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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Load \Load\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Loaded}; p. pr & vb n. {Loading}. Loaden is obsolete, and laden belongs to lade.] 1. To lay a load or burden on or in as on a horse or in a cart; to charge with a load, as a gun; to furnish with a lading or cargo, as a ship; hence to add weight to so as to oppress or embarrass; to heap upon I strive all in vain to load the cart. --Gascoigne. I have loaden me with many spoils. --Shak. Those honors deep and broad, wherewith Your majesty loads our house. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Loading \Load"ing\, n. 1. The act of putting a load on or into 2. A load; cargo; burden. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: loading adj : designed for use in loading e.g. cargo; "a loading dock"; "a loading chute is used to drive cattle into a truck or other conveyance" [syn: {loading(a)}] [ant: {unloading}] n 1: something to be borne or conveyed [syn: {load}, {burden}] 2: a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time; "the system broke down under excessive loads" [syn: {load}] 3: the ratio of the gross weight of an airplane to some factor determining its lift 4: goods carried by a large vehicle [syn: {cargo}, {lading}, {freight}, {load}, {payload}, {shipment}, {consignment}] 5: the labor of loading something "the loading took 2 hours" [ant: {unloading}]
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