"loading" in the noun sense

1. load, loading, burden

weight to be borne or conveyed

2. load, loading

a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time

"the system broke down under excessive loads"

3. loading

the ratio of the gross weight of an airplane to some factor determining its lift

4. cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment

goods carried by a large vehicle

5. loading

the labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc.

"the loading took 2 hours"

"loading" in the verb sense

1. load, lade, laden, load up

fill or place a load on

"load a car"

"load the truck with hay"

2. load, charge

provide (a device) with something necessary

"He loaded his gun carefully"

"load the camera"

3. load

transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory

4. load

put (something) on a structure or conveyance

"load the bags onto the trucks"

5. load, adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase

corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones

"adulterate liquor"

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