Noun

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

Verb

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