LOAD UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does load up mean? 

• LOAD UP (verb)
  The verb LOAD UP has 1 sense:

1. fill or place a load on

  Familiarity information: LOAD UP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOAD UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fill or place a load on

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

lade; laden; load; load up

Context example:

load the truck with hay

Hypernyms (to "load up" is one way to...):

fill; fill up; make full (make full, also in a metaphorical sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "load up"):

load down; pack (load with a pack)

bomb up (load an aircraft with bombs)

overcharge; overload; surcharge (place too much a load on)

reload (place a new load on)

stack (load or cover with stacks)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s something with something

Sentence example:

They load up the cart with boxes