loading : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: loading	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for loading
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
loading n weight to be borne or conveyed [syn: load, loading, burden] a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time; "the system broke down under excessive loads" Synonym(s): load, loading the ratio of the gross weight of an airplane to some factor determining its lift goods carried by a large vehicle Synonym(s): cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment the labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc.; "the loading took 2 hours" Antonym(s): unloading
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Loading \Load"ing\, n. 1. The act of putting a load on or into. 2. A load; cargo; burden. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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 Loaden is obsolete, and laden belongs to lade.] 1.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. I strive all in vain to load the cart. --Gascoigne. I have loaden me with many spoils. --Shak. Those honors deep and broad, wherewith Your majesty loads our house. --Shak.