load

(noun) weight to be borne or conveyed. Synonyms: loading, burden.

(noun) a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time. Synonyms: loading. Example: "The system broke down under excessive loads."

(noun) goods carried by a large vehicle. Synonyms: cargo, lading, freight, loading, payload, shipment, consignment.

(noun) an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate. Example: "He got a load on and started a brawl."

(noun) the power output of a generator or power plant.

(noun) an onerous or difficult concern. Synonyms: burden, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus. Examples: "The burden of responsibility." "That's a load off my mind."

(noun) a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks. Synonyms: lode.

(noun) the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents. Synonyms: warhead, payload.

(noun) electrical device to which electrical power is delivered.

(verb) fill or place a load on. Synonyms: lade, laden, load up. Examples: "Load a car." "Load the truck with hay."

(verb) provide (a device) with something necessary. Synonyms: charge. Examples: "He loaded his gun carefully." "Load the camera."

(verb) transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory.

(verb) put (something) on a structure or conveyance. Example: "Load the bags onto the trucks."

(verb) corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones. Synonyms: adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase. Example: "Adulterate liquor."