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load up en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To fill (a vehicle, vessel, room, etc.) with a load of cargo or similar.
    • We loaded up the wagon with supplies.
  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.
    • Let's stop at the off-licence and load up on booze and snacks.
    • The wagon halted for an hour to load up with supplies.
  4. (ambitransitive, idiomatic) To fully load (a weapon).
  5. (ambitransitive) To load (software) fully into memory.
    • The game loaded up and he instantly grabbed the game controller. 2014, Nathan K. Battles, The Transcendent, page 29:
  6. (intransitive, slang) To intoxicate oneself with alcohol or drugs; to get drunk or get high.
    • John Bender (Judd Nelson): You load up, you party… Brian Johnson (Anthony Michael Hall): No, we get dressed up, but we don't— we don't get high. 1985, John Hughes, directed by John Hughes, The Breakfast Club:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
loading up Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
loads up Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
loaded up Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
loaded up Tense=Past lexicographic

Antonyms

offload

Relateds

loadout

Translations (4)

pl załadować ((transitive) to fill with cargo) · eo kargi ((transitive) to fill with cargo) · lo ຍັດຍືນ ((transitive) to fill with cargo) · io kargar ((transitive) to fill with cargo)