unload
[verb]
Synonyms: empty, discharge, dump, lighten, relieve, unpack

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Antonyms: lade, load
Related Idioms: break bulk
Related Words: disencumber, dump, jettison, lighten, stevedore, debark, disembark, land

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un‧load /ʌnˈləʊd $ -ˈloʊd/ verb

1. VEHICLE/SHIP
a) [transitive] to remove a load from a vehicle, ship etc
unload something from something
The driver unloaded some boxes from the back of the truck.
b) [intransitive] if a ship unloads, the goods that it carries are removed from it

2. GET RID OF SOMETHING [transitive] informal
a) to get rid of something illegal or not very good by selling it quickly:
Investors continued to unload technology stocks on Thursday.
unload something on/onto something
Hundreds of cheap videos were unloaded on the British market.
b) to get rid of work or responsibility by giving it to someone else
unload something on/onto somebody
Don’t let him unload his problems onto you.

3. FEELINGS [intransitive and transitive] American English to express strong feelings, especially anger, to someone when you are extremely upset:
Koch unloaded his concerns over dinner one night.
unload (something) on somebody
When he got back to the office, Green unloaded on his staff.

4. CAMERA [transitive] to remove the film from a camera

5. GUN [intransitive and transitive] to remove the bullets from a gun

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