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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Load \Load\ (l[=o]d), n. [OE. lode load, way; properly the same word as lode, but confused with lade, load, v. See {Lade}, {Lead}, v., {Lode}.] 1. A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load. [1913 Webster] He might such a load To town with his ass carry. --Gower. [1913 Webster] 2. The quantity which can be carried or drawn in some specified way; the contents of a cart, barrow, or vessel; that which will constitute a cargo; lading. [1913 Webster] 3. That which burdens, oppresses, or grieves the mind or spirits; as, a load of care. " A . . . load of guilt." --Ray. " Our life's a load." --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. A particular measure for certain articles, being as much as may be carried at one time by the conveyance commonly used for the article measured; as, a load of wood; a load of hay; specifically, five quarters. [1913 Webster] 5. The charge of a firearm; as, a load of powder. [1913 Webster] 6. Weight or violence of blows. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster] 7. (Mach.) The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working. [1913 Webster] 8. The amount of work that a person, group, or machine is assigned to perform; as, the boss distributed the load evenly among his employees. [PJC] 9. (Elec.) The device or devices that consume power from a power supply. [PJC] 10. (Engineering) The weight or force that a structural support bears or is designed to bear; the object that creates that force. [PJC] {Load line}, or {Load water line} (Naut.), the line on the outside of a vessel indicating the depth to which it sinks in the water when loaded. Syn: Burden; lading; weight; cargo. See {Burden}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Load \Load\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Loaded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Loading}. Loaden is obsolete, and laden belongs to lade.] 1. To lay a load or burden on or in, as on a horse or in a cart; to charge with a load, as a gun; to furnish with a lading or cargo, as a ship; hence, to add weight to, so as to oppress or embarrass; to heap upon. [1913 Webster] I strive all in vain to load the cart. --Gascoigne. [1913 Webster] I have loaden me with many spoils. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Those honors deep and broad, wherewith Your majesty loads our house. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To adulterate or drug; as, to load wine. [Cant] [1913 Webster] 3. To magnetize. [Obs.] --Prior. [1913 Webster] {Loaded dice}, dice with one side made heavier than the others, so that the number on the opposite side will come up oftenest. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: load n 1: weight to be borne or conveyed [syn: {load}, {loading}, {burden}] 2: a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time; "the system broke down under excessive loads" [syn: {load}, {loading}] 3: goods carried by a large vehicle [syn: {cargo}, {lading}, {freight}, {load}, {loading}, {payload}, {shipment}, {consignment}] 4: an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate; "he got a load on and started a brawl" 5: the power output of a generator or power plant 6: an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind" [syn: {burden}, {load}, {encumbrance}, {incumbrance}, {onus}] 7: a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks [syn: {lode}, {load}] 8: the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents [syn: {warhead}, {payload}, {load}] 9: electrical device to which electrical power is delivered v 1: fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay" [syn: {load}, {lade}, {laden}, {load up}] 2: provide (a device) with something necessary; "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera" [syn: {load}, {charge}] 3: transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory 4: put (something) on a structure or conveyance; "load the bags onto the trucks" 5: corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor" [syn: {load}, {adulterate}, {stretch}, {dilute}, {debase}]