unload

unload
un|load [ ʌn`loud ] verb
▸ 1 from vehicle
▸ 2 take out bullet/film
▸ 3 sell unwanted goods
▸ 4 end responsibility
▸ 5 say what worries you
1. ) intransitive or transitive to take goods off a vehicle such as a truck or ship:
It was my job to unload the boxes from the van.
It could sometimes take all day to unload the boat.
Smaller trucks unload at the roadside.
a ) transitive to let people get out of or off a vehicle
2. ) transitive to take the bullets or SHELLS out of a gun
a ) to take the film out of a camera
3. ) transitive INFORMAL to get rid of something you do not want to keep, especially by selling it:
They were trying to unload 5,000 stolen packets of cigarettes.
4. ) transitive INFORMAL to get rid of someone or something that is your responsibility:
She's always unloading the kids on us.
5. ) transitive to tell someone about the things or feelings that are worrying you:
He unloaded fifty years of regret.

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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  • Unload — Un*load , v. t. [1st pref. un + load.] 1. To take the load from; to discharge of a load or cargo; to disburden; as, to unload a ship; to unload a beast. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, to relieve from anything onerous. [1913 Webster] 3. To discharge or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Unload — Un*load , v. i. To perform the act of unloading anything; as, let unload now. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • unload — [unlōd′] vt. 1. a) to remove or take off (a load, cargo, etc.) b) to take a load, cargo, etc. from 2. a) to give vent to (one s grief, troubles, etc.); express or tell freely b) to relieve of something that troubles, burdens, etc …   English World dictionary

  • unload — index alleviate, deplete, diminish, disencumber, dislodge, ease, relieve (free from burden), remove ( …   Law dictionary

  • Unload —   [dt. »entladen«], aus dem Arbeitsspeicher entfernen oder ein Speichermedium auswerfen …   Universal-Lexikon

  • unload — (v.) 1520s, in ref. to cargo, from UN (Cf. un ) (2) + LOAD (Cf. load) (v.). Figurative sense (in reference to feelings, etc.) is recorded from 1590s. Related: Unloaded; unloading …   Etymology dictionary

  • unload — [v] take off; empty break bulk, cast, clear out, disburden, discharge, discommode, disencumber, disgorge, dump, get rid of, jettison, lighten, off load, relieve, remove, rid, slough, take a load off, unburden, unlade, unpack, void; concepts… …   New thesaurus

  • unload — ► VERB 1) remove a load from. 2) remove (goods) from a vehicle, ship, etc. 3) informal get rid of. 4) remove (ammunition) from a gun or (film) from a camera. DERIVATIVES unloader noun …   English terms dictionary

  • unload — un|load [ʌnˈləud US ˈloud] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(vehicle/ship)¦ 2¦(get rid of something)¦ 3¦(feelings)¦ 4¦(camera)¦ 5¦(gun)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(VEHICLE/SHIP)¦ a) [T] to remove a load from a vehicle, ship etc unload sth from sth …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • unload — UK [ʌnˈləʊd] / US [ʌnˈloʊd] verb Word forms unload : present tense I/you/we/they unload he/she/it unloads present participle unloading past tense unloaded past participle unloaded 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to take goods off a vehicle such… …   English dictionary

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