[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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 loaden is obsolete, and laden belongs to lade.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.
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            i have loaden me with many spoils.    --shak.
      1913 webster

            those honors deep and broad, wherewith
            your majesty loads our house.         --shak.
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   2. to adulterate or drug; as, to load wine. cant
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   3. to magnetize. obs. --prior.
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   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
see also:
loaded loading loaded dice 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

loading
     adj : designed for use in loading e.g. cargo; "a loading dock"; "a
           loading chute is used to drive cattle into a truck or
           other conveyance" syn: loadinga ant: unloading
     n 1: weight to be borne or conveyed syn: load, burden
     2: a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time;
        "the system broke down under excessive loads" syn: load
     3: the ratio of the gross weight of an airplane to some factor
        determining its lift
     4: goods carried by a large vehicle syn: cargo, lading, freight,
         load, payload, shipment, consignment
     5: the labor of loading something; "the loading took 2 hours"
        ant: unloading
see also:
loadinga unloading load burden cargo lading 
freight payload shipment consignment 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

69 moby thesaurus words for "loading":
   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

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