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Definition of load : 1. A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load.
2. A particular measure for certain articles, being as much as may be carried at one time by the conveyance commonly used for the article measured; as, a load of wood; a load of hay; specifically, five quarters.
3. That which burdens, oppresses, or grieves the mind or spirits; as, a load of care.
4. The charge of a firearm; as, a load of powder.
5. The quantity which can be carried or drawn in some specified way; the contents of a cart, barrow, or vessel; that which will constitute a cargo; lading.
6. The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working.
7. To adulterate or drug; as, to load wine.
8. 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.
9. To magnetize.
10. Weight or violence of blows.

Synonyms:

reams, accuse, commit, appoint, pack, shipload, preventative, alloy, adulterate, rouse, bear down, extend, capacity, corrupt, bucket, ton, level, part, boil, subvert, buck, capture, institutionalise, commove, spate, author, stow, interference, discharge, debase, much, attend, million, bugbear, embed, essence, clip, agitate, good deal, lade, canker, barrel, delegation, ladle, weight, gob, pervert, bag, projectile, block, demons, vitiate, impedimenta, bogie, passel, institutionalize, appointment, concern, commitment, blanket, mess, bill of entry, point, light, wealth, delivery, amount, quantity, dozen, duty, back up, debauch, scad, bed, hear, demoralise, tear, gobs, heavy, air, unfold, dispatch, bogey, stretch, hundred, truckload, let off, freight rate, aim, dry-clean, lightweight, hinderance, preventive, fistful, core, cancer, blame, nett, cock, pot, onus, stretch out, trillion, fight, cover, file, explosion, counterweight, impost, lashings, gist, myriad, lodge, clog, elongate, cram, consignment, sight, load up, dhobi, despatch, take a look at, shoot down, encumbrance, career, multiplicity, carrier, obligation, ream, incumbrance, pressure, cut, deal, dilute, shot, hang up, bury, carload, hitch, slew, potful, division of labor, business, listen, laden, turn on, chunk, buoyancy, over, shell, plateful, bugaboo, carriage, sheaf, peck, open up, bill of lading, oodles, committal, come out, dock, shoot, haul, hindrance, thin, bill, ammunition, fire, plenitude, send, drip-dry, call, burn, pile, dense, thin out, charge up, background, anxiety, mountain, bottle, consign, come off, basketful, boatload, lode, scads, net, demoralize, dry cleaner's, deprave, collaboration, archive, call up, lightness, calling, store, bundle, hang out, stretch along, reduce, profane, round, burn in, density, plenty, lot, incubus, browse, plentitude, measurement, saddle, dead weight, zillion, loading, center, entomb, freightage, volume, big, fire off, box, warhead, bale, access, bushel, look, misdirect, wad, parcel, bunch, stack, abundance, mass, loads, excite, yard, crate, heap, charge, profusion, jillion, trust, raft, effect, powder, draft

payload, freight, shipment, stowage, contents, lading, cargo, burden

Usage examples:

• He's simply gone to load, and then he'll be here." - "The Song of Songs", Hermann Sudermann.
• He can do as much work as three other men; and you should see him load a sledd, sir. - "Lorna Doone, A Romance of Exmoor", R. D. Blackmore.
• But I felt sort o' uneasy while I was a ridin' on it, same as you feel when you are goin' up- hill with a heavy load and a little horse. - "Sweet Cicely Or Josiah Allen as a Politician", Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley).