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LOAD UP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fill or place a load on

Example:

load the truck with hay

Synonyms:

lade; laden; load; load up

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

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