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Noun load has 9 senses

load, loading, burden - weight to be borne or conveyed
--₁ is a kind of large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount; weight; large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount; weight
--₁ has particulars:
burthen; dead load; live load, superload; millstone; overload, overburden; overload

Derived forms: verb load₃, verb load₁
load, loading - a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time; "the system broke down under excessive loads"
--₂ is a kind of indefinite quantity; indefinite quantity
--₂ has particulars: trainload
cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment - goods carried by a large vehicle
--₃ is a kind of merchandise, wares, product; merchandise, wares, product

Derived forms: verb load₃, verb load₁
load - an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate; "he got a load on and started a brawl"
--₄ is a kind of indefinite quantity; indefinite quantity
load - the power output of a generator or power plant
--₅ is a kind of electrical power, electric power, wattage; electrical power, electric power, wattage
burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus - an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"
--₆ is a kind of concern, worry, headache, vexation; concern, worry, headache, vexation
--₆ has particulars: dead weight; fardel; imposition; pill
lode, load - a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
--₇ is a kind of deposit, sedimentation, alluviation; deposit, sedimentation, alluviation
--₇ has particulars: mother lode, champion lode
warhead, payload, load - the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
--₈ is a kind of explosive; explosive
--₈ is a part of guided missile
--₈ has particulars: atomic warhead, nuclear warhead, thermonuclear warhead, nuke
Derived form: verb load₂
load - electrical device to which electrical power is delivered
--₉ is a kind of electrical device; electrical device

Verb load has 3 senses

load, lade, laden, load up - fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay"
--₁ is one way to fill, fill up, make full

Derived forms: noun load₁, noun load₃, noun loader₁, noun loading₅
Sample sentence:
They load the cart with boxes
load, charge - provide with munition; "He loaded his gun carefully"
--₂ is one way to fill, fill up, make full

Derived forms: noun load₈, noun loader₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
load - put (something) on a structure or conveyance; "load the bags onto the trucks"
--₃ is one way to put, set, place, pose, position, lay

Derived forms: noun load₃, noun load₁, noun loader₁, noun loading₅
Sample sentence:
They load the books into the box