Meaning

• 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.

Meaning

• Burdened by some heavy load; packed.

  "Let's leave the TV; the car is loaded already."

• (of a projectile weapon) Having a live round of ammunition in the chamber.

  "No funny business; this heater's loaded!"

• Possessing great wealth.

  "He sold his business a couple of years ago and is just loaded."

• Drunk.

  "By the end of the evening, the guests in the club were really loaded."

• Pertaining to a situation where there is a runner at each of the three bases.

  "It's bottom of the ninth, the bases are loaded and there are two outs."

• (also used figuratively) a die or dice being weighted asymmetrically, and so biased to produce predictable throws.

  "He was playing with loaded dice and won a fortune."

• (of a question) Designed to produce a predictable answer, or to lay a trap.

  "That interviewer is tricky; he asks loaded questions."

• (of a word or phrase) Having strong connotations that colour the literal meaning and are likely to provoke an emotional response. Sometimes used loosely to describe a word that simply has many different meanings.

  ""Ignorant" is a loaded word, often implying lack of intelligence rather than just lack of knowledge."

• (of an item offered for sale, especially an automobile) Equipped with numerous options.

  "She went all out; her new car is loaded."

• Covered with a topping or toppings.

  "loaded fries"

• Weighted with lead or similar.

  "a loaded cane or whip"