Advertisement
Advertisement
unload
[ uhn-lohd ]
verb (used with object)
- to take the load from; remove the cargo or freight from:
to unload a truck; to unload a cart.
- to remove or discharge (a load, group of people, etc.):
to unload passengers.
- to remove the charge from (a firearm).
- to relieve of anything burdensome, oppressive, etc.:
He unloaded his responsibilities.
- to get rid of (goods, shares of stock, etc.) by sale in large quantities.
verb (used without object)
- to unload something.
- Informal. to relieve one's stress by talking, confessing, or the like.
unload
/ ʌˈəʊ /
verb
- to remove a load or cargo from (a ship, lorry, etc)
- to discharge (cargo, freight, etc)
- tr to relieve of a burden or troubles
- tr to give vent to (anxiety, troubles, etc)
- tr to get rid of or dispose of (esp surplus goods)
- tr to remove the charge of ammunition from (a firearm)
Derived Forms
- ܲˈDz, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲ·Dzİ noun
- -ܲ·DziԲ adjective
Example Sentences
Queues of cars were waiting to offload their rubbish, and the mosque had enrolled the services of teenagers on their Easter break to help with the unloading.
Coking coal and iron ore from the US will be unloaded at Immingham docks and transported to the Scunthorpe site after a scramble for supplies.
The biggest swing came when Mitchell unloaded his bench, which saw replacement prop Sarah Bern score twice and Kelsey Clifford grab her first international try.
We find the family, joined by Tom's father Mark, unloading Save Scunthorpe Steel placards from a car parked near Central Park.
We passed by a checkpoint manned by the National Guard and the LAPD, then had to stop for 20 minutes on a narrow hillside road as a backhoe was unloaded from a flatbed truck.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse