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LOAD UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
load the truck with hay
Synonyms:
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