unload

Verb

Verb Forms: unloaded, unloading, unloads

• To remove cargo or contents; to relieve of a burden.
• leave or unload
  • "unload the cargo"
• take the load off (a container or vehicle)
  • "unload the truck"
• To remove the load or cargo from (a vehicle, etc.).
• To remove (the load or cargo) from a vehicle, etc.
• To deposit one's load or cargo.
• To give vent to or express; to unburden oneself of.
• To remove (something previously loaded) from memory.
• To discharge, pour, or expel.
• To get rid of or dispose of.
• To sell or dispose of (something) with the intent to deceive; to attempt to pass off a counterfeit or inferior product as genuine.
• 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.
• To deliver forcefully.
• To ejaculate, particularly within an orifice.
• To remove the charge from; to discharge.

Examples

• He had to unload his entire rack of vowels to reset for the next turn.
• He unloaded his revolver and put the cartridges away to be reloaded later.
• He unloaded his revolver on the home invaders.
• to unload a camel
• to unload a ship
• to unload bales of hay from a truck
• to unload on someone
• to unload unprofitable stocks

Synonyms

discharge, drop, drop off, offload, put down, set down, unlade, ;, fob off, foist, palm off, pass off, pawn off

Antonyms

load up