(engineering) The accumulation of loads that are directed toward a particular structural member.

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

(finance) A mutual fund that charges no sales load.

(finance) A mutual fund that charges sales 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.

An area of a street or a parking lot designated for the loading or unloading of passengers, baggage or freight, or short-term parking for that purpose.

Describing a gun in which the ammunition is loaded at the front of the barrel

(of a gun) Such that ammunition is loaded at the rear of the bore.

(computing, dated) A graphical display shown while a program loads (e.g. from cassette tape), comparable to the splash screen in modern software.