load up

To fill a vehicle or other space with things to carry or store.

• Let's load up the van.
• They loaded the boat up with food.
• Have you loaded up the truck yet?

How to use it: load something up with something (We loaded the car up with camping equipment.)

Similar words: load, fill, pack

Opposites: unload, empty

Common phrases: load up a van, load up the truck, load something up

To put things into or onto a vehicle so they can be carried.

• Please load up these bags.
• We loaded the furniture up into the van.
• Have they loaded up all the crates?

How to use it: load something up onto/into something (They loaded the boxes up onto the trailer.)

Similar words: load, put aboard

Opposites: unload

Common phrases: load up the boxes, load up the bags, load something up

To take goods or supplies aboard before leaving.

• The trucks stopped to load up.
• Our boat loaded up with supplies before the trip.
• Where will the ship load up?

How to use it: load up with something (The ship loaded up with grain at the port.)

Similar words: take on cargo

Opposites: unload

Common phrases: load up with supplies, load up before leaving, load up at port

To put a program into a computer's memory so it is ready to use.

• Load up the game first.
• She loaded up the drawing program.
• The software takes a minute to load up.

How to use it: load something up (Load the program up before connecting the camera.)

Similar words: load, open, launch

Common phrases: load up a game, load up the program, load something up

To fill a gun or other weapon with all the ammunition it can hold.

• He loaded up his gun.
• The soldiers loaded their weapons up before leaving.
• Is the pistol fully loaded up?

How to use it: load something up with something (She loaded the rifle up with cartridges.)

Similar words: load

Opposites: unload

Common phrases: load up a rifle, load up the pistol, load something up

To drink alcohol or take drugs until they strongly affect you.

• They went to the bar to load up.
• He loaded up on cheap whisky last night.
• She had loaded up on drugs before arriving.

How to use it: load up on something (He loaded up on alcohol before the concert.)

Similar words: get drunk, get high

Opposites: sober up

Common phrases: load up on alcohol, load up on drugs, load up before partying