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

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.

(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.

(idiomatic) Thoroughly equipped, as for a demanding task or confrontation. / (idiomatic) Mentally prepared for a daunting situation or confrontation.

Of a mechanical device, containing a spring that holds a component in a particular position.

simple past tense and past participle of spring-load

(idiomatic, linguistics) Any word, set phrase or idiom that has strong positive or negative connotations beyond its ordinary definition.