load
/ləʊd/
A burden; a weight to be carried.
I struggled up the hill with the heavy load in my rucksack.
A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.
A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.
She put another load of clothes in the washing machine.
A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle.
I put a load on before we left.
(in combination) Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle
(often in the plural) A large number or amount.
I got a load of emails about that.
The volume of work required to be performed.
Will our web servers be able to cope with that load?
The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.
Each of the cross-members must withstand a tensile load of 1,000 newtons.
The electrical current or power delivered by a device.
I'm worried that the load on that transformer will be too high.
A resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing work.
Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit.
Connect a second 24-ohm load across the power supply's output terminals.
A unit of measure for various quantities.
The viral load
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.
The contents (e.g. semen) of an ejaculation.
Nonsense; rubbish.
What a load!
The process of loading something, i.e. transferring it into memory or over a network, etc.
All of those uncompressed images are going to slow down the page load.