loading

Plural: loadings

Noun

• A burden or weight; the action of placing a load.
• weight to be borne or conveyed
• a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
• the ratio of the gross weight of an airplane to some factor determining its lift
• goods carried by a large vehicle
• the labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc.
  • "the loading took 2 hours"
• The process by which something is loaded.
• A load, especially in the engineering and electrical engineering senses of force exerted, or electrical current or power supplied.
• An hourly pay rate given to a casual employee which is higher than the equivalent full-time or part-time employee's rate, usually paid to compensate for a lack of benefits such as sick leave or annual leave.
• A weighting or bias.

Verb

• fill or place a load on
• provide (a device) with something necessary
• transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory
• put (something) on a structure or conveyance
• corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
• present participle and gerund of load

Examples

• I need to recheck the loadings on the external walls.
• The loading of hazardous cargoes is not permitted.
• The loading of his Words With Friends rack felt heavy with undesirable letters.
• The loading on the generators peaks during the early evening.

Synonyms

adulterate, burden, cargo, charge, consignment, debase, dilute, freight, lade, laden, lading, load, load up, payload, shipment, stretch

Antonyms

unloading