An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
OFFLOAD
unload, unlade, offload
(verb) remove the load from (a container or vehicle); “unload the truck”; “offload the van”
offload
(verb) transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
offload (third-person singular simple present offloads, present participle offloading, simple past and past participle offloaded)
(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).
Noun
offload (plural offloads)
The act of offloading something, or diverting it elsewhere.
(rugby) The act of passing the ball to a team mate when tackled.
Source: Wiktionary
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