"load up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-load up.ogg [Australia] Forms: loads up [present, singular, third-person], loading up [participle, present], loaded up [participle, past], loaded up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} load up (third-person singular simple present loads up, present participle loading up, simple past and past participle loaded up)
  1. (transitive) To fill with a load of cargo or similar. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-load_up-en-verb-ov99NsGg
  2. (intransitive) To receive a load of cargo or similar. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-load_up-en-verb-P~J2kCo9
  3. (idiomatic, transitive, intransitive) To fully load (a weapon). Tags: idiomatic, intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-load_up-en-verb-dqm-wpFL
  4. (computing, transitive, intransitive) To load (software) fully into memory. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-load_up-en-verb-t2hfR6AW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 13 6 59 8 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 15 12 6 59 8 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 14 13 8 52 13 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  5. (intransitive, slang) To intoxicate oneself with alcohol or drugs; to get drunk or get high. Tags: intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-load_up-en-verb-bYGYVKs0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: loadout [noun]

Inflected forms

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