What does load mean?

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[n] weight to be borne or conveyed[v] fill or place a load on(load a car load the truck with hay)[n] a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time(the system broke down under excessive loads)[v] provide (a device) with something necessary(He loaded his gun carefully load the

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[n] weight to be borne or conveyed

[v] fill or place a load on
(load a car load the truck with hay)

[n] a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
(the system broke down under excessive loads)

[v] provide (a device) with something necessary
(He loaded his gun carefully load the camera)

[n] goods carried by a large vehicle

[v] transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory

[n] an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate
(he got a load on and started a brawl)

[v] put (something) on a structure or conveyance
(load the bags onto the trucks)

[n] the power output of a generator or power plant

[v] corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
(adulterate liquor)

[n] an onerous or difficult concern
(the burden of responsibility that's a load off my mind)

[n] a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks

[n] the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents

[n] electrical device to which electrical power is delivered

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