load

/ləʊd/ verb

Definition

VEHICLE/MACHINE [I, T] (also load up) › to put a lot of things into a vehicle or machine: Bring the car up to the door and I'll start loading up. to load the dishwasher/washing machine → Opposite unload

CAMERA/GUN [T] › to put film in a camera or bullets in a gun

(Definition of load verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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