The meaning of LOAD is the quantity that can be carried at one time by a specified means; especially : a measured quantity of a commodity fixed for each type of carrier —often used in combination.
1. To receive a load: Container ships can load rapidly. 2. To charge a firearm with ammunition. 3. To put or place a load into or onto a structure, device, or conveyance. 4. Computers To be transferred from a storage device into a computer's memory.
A load is a bundle of stuff that has to be carried. You might spend your days hauling loads of hay into a barn and your evenings dragging loads of dirty clothes into the laundry room.
load the dice, to put someone or something in a advantageous or disadvantageous position; affect or influence the result: Lack of sufficient education loaded the dice against him as a candidate for the job.
Amazon Relay directly tenders power-only loads to trucking companies through our free load board and contracts. We also have freight available for box trucks, dry vans, containers, and reefers.
load (third-person singular simple present loads, present participle loading, simple past loaded, past participle loaded or (archaic) loaden) (transitive) To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).