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loading
Noun
  • The action of the verb to load. uncountable
  • A load, especially in the engineering and electrical engineering senses of force exerted, or electrical current or power supplied. countable
  • A hourly pay rate given to a casual employee which is higher than an equivalent full-time or part-time employee, usually paid to compensate for a lack of benefits such as sick leave or annual leave. Australia, industrial relations, countable
Verb
  • present participle of load
load
Noun
  • A burden; a weight to be carried.
  • A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind. figuratively
  • A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.
  • Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle in combination
  • A large number or amount. often in the plural, colloquial
  • The volume of work required to be performed.
  • The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc. engineering
  • The electrical current or power delivered by a device. electrical engineering
  • A resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing work. engineering
  • Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit. electrical engineering
  • A unit of measure for various quantities.
  • A very small explosive inserted as a gag into a cigarette or cigar.
  • The charge of powder for a firearm.
  • Weight or violence of blows. obsolete
  • The contents (e.g. semen) of an ejaculation. vulgar, slang
  • Nonsense; rubbish. euphemistic
Verb
  • To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage). transitive
  • To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage. transitive
  • To put a load on something. intransitive
  • To receive a load. intransitive
  • To be placed into storage or conveyance. intransitive
  • To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition. transitive
  • To insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a reel of film into a camera, sheets of paper into a printer etc. transitive
  • To fill (an apparatus) with raw material. transitive
  • To be put into use in an apparatus. intransitive
  • To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory. transitive, computing
  • To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory. intransitive, computing
  • To put runners on first, second and third bases transitive, baseball
  • To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome. transitive
  • To ask or adapt a question so that it will be more likely to be answered in a certain way. transitive
  • To encumber with something negative, to place as an encumbrance. transitive
  • To provide in abundance. transitive
  • To adulterate or drug. transitive, archaic, slang
  • To magnetize. transitive, archaic