Meaning & Definition of Load in English
Load
noun
1. Weight to be borne or conveyed
- load,
- loading,
- burden
2. A quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
- "The system broke down under excessive loads"
- load,
- loading
3. Goods carried by a large vehicle
- cargo,
- lading,
- freight,
- load,
- loading,
- payload,
- shipment,
- consignment
4. An amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate
- "He got a load on and started a brawl"
- load
5. The power output of a generator or power plant
- load
6. An onerous or difficult concern
- "The burden of responsibility"
- "That's a load off my mind"
- burden,
- load,
- encumbrance,
- incumbrance,
- onus
7. A deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
- lode,
- load
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
- warhead,
- payload,
- load
9. Electrical device to which electrical power is delivered
- load
verb
1. Fill or place a load on
- "Load a car"
- "Load the truck with hay"
- load,
- lade,
- laden,
- load up
2. Provide (a device) with something necessary
- "He loaded his gun carefully"
- "Load the camera"
- load,
- charge
3. Transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory
- load
4. Put (something) on a structure or conveyance
- "Load the bags onto the trucks"
- load
5. Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
- Often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
- "Adulterate liquor"
- load,
- adulterate,
- stretch,
- dilute,
- debase