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Related topics:1 [intransitive and transitive] also load up to put a large quantity of something into a vehicle or container [≠ unload]: 
Have you finished loading up?It took an hour to load the van. Will you help me load the dishwasher?
Have you finished loading up?It took an hour to load the van.Will you help me load the dishwasher? load something into/onto something Emma loaded all the groceries into the car. He loaded the cups onto a tray.
Emma loaded all the groceries into the car.He loaded the cups onto a tray.2 [transitive] to put a necessary part into something in order to make it work, for example bullets into a gun or film into a camera
load something with something Did you load it with 200 or 400 film?
Did you load it with 200 or 400 film?3TD [intransitive and transitive]TD to put a program into a computer, or to be put into a computer : The program takes a while to load. To load the file, press the 'return' key.
The program takes a while to load.To load the file, press the 'return' key.4 [intransitive] also load up if a ship, aircraft etc loads, goods are put onto it : The first ship to load at the new port was the 'Secil Angola'.
The first ship to load at the new port was the 'Secil Angola'.load somebody/something ↔ down
phrasal verb1 [usually passive] to give someone more work or problems than they can deal with [= weigh down]
2 to make someone carry too many things [= weigh down]
load up on something
phrasal verbPeople were loading up on bottled water.