load up

present singular third person loads up · participle present loading up · participle past loaded up · past loaded up

1. transitiveTo fill (a vehicle, vessel, room, etc.) with a load of cargo or similar.

   We loaded up the wagon with supplies.

2. transitiveTo load (things) as cargo or similar.

   Q: What should we do with these other boxes? A: Load 'em up, same as the others.

   Antonyms: offload

3. intransitiveTo receive a load of cargo or similar.

   The wagon halted for an hour to load up with supplies.

   1 more example

   Let's stop at the off-licence and load up on booze and snacks.

4. ambitransitiveidiomaticTo fully load (a weapon).
5. ambitransitivecomputingTo load (software) fully into memory.

   The game loaded up and he instantly grabbed the game controller.

   2014, Nathan K. Battles, The Transcendent, page 29

6. intransitiveslangTo intoxicate oneself with alcohol or drugs; to get drunk or get high.

   John Bender (Judd Nelson): You load up, you party… Brian Johnson (Anthony Michael Hall): No, we get dressed up, but we don't— we don't get high.

   1985, John Hughes, directed by John Hughes, The Breakfast Club