The noun load has 9 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (9) load, loading, burden -- (weight to be borne or conveyed)
2. (3) load, loading -- (a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time; "the system broke down under excessive loads")
3. (2) cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment -- (goods carried by a large vehicle)
4. (1) load -- (an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate; "he got a load on and started a brawl")
5. (1) load -- (the power output of a generator or power plant)
6. (1) burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus -- (an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind")
7. lode, load -- (a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks)
8. warhead, payload, load -- (the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents)
9. load -- (electrical device to which electrical power is delivered)
Overview of verb load
The verb load has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (8) load, lade, laden, load up -- (fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with hay")
2. (3) load, charge -- (provide with munition; "He loaded his gun carefully")
3. load -- (put (something) on a structure or conveyance; "load the bags onto the trucks")