load up

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Definition

  1. Verb (transitive):

    • To fill or place a load onto a vehicle, container, or person. It means to put a significant quantity of items or a heavy burden onto something to prepare it for transport or use.
    • To supply or provide with a large or excessive amount of something.

  2. Verb (intransitive):

    • To fill or become filled with a load. Often used to describe the act of preparing a vehicle or oneself by taking on cargo, supplies, or responsibilities.
Usage and Examples

  • Transitive Verb:

    • We need to load up the van before we leave for the trip. (We need to fill the van with our belongings.)
    • He loaded up his plate at the buffet. (He put a large amount of food on his plate.)

  • Intransitive Verb:

    • The truckers loaded up at the depot. (The truckers filled their trucks with cargo at the depot.)
    • We should load up on water before hiking into the desert. (We should take a large supply of water.)
Advanced Usage
  • "to be loaded up": To be heavily burdened or filled.
    • The schedule is loaded up with meetings this week. (The schedule is filled with many meetings.)
  • "load up on": To acquire a large quantity of something, often in preparation.
    • Investors loaded up on the company's stock. (Investors bought a large amount of the stock.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Load (verb): The base form, meaning to put a load on or into.
  • Loader (noun): A person or machine that loads.
  • Loading (noun): The act of putting a load on something.
Synonyms
  • Pack: To fill a container or vehicle with items.
  • Heap: To pile or load in a large, often messy, quantity.
  • Stock up: To accumulate a supply of something.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Load down: To burden or weigh someone or something down.
    • They loaded him down with heavy packages.
  • Load into/onto: To place a load into a container or onto a surface.
    • We loaded the furniture onto the truck.
Related Idioms
  • "Load up the bases" (Baseball): To get runners on all three bases.
    • The pitcher walked two batters to load up the bases.
  • "Load up for bear": To prepare thoroughly for a major challenge or conflict, often by arming oneself.
    • The team loaded up for bear before the championship game.
Verb
  1. fill or place a load on
    • load a car
    • load the truck with hay

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