1. The labour of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc.
   "the loading took 2 hours"
    
2. Weight to be borne or conveyed
   "The truck groaned under its heavy loading";
   - load, burden
    
3. A quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
   "The truck's maximum loading was five tons";
   - load
    
4. The ratio of the gross weight of an aeroplane to some factor determining its lift
   "The wing loading of the aircraft was carefully calculated to ensure safe flight"
    
5. An additional charge or premium added to a basic price
   "Insurance loading for high-risk drivers"

1. Fill completely or heavily with cargo or supplies
   "load a car"; "load the truck with hay"; "load up a car";
   - lade [archaic], laden, load up
    
2. Put (something) on a structure or conveyance
   "load the bags onto the trucks"
    
3. Provide (a device) with something necessary
   "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera";
   - charge
    
4. (computing) transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory
   "The program loads the necessary files into RAM"
    
5. Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
   "The dishonest merchant loaded the spices with cheaper materials";
   - adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase

Derived forms: loadings

Type of: corrupt, fill, fill up, handling, indefinite quantity, lay, place, pose, position, put, ratio, set, spoil, transfer, weight

Antonym: unloading

Encyclopedia: Loading