(roofing) Temporary load that the roof structure must be designed to support, as required by governing building codes. Live loads are generally moving and/or dynamic or environmental (e.g. people, installation equipment, snow, ice or rain).

(roofing) The live load due to the weight of snow on a structure, such as a roof; included in the design calculations.

plural of tributary load

(baseball) Having a baserunner on first base, second base, and third base.

Any load which is nonstatic, such as a wind load or moving live load.

plural of fire load

The anticipated amount of wildfire control necessary in a given period and region, based on the number of current fires, the probable number of new fires, and their anticipated intensity.

(engineering) A force that is applied along a bearing's axis.

A South Asian freshwater fish, commonly held in aquarium, Botia rostrata.

(transitive, chiefly dialectal) To charge or burden with a load; to burden or freight / (transitive, chiefly dialectal) To load a gun or pistol