Meaning

6 senses
  1. (transitive)To fill (a vehicle, vessel, room, etc.) with a load of cargo or similar.

    We loaded up the wagon with supplies.

    fill or place a load on

  2. (transitive)To load (things) as cargo or similar.

    Q: What should we do with these other boxes? A: Load 'em up, same as the others.

  3. (intransitive)To receive a load of cargo or similar.

    The wagon halted for an hour to load up with supplies.

    Let's stop at the off-licence and load up on booze and snacks.

  4. (ambitransitive, idiomatic)To fully load (a weapon).

  5. (ambitransitive)To load (software) fully into memory.

  6. (intransitive, slang)To intoxicate oneself with alcohol or drugs; to get drunk or get high.

Examples

4 sentences
  1. His truck was loaded up with goods.

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  2. Sami was loading up his equipment.

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  3. Rodrigo loaded up on ammo and left.

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  4. Dmitri loaded up his minivan.

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

loads up, loading up, loaded up, loaded up
Base formload up · to load up
3rd person singularloads up
Present participleloading up
Past simpleloaded up
Past participleloaded up

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyload up
he, she, itloads up

Past simpleLesson

all personsloaded up

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave loaded up
he, she, ithas loaded up

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill load up

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedloadout

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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