heavy, light
He has a heavy teaching load this year.

full
The plane took off with a full load.

maximum, peak (AmE)
Maximum load, including passengers, is 800 pounds.
a peak load of about 11.5 GW

high
Many companies are burdened by high debt loads.

bear, carry, shoulder
haul
They haul loads of produce to market.

handle
The airline simply couldn't handle the passenger load.

lessen, lighten, reduce, share, spread
We're trying to spread the load by employing more staff.

drop, dump, shed (BrE)
A lorry has shed its load on the the A77 near Ballantrae.

under its, etc. load
The table creaked under its heavy load.

Load is used with these nouns as the subject:
page

Load is used with these nouns as the object:
ammunition, barge, basket, boat, bullet, camera, cannon, cargo, cart, clip, crate, disc, dishwasher, file, film, gun, luggage, module, page, pistol, program, revolver, rifle, shell, ship, shotgun, trailer, trolley, truck, trunk, van, washing machine, weapon