1. a heavy or bulky thing that is being carried or is about to be carried
2. a weight or source of pressure borne by someone or something
3. the amount of work to be done by a person or machine

1. to fill a vehicle, ship, container, etc., with a large amount of something
2. to put ammunition into a gun or bullets into a weapon
3. to put a program or data into a computer’s memory
Usage: computing

Examples

• The truck carried a heavy load of furniture.
• She felt the load of responsibility on her shoulders.
• The teacher has a heavy course load this semester.
• We need to load the boxes into the van.
• He loaded the gun before going hunting.
• The program takes a few seconds to load.
• The washing machine can handle a full load of clothes.
• Please load the dishwasher after dinner.