load in WordNet English dictionary

1. corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
   "adulterate liquor"
   load  adulterate  stretch  dilute  debase 
   
2. provide (a device) with something necessary
   "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera"
   load  charge 
   
3. fill or place a load on
   "load a car"; "load the truck with hay"
   load  lade  laden  load up 
   
4. put (something) on a structure or conveyance
   "load the bags onto the trucks"
   load 
   
5. transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory
   load 
   

1. weight to be borne or conveyed
   load  loading  burden 
   
2. an onerous or difficult concern
   "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind"
   burden  load  encumbrance  incumbrance  onus 
   
3. goods carried by a large vehicle
   cargo  lading  freight  load  loading  payload  shipment  consignment 
   
4. the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
   warhead  payload  load 
   
5. electrical device to which electrical power is delivered
   load 
   
6. a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
   lode  load 
   
7. the power output of a generator or power plant
   load 
   
8. a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
   "the system broke down under excessive loads"
   load  loading 
   
9. an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate
   "he got a load on and started a brawl"
   load