offload
IPA: ˈɔfɫoʊd
noun
- The act of offloading something, or diverting it elsewhere.
- (rugby) The act of passing the ball to a team mate when tackled.
verb
- (transitive) to unload.
- (transitive) to get rid of things, work, or problems by passing them on to someone or something else.
- (transitive, rugby) to pass the ball.
- (transitive, aviation, travel) to deny a person on a standby list due to lack of space.
- (transitive, aviation, travel) to change a passengers' ticket status from "checked in" to "open", allowing further changes. (This applies regardless of whether the passenger has boarded the aircraft or not).
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Examples of "offload" in Sentences
- I suggest we offload that stuff immediately.
- I'll try to streamline the offload section tomorrow.
- There was a good reason to offload this information away.
- However, you'd probably have to offload these a few at a time.
- Airlift also involves airdrop and combat offloading operations.
- Phil then retires to his stateroom before the offload is complete.
- Sub threading offloads the main board, but emasculates the thread.
- The Legal terms subcategory cat was intended to help offload this.
- The platform is used for the boarding and offloading of small boats.
- In the event the Greenhalghs did not manage to offload most of their works.
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