Meaning

• A burden; a weight to be carried.

  "I struggled up the hill with the heavy load in my rucksack."

• A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.

• A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.

  "She put another load of clothes in the washing machine."

• A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle.

  "I put a load on before we left."

• (in combination) Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle

• (often in the plural) A large number or amount.

  "I got a load of emails about that."

• The volume of work required to be performed.

  "Will our web servers be able to cope with that load?"

• The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.

  "Each of the cross-members must withstand a tensile load of 1,000 newtons."

• The electrical current or power delivered by a device.

  "I'm worried that the load on that transformer will be too high."

• A resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing work.

• Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit.

  "Connect a second 24-ohm load across the power supply's output terminals."

• A unit of measure for various quantities.

• The viral load

• A very small explosive inserted as a gag into a cigarette or cigar.

• The charge of powder for a firearm.

• Weight or violence of blows.

• The contents (e.g. semen) of an ejaculation.

• Nonsense; rubbish.

  "What a load!"

• The process of loading something, i.e. transferring it into memory or over a network, etc.

  "All of those uncompressed images are going to slow down the page load."

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

• Lots, much, plenty, a great deal.