'Loading' definitions:
Definition of 'loading'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
A quantity that can be processed or transported at one time; "the system broke down under excessive loads" [syn: load, loading]
noun
The ratio of the gross weight of an airplane to some factor determining its lift
noun
Goods carried by a large vehicle [syn: cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment]
noun
The labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc.; "the loading took 2 hours" [ant: unloading]
Definition of 'Loading'
From: GCIDE
- Load \Load\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Loaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Loading. Loaden is obsolete, and laden belongs to lade.]
- 1. To lay a load or burden on or in, as on a horse or in a cart; to charge with a load, as a gun; to furnish with a lading or cargo, as a ship; hence, to add weight to, so as to oppress or embarrass; to heap upon. [1913 Webster]
- I strive all in vain to load the cart. --Gascoigne. [1913 Webster]
- I have loaden me with many spoils. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Those honors deep and broad, wherewith Your majesty loads our house. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To adulterate or drug; as, to load wine. [Cant] [1913 Webster]
- 3. To magnetize. [Obs.] --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- Loaded dice, dice with one side made heavier than the others, so that the number on the opposite side will come up oftenest. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Loading'
From: GCIDE
- Loading \Load"ing\, n.
- 1. The act of putting a load on or into. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A load; cargo; burden. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Loadmanage
Synonyms of 'loading'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allocation,
- assignment,
- bale,
- bother,
- burden,
- burdening,
- burthen,
- cargo,
- charge,
- charging,
- collocation,
- cumber,
- cumbrance,
- deadweight,
- demand,
- deployment,
- deposit,
- deposition,
- disposition,
- drag,
- emplacement,
- encumbrance,
- exaction,
- freight,
- freighting,
- handicap,
- imposing an onus,
- imposition,
- inconsiderateness,
- inconvenience,
- incubus,
- incumbency,
- infliction,
- lading,
- laying on,
- load,
- loading down,
- localization,
- locating,
- location,
- millstone,
- obtrusiveness,
- oppression,
- overload,
- overtaxing,
- overweighting,
- packing,
- pinpointing,
- placement,
- placing,
- positioning,
- posting,
- pressure,
- presumptuousness,
- putting,
- reposition,
- saddling,
- situation,
- spotting,
- stationing,
- storage,
- stowage,
- superincumbency,
- surcharge,
- tasking,
- taxing,
- trouble,
- unwarranted demand,
- weighting
Words containing 'Loading'
- Load,
- Loaded,
- load down,
- load up,
- loaded down,
- loads,
- Live load,
- Load line,
- Loaded dice,
- Proof load,
- Running load,
- Surface loading,
- To lay on load,
- carbo loading,
- carbohydrate loading,
- cart load,
- case load,
- dead load,
- get a load,
- laden loaded,
- load factor,
- loading area,
- loading dock,
- loading zone,
- power loading,
- span loading,
- wing loading,
- work load,
- Breech-loading,
- Load water line,
- Muzzle-loading,
- load-bearing,
- load-shedding,
- self-loading,
- spring-loaded