unload

== English == === Etymology === From un- +‎ load. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ʌnˈləʊd/ (General American) IPA(key): /ʌnˈloʊd/ Rhymes: -əʊd === Verb === 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.). Synonym: offload Antonym: load up (transitive) To remove (the load or cargo) from a vehicle, etc. Synonym: offload Antonym: load up Coordinate term: unpack (intransitive) To deposit one's load or cargo. (transitive, intransitive, figuratively) To give vent to or express; to unburden oneself of. to unload on someone (transitive, computing) To remove (something previously loaded) from memory. (transitive) To discharge, pour, or expel. (transitive) To get rid of or dispose of. (idiomatic, transitive) To sell or dispose of (something) with the intent to deceive; to attempt to pass off a counterfeit or inferior product as genuine. Synonyms: offload; palm off, pawn off, pass off; foist, fob off (transitive, aviation) 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. (transitive) To deliver forcefully. (transitive, slang) To ejaculate, particularly within an orifice. (transitive) To remove the charge from; to discharge. ==== Derived terms ==== unloader ==== Translations ==== === References === “unload”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. “unload”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.