

1. fill or place a load on
   • "load a car"; "load the truck with hay"
   • synonyms: lade, laden, load up
2. provide (a device) with something necessary
   • "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera"
   • synonyms: charge
3. transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory
4. put (something) on a structure or conveyance
   • "load the bags onto the trucks"
5. corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
   • "adulterate liquor"
   • synonyms: adulterate, debase, dilute, stretch