unload, unlade, offload
(verb) remove the load from (a container or vehicle); “unload the truck”; “offload the van”
drop, drop off, set down, put down, unload, discharge
(verb) remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave; “unload the cargo”; “drop off the passengers at the hotel”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
unload (third-person singular simple present unloads, present participle unloading, simple past and past participle unloaded)
(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.
(transitive, computing) To remove (something previously loaded) from memory.
(transitive) To discharge, pour, or expel.
(transitive) To get rid of or dispose of.
(transitive) To deliver forcefully.
(transitive, slang) To ejaculate, particularly within an orifice.
(transitive) To draw the charge from.
Source: Wiktionary
Un*load", v. t. Etym: [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.
2. Hence, to relieve from anything onerous.
3. To discharge or remove, as a load or a burden; as, to unload the cargo of a vessel.
4. To draw the charge from; as, to unload a gun.
5. To sell in large quantities, as stock; to get rid of. [Brokers' Cant, U. S.]
Un*load", v. i.
Definition: To perform the act of unloading anything; as, let unload now.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
