plural of spring-loaded mode

(computing) A type of mode in a user interface that is kept in place only through some constant action on the part of the user.

(transitive, slang) To experience someone or something, especially by looking or listening.

(hydrology) the large particles of sediment that are carried along the bottom of a stream

(chiefly construction and civil engineering) Able to support a load. / (figuratively) Of a physical, digital, procedural etc. component, necessary to the integrity of the system of which it forms a part.

The carrying of loads.

(US, slang) A command to prepare a weapon for battle. / (US, slang) Prepare for an imminent event.

(US, slang) To prepare one's weapon. / (US, slang) To prepare for an imminent event.

The process by which an electric utility cuts power to some customers in response to a shortage of available electricity.

The shaped cavity in a compression mold in which the substance to be molded is loaded