Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

load up

verb

Forms loads up loading up loaded up

verb (transitive) To fill (a vehicle, vessel, room, etc.) with a load of cargo or similar. “We loaded up the wagon with supplies.”
verb (transitive) To load (things) as cargo or similar. “Q: What should we do with these other boxes? A: Load 'em up, same as the others.”
verb (intransitive) To receive a load of cargo or similar. “The wagon halted for an hour to load up with supplies.”
verb (idiomatic, ambitransitive) To fully load (a weapon).
verb (computing, ambitransitive) To load (software) fully into memory.
verb (intransitive, slang) To intoxicate oneself with alcohol or drugs; to get drunk or get high.

Synonyms

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “load up”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details