unload
IPA: ʌnɫˈoʊd
verb
- (transitive) To remove the load or cargo from (a vehicle, etc.).
- (transitive) To remove (the load or cargo) from a vehicle, etc.
- (intransitive) To deposit one's load or cargo.
- (transitive, intransitive, figuratively) To give vent to or express; to unburden oneself of.
- (transitive, computing) To remove (something previously loaded) from memory.
- (transitive) To discharge, pour, or expel.
- (transitive) To get rid of or dispose of.
- (transitive, aviation) To reduce the vertical load factor on (an airplane's wing or other lifting surface), typically by pitching downwards toward the ground to decrease angle of attack and reduce the amount of lift generated.
- (transitive) To deliver forcefully.
- (transitive, slang) To ejaculate, particularly within an orifice.
- (transitive) To remove the charge from.
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Examples of "unload" in Sentences
- It took the crew a week to unload the vehicle.
- Water district wants to unload unneeded tracts.
- The dock was then used to unload the remainder of the LSTs.
- This alerted the farm workers to unload the incoming goods.
- The carrier assembly is unloaded by reversing the foregoing steps.
- Never trust the soothsayer with a caravan of books to unload on you.
- Due to negligence, the stevedores damaged the drill while unloading it.
- Unloading is the release of pressure due to the removal of an overburden.
- Gross and Sepczynski are the stevedores helping Sobotka to unload the ship.
- By nightfall, the cargo had been safely unloaded, and the force left the area.
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