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

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of load

plural of load

(slang, chiefly UK) Lots, much, plenty, a great deal.

Agent noun of load; a person or device that loads. / (computing) A program that prepares other programs for execution.

A standard North Atlantic Treaty Organization system in which a route and aircraft, bridge, or raft is assigned class number(s) representing the load it can carry; vehicles are also assigned class number(s) indicating the maximum class of route, bridge, or raft they are authorized to use.

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

(construction, civil engineering) Able to support a load.

One of the numbered classes in a standard system that categorizes routes, bridges, or rafts according to the load they can carry. Vehicles are also assigned class number(s) indicating the minimum class of route, bridge, or raft they are authorized to use.