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[1] the act of a person or thing that loads.
[2] that with which something is loaded; load, burden, or charge.
[3] Electricity . the process of adding reactance to a telephone circuit, radio antenna, etc.
[4] Aeronautics . the ratio of the gross weight of an airplane to engine power (power loading) , wing span (span loading) , or wing area (wing loading) .
[5] Insurance . an addition to the net premium, to cover expenses and allow a margin for contingencies and profit.
[6] anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
[7] the quantity that can be or usually is carried at one time, as in a cart.
[8] this quantity taken as a unit of measure or weight or a discrete quantity (usually used in combination): carload; wagonload.
[9] the quantity borne or sustained by something; burden: a tree weighed down by its load of fruit.
[10] the weight supported by a structure or part.
[11] the amount of work assigned to or to be done by a person, team, department, machine, or mechanical system: a reasonable load of work.
[12] something that weighs down or oppresses like a burden; onus: Supporting her younger brothers has been a heavy load for her.
[13] loads, Informal . a great quantity or number: loads of fun; loads of people.
[14] the charge for a firearm.
[15] a commission charged to buyers of mutual-fund shares.
[16] Engineering . any of the forces that a structure is calculated to oppose, comprising any unmoving and unvarying force (dead load) , any load from wind or earthquake, and any other moving or temporary force (live load) .
[17] Electricity . the power delivered by a generator, motor, power station, or transformer. a device that receives power.
[18] Mechanics . the external resistance overcome by an engine, dynamo, or the like, under given conditions, measured and expressed in terms of the power required.
[19] Geology . the burden of sediment being carried by a stream or river. Compare bed load.
[20] Slang . a sufficient amount of liquor drunk to cause intoxication: He's got a load on tonight.
[21] to put a load on or in; fill: to load a ship.
[22] to supply abundantly, lavishly, or excessively with something (often followed by down ): They loaded us down with gifts.
[23] to weigh down, burden, or oppress (often followed by down, with, on, etc.): to feel loaded down with responsibilities; to load oneself with obligations.
[24] to insert a charge, projectile, etc., into (a firearm).
[25] to place (film, tape, etc.) into a camera or other device: He loaded the film into the camera.
[26] to place film, tape, etc., into (a camera or other device): How do you load this camera?
[27] to take on as a load: a ship loading coal.
[28] to add to the weight of, sometimes fraudulently: The silver candlesticks were loaded with lead.
[29] Insurance . to increase (the net premium) by adding charges, as for expenses.
[30] to add additional or prejudicial meaning to (a statement, question, etc.): The attorney kept loading his questions in the hope of getting the reply he wanted.
[31] to overcharge (a word, expression, etc.) with extraneous values of emotion, sentiment, or the like: emotion that loads any reference to home, flag, and mother.
[32] to weight (dice) so that they will always come to rest with particular faces upward.
[33] Baseball . to have or put runners at (first, second, and third bases): They loaded the bases with two out in the eighth inning.
[34] Fine Arts . to place a large amount of pigment on (a brush). to apply a thick layer of pigment to (a canvas).
[35] Metalworking . (of metal being deep-drawn) to become welded to (the drawing tool). (of material being ground) to fill the depressions in the surface of (a grinding wheel). (in powder metallurgy) to fill the cavity of (a die).
[36] Computers . to bring (a program or data) into main storage from external or auxiliary storage. to place (an input/output medium) into an appropriate device, as by inserting a disk into a disk drive.
[37] Electricity . to add (a power-absorbing device) to an electric circuit.
[38] to put on or take on a load, as of passengers or goods: The bus usually loads at the side door.
[39] to load a firearm.
[40] to enter a carrier or conveyance (usually followed by into ): The students loaded quickly into the buses.
[41] to become filled or occupied: The ship loaded with people in only 15 minutes.
[42] loads, Informal . very much; a great deal: Thanks loads. It would help loads if you sent some money.
[43] a load or burden; weight
[44] the addition of an inductance to electrical equipment, such as a transmission line or aerial, to improve its performance See loading coil
[45] an addition to an insurance premium to cover expenses, provide a safer profit margin, etc
[46] the ratio of the gross weight of an aircraft to its engine power (power loading ), wing area (wing loading ), or some other parameter, or of the gross weight of a helicopter to its rotor disc area (disc loading )
[47] psychol the correlation of a factor, such as a personality trait, with a performance score derived from a psychological test
[48] material, such as china clay or size, added to paper, textiles, or similar materials to produce a smooth surface, increase weight, etc
[49] Australian and NZ a payment made in addition to a basic wage or salary to reward special skills, compensate for unfavourable conditions, etc
[50] something to be borne or conveyed; weight
[51] the usual amount borne or conveyed (in combination ) a carload
[52] something that weighs down, oppresses, or burdens that's a load off my mind
[53] a single charge of a firearm
[54] the weight that is carried by a structure See also dead load, live load
[55] electrical engineering electronics a device that receives or dissipates the power from an amplifier, oscillator, generator, or some other source of signals the power delivered by a machine, generator, circuit, etc
[56] the force acting on a component in a mechanism or structure
[57] the resistance overcome by an engine or motor when it is driving a machine, etc
[58] an external force applied to a component or mechanism
[59] a load of informal a quantity of a load of nonsense
[60] get a load of informal pay attention to
[61] have a load on US and Canadian slang to be intoxicated
[62] shoot one's load slang (of a man) to ejaculate at orgasm
[63] (also intr) to place or receive (cargo, goods, etc) upon (a ship, lorry, etc)
[64] to burden or oppress
[65] to supply or beset (someone) with in abundance or overwhelmingly they loaded her with gifts
[66] to cause to be biased to load a question
[67] (also intr) to put an ammunition charge into (a firearm)
[68] photog to position (a film, cartridge, or plate) in (a camera)
[69] to weight or bias (a roulette wheel, dice, etc)
[70] insurance to increase (a premium) to cover expenses, etc
[71] to draw power from (an electrical device, such as a generator)
[72] to add material of high atomic number to (concrete) to increase its effectiveness as a radiation shield
[73] to increase the power output of (an electric circuit)
[74] to increase the work required from (an engine or motor)
[75] to apply force to (a mechanism or component)
[76] computing to transfer (a program) to a memory
[77] load the dice to add weights to dice in order to bias them to arrange to have a favourable or unfavourable position

Words related to Loading

packing, storing, lading, filling, readying, encumbering, charging, cramming, priming

Words nearby Loading

loaded, loaded for bear, loaded question, loader, loadie, loading, loading coil, loading program, loadmaster, loads, loadspace

Origin of Loading

before 1000; Middle English lode (noun); orig. the same word as lode (Old English lād way, course, carrying); senses influenced by lade

Words that may be confused with Loading

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, loadload, lode

Other words from Loading

load·less , adjective
re·load , noun, verb
un·der·load , verb (used with object)

Word origin for Loading

Old English lād course; in meaning, influenced by lade 1 ; related to lead 1

Synonyms for Loading

packing, storing, burdening, charging, cramming, cumbering, encumbering, filling, lading, priming, readying