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Meaning of load

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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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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