Definitions for unload
ʌnˈloʊdun·load

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. drop, drop off, set down, put down, unload, dischargeverb

   leave or unload

   "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel"

2. unload, unlade, offloadverb

   take the load off (a container or vehicle)

   "unload the truck"; "offload the van"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. unloadverb

   To remove the load or cargo from (a vehicle, etc.).

2. unloadverb

   To deposit one's load or cargo.

3. unloadverb

   To give vent to or express.

4. unloadverb

   To remove (something previously loaded) from memory.

5. unloadverb

   To discharge or pour a liquid.

6. unloadverb

   To get rid of or dispose of.

7. unloadverb

   To deliver forcefully.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. To Unloadverb

   1. To disburden; to exonerate.

   Like an ass, whose back with ingots bows,
   Thou bear’st thy heavy riches but a journey,
   And death unloadeth thee. William Shakespeare, Meas. for Measure.

   Vain man forbear, of cares unload thy mind;
   Forget thy hopes, and give thy fears to wind. Thomas Creech.

   Some to unload the fertile branches run. Alexander Pope.

   2. To put off any thing burdensome.

   To you duke Humphry must unload his grief. William Shakespeare.

   Nor can my tongue unload my heart’s great burthen. William Shakespeare.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Unloadverb

   to take the load from; to discharge of a load or cargo; to disburden; as, to unload a ship; to unload a beast

2. Unloadverb

   hence, to relieve from anything onerous

3. Unloadverb

   to discharge or remove, as a load or a burden; as, to unload the cargo of a vessel

4. Unloadverb

   to draw the charge from; as, to unload a gun

5. Unloadverb

   to sell in large quantities, as stock; to get rid of

6. Unloadverb

   to perform the act of unloading anything; as, let unload now

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Unload

   un-lōd′, v.t. to take the load from: to discharge: to disburden: (U.S. slang) to sell in great quantity, as risky stock, &c.—v.i. to discharge freight.—ns. Unload′er; Unload′ing.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. unload

   To take the powder and ball out of a piece of ordnance or a musket.

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How to say unload in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of unload in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of unload in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of unload in a Sentence

1. Tim Holan:

   Whether it was a field in Iowa or a parking lot in Chattanooga, Tennessee, we had to find a spot to unload all the animals from the train, the train operators would often know in advance where we were going, and they would bring their families to get a glimpse of the show.

2. Jaime Magbanua:

   Some of the NFA's imported stocks are more than six months old so there's also a need for them to immediately unload and then replenish.

3. Aung Htet Myat:

   I carry baskets with stones the whole day, if there is no gravel boat to unload, I help bus drivers as an assistant.

4. Sean Murphy:

   We breached the upper end of the trading range. People are looking to unload some longs.

5. Jimmie Johnson:

   When you're struggling, you almost have a shotgun approach, and you're trying to hit a wide pattern and see what brings speed, when you unload off the truck and you're fast, you get much more into like a rifle scenario and you're very precise with the changes you make, and there's a lot of speed in the details.

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