noun

• (figuratively) A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.
  "Our life's a load."
• (in combination) Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle
• (often in the plural, colloquial) A large number or amount.
  "I got loads of presents for my birthday!"
• (engineering) 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."

verb

• (transitive) To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).
  "The dock workers refused to load the ship."
• (transitive) To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage.
  "The longshoremen loaded the cargo quickly."
• (intransitive) To put a load on something.
  "The truck was supposed to leave at dawn, but in fact we spent all morning loading."
• (intransitive) To receive a load.
  "The truck is designed to load easily."

noun

• (Internet slang, obsolete) A person that spends all day online. The term was originally used in the late 1980s to describe users on free Q-Link (later America Online) accounts who never signed off the system at great expense to the company.
  "She never logs off; she is a real LOAD!"