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The Meaning of unload

  • (v. t.) To take the load from; to discharge of a load or cargo; to disburden; as, to unload a ship; to unload a beast.
  • (v. t.) Hence, to relieve from anything onerous.
  • (v. t.) To discharge or remove, as a load or a burden; as, to unload the cargo of a vessel.
  • (v. t.) To draw the charge from; as, to unload a gun.
  • (v. t.) To sell in large quantities, as stock; to get rid of.
  • (v. i.) To perform the act of unloading anything; as, let unload now.

Synonyms

fall back , drowse off , eject , strike down , fall behind , empty , put down , exonerate , send away , drop down , deteriorate , cast , enter , offload , miss , drop away , spend , omit , throw away , nod off , exculpate , doze off , dangle , destroy , land , muster out , fire , throw off , get down , expend , overleap , unlade , lay , fall asleep , flatten , exhaust , cut down , dribble , place down , overlook , knock off , devolve , dispatch , leave out , demean , repose , go off , shed , complete , sink , shake off , bring down , pretermit , write down , acquit , free , disgrace , drop off , neglect , recede , fell , cast off , disembark , drift off , degenerate , throw , lose , set down , release , dope off , dismiss , expel , assoil , degrade , drop , flake out , discharge , debark , fall away , record , clear , send packing , drip , swing , slip , take down , deliver

Rhymes

abode , anode , bestowed , bestrode , blowed , boatload , bode , bowed , brode , busload , carload , caseload , cathode , coad , code , coed , commode , corrode , crossroad , crowed , decode , diode , elbowed , encode , episode , erode , explode , flowed , forebode , goad , goedde , goede , grode , implode , inroad , kanode , knode , knowed , load , lode , m-code , methode , microcode , moad , mode , mowed , nematode , node , ode , out-mode , outmode , overflowed , overload , overrode , owed , payload , railroad , reload , rhoad , rhode , road , rode , roed , rohde , shipload , shoad , showed , shrode , slowed , snowed , sowed , spode , stowed , strode , thode , toad , towed , truckload , unbowed , workload