1. Something that is lifted and carried: "Thaddeus was carrying a heavy load of legal papers in his briefcase."
2. Something that causes worry or sadness: "Mary's death is a heavy load for her sister to bear."

To cause a program, file, etc. to start functioning or to be displayed on the computer's monitor: "This new program takes less time to load now than it did before."

An amount of a mineral; such as, gold or silver, that fills a crack or space in rock which is often used in a figurative sense: "In Susan's books, she appeared to mine the seemingly endless lode of her personal life."

"The library's collection of old newspapers has proven to be a mother lode of information about the town's early history."

The characteristic sound uttered by cattle; a moo: "It was easy to hear the cattle as they lowed in the pasture."