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unload verb. E16.
[from UN-2 + LOAD verb.]
a. verb trans. & intrans. Take off or remove (a load) from a vehicle etc.; discharge (a cargo). E16.
G. Vidal The guard on the dock helped the boatmen unload groceries. J. Grady The loudspeaker was blaring about the arrival of..Flight 409, now unloading.
b. verb trans. Discharge the cargo from (a ship or aircraft). L16.
Pilot Loading and unloading the 707 required great care.
c. verb trans. Discharge or pour (a liquid). rare. E17.
fig.
a. verb trans. Give vent to or express (feelings, problems, etc.); communicate (information etc.) to another. Also foll. by on. L16.
A. Maupin Michael unloaded his rodeo experiences on an ever-indulgent Ned.
b. verb intrans. Confide in someone, divulge information, etc. Also foll. by on. L19.
a. verb trans. & refl. Free, relieve, or divest of a load or burden; clear of or of something weighty L16.
C. Achebe Some of them used the occasion to unload themselves of other grievances.
b. verb trans. Relieve by evacuation. Chiefly Medicine. M17.
verb trans.
a. Discharge, fire (artillery etc.). E17-M18.
b. Remove the charge from (a firearm, cartridge, etc.). E18.
Steele A Pistol which he knew he had unloaded.
verb trans. Get rid of or dispose of (esp. something undesirable) freq. by sale. Also foll. by on. L19.
Time Many a landlord..has already unloaded a building, at a fat price, on his tenants. Times One nervous seller unloaded two million shares.
verb trans. Deliver (a blow or series of blows) forcefully. L20.
unloader noun a person who or thing which unloads E17.