Definitions for loading

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loading load·ing

Spelling: [loh-ding]

IPA: /ˈloʊ dɪŋ/

Loading is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 240 anagrams from letters in loading (adgilno).

Definitions for loading

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that loads.
2. that with which something is loaded; load, burden, or charge.
3. Electricity. the process of adding reactance to a telephone circuit, radio antenna, etc.
4. Aeronautics. the ratio of the gross weight of an airplane to engine power (power loading) wing span (span loading) or wing area (wing loading)
5. Insurance. an addition to the net premium, to cover expenses and allow a margin for contingencies and profit.
6. anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo:
7. the quantity that can be or usually is carried at one time, as in a cart.
8. this quantity taken as a unit of measure or weight or a discrete quantity (usually used in combination):
9. the quantity borne or sustained by something; burden:
10. the weight supported by a structure or part.
11. the amount of work assigned to or to be done by a person, team, department, machine, or mechanical system:
12. something that weighs down or oppresses like a burden; onus:
13. loads, Informal. a great quantity or number:
14. the charge for a firearm.
15. a commission charged to buyers of mutual-fund shares.
16. Engineering. any of the forces that a structure is calculated to oppose, comprising any unmoving and unvarying force (dead load) any load from wind or earthquake, and any other moving or temporary force (live load)
17. Electricity. the power delivered by a generator, motor, power station, or transformer. a device that receives power.
18. Mechanics. the external resistance overcome by an engine, dynamo, or the like, under given conditions, measured and expressed in terms of the power required.
19. Geology. the burden of sediment being carried by a stream or river. Compare bed load.
20. Slang. a sufficient amount of liquor drunk to cause intoxication:

Idioms

1. get a load of, Slang. to look at; notice; observe. to listen to with interest:
2. load the dice, to put someone or something in a advantageous or disadvantageous position; affect or influence the result:

adverb

1. loads, Informal. very much; a great deal:

verb (used with object)

1. to put a load on or in; fill:
2. to supply abundantly, lavishly, or excessively with something (often followed by down):
3. to weigh down, burden, or oppress (often followed by down, with, on, etc.):
4. to insert a charge, projectile, etc., into (a firearm).
5. to place (film, tape, etc.) into a camera or other device:
6. to place film, tape, etc., into (a camera or other device):
7. to take on as a load:
8. to add to the weight of, sometimes fraudulently:
9. Insurance. to increase (the net premium) by adding charges, as for expenses.
10. to add additional or prejudicial meaning to (a statement, question, etc.):
11. to overcharge (a word, expression, etc.) with extraneous values of emotion, sentiment, or the like:
12. to weight (dice) so that they will always come to rest with particular faces upward.
13. Baseball. to have or put runners at (first, second, and third bases):
14. Fine Arts. to place a large amount of pigment on (a brush). to apply a thick layer of pigment to (a canvas).
15. Metalworking. (of metal being deep-drawn) to become welded to (the drawing tool). (of material being ground) to fill the depressions in the surface of (a grinding wheel). (in powder metallurgy) to fill the cavity of (a die).
16. Computers. to bring (a program or data) into main storage from external or auxiliary storage. to place (an input/output medium) into an appropriate device, as by inserting a disk into a disk drive.
17. Electricity. to add (a power-absorbing device) to an electric circuit.

verb (used without object)

1. to put on or take on a load, as of passengers or goods:
2. to load a firearm.
3. to enter a carrier or conveyance (usually followed by into):
4. to become filled or occupied:

Origin of loading

late Middle English word dating back to 1425-75; See origin at load, -ing¹

Examples for loading

The Malaysian report gives no indication of any problem in loading the consignment—or, if there was, what action was taken.

My mother swept me indoors, loading me with reproaches as we went.

I am commanding a little barque,” I said, “loading here for Mauritius.

Those regulations that apply to aviation shipments are enforced by the FAA, and relate to the standards for packing and loading.

Providence has acted pretty mean, loading off that baby on him.

The loading of ships was once a matter of skill, judgment, and knowledge.

When we got into dock we had lost our turn for loading, and they hauled us off to a tier where we remained for a month.

“In wartime, one needs more serious things,” he explained, loading up blenders and juice makers.

Of course, you already know that vegging out—that is, loading up on produce—is crucial for good health.

They are loading a blue van, the tags of which also were changed next day.