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Unload   /ənlˈoʊd/   Listen
verb
Unload  v. t.  
1.
To take the load from; to discharge of a load or cargo; to disburden; as, to unload a ship; to unload a beast.
2.
Hence, to relieve from anything onerous.
3.
To discharge or remove, as a load or a burden; as, to unload the cargo of a vessel.
4.
To draw the charge from; as, to unload a gun.
5.
To sell in large quantities, as stock; to get rid of. (Brokers' Cant, U. S.)


Unload  v. i.  To perform the act of unloading anything; as, let unload now.





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"Unload" Quotes from Famous Books



... him, and the same luggage that had just been taken from the top of his cab was Put back on it, and he was directed by the porter of the hotel to take it to a house in Sowell Street. There a man-servant had helped him unload the trunks and had paid him his fare. The cabman did not remember the number of the house, but knew it was on the west side of the street and in the middle ...
— The Lost House • Richard Harding Davis
... the house, helped to unload a horse of heavy packages which he conjectured to contain plunder; but it was gunpowder that he ...
— The World's Greatest Books, Vol IV. • Editors: Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton
... the prow out of the water and leaped ashore. As they did so the unexpected figure of a man issued from the bushes, and sauntered towards the spot. Harry and Hamilton advanced to meet him, while Jacques remained to unload the canoe. The stranger was habited in the usual dress of a hunter, and carried a fowling piece over his right shoulder. In general appearance he looked like an Indian; but though the face was burned by exposure to a hue that nearly equalled ...
— The Young Fur Traders • R.M. Ballantyne
... the Quatrones," Donnelly explained, "are two Italian gangs which have come into rivalry over the fruit business. They unload the ships, you know, and they have clashed several times. You probably heard about their last mix-up—one man killed and ...
— The Net • Rex Beach
... skeet around home agin with that ice; the corpse is not yet dead. You're a little too anxious, it strikes me. You're not goin' to inter me yet, if you have got everything ready. So you can haul off and unload." ...
— Elbow-Room - A Novel Without a Plot • Charles Heber Clark (AKA Max Adeler)


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