LOADING

loading

(noun) the labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc.; “the loading took 2 hours”

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

(noun) goods carried by a large vehicle

load, loading, burden

(noun) weight to be borne or conveyed

load, loading

(noun) a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time; “the system broke down under excessive loads”

loading

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

loading (countable and uncountable, plural loadings)

(countable, uncountable) The process by which something is loaded.

(countable) A load, especially in the engineering and electrical engineering senses of force exerted, or electrical current or power supplied.

(Australia, industrial relations, countable) A hourly pay rate given to a casual employee which is higher than the equivalent full-time or part-time employee's rate, usually paid to compensate for a lack of benefits such as sick leave or annual leave.

A weighting or bias.

Hyponyms

• eager loading

• lazy loading

• preloading

Verb

loading

present participle of load

Anagrams

• digonal

Source: Wiktionary


Load"ing, n.

1. The act of putting a load on or into.

2. A load; cargo; burden. Shak.

LOAD

Load, n. Etym: [OE. lode load, way; properly the same word as lode, but confused with lade, load, v. See Lade, Lead, v., Lode.]

1. A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load. He might such a load To town with his ass carry. Gower.

2. The quantity which can be carried or drawn in some specified way; the contents of a cart, barrow, or vessel; that which will constitute a cargo; lading.

3. That which burdens, oppresses, or grieves the mind or spirits; as, a load of care. " A . . . load of guilt." Ray. " Our life's a load." Dryden.

4. A particular measure for certain articles, being as much as may be carried at one time by the conveyance commonly used for the article measured; as, a load of wood; a load of hay; specifically, five quarters.

5. The charge of a firearm; as, a load of powder.

6. Weight or violence of blows. [Obs.] Milton.

7. (Mach.)

Definition: The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working. Load line, or Load water line (Naut.), the line on the outside of a vessel indicating the depth to which it sinks in the water when loaded.

Syn.

– Burden; lading; weight; cargo. See Burden.

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.

2. To adulterate or drug; as, to load wine. [Cant]

3. To magnetize.[Obs.] Prior. Loaded dice, dice with one side made heavier than the others, so that the number on the opposite side will come up oftenest.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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