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- [uhn-lohd]
- /ʌnˈloʊd/
- /ˌʌnˈləʊd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [uhn-lohd]
- /ʌnˈloʊd/
Definitions of unload word
- verb with object unload to take the load from; remove the cargo or freight from: to unload a truck; to unload a cart. 1
- verb with object unload to remove or discharge (a load, group of people, etc.): to unload passengers. 1
- verb with object unload to remove the charge from (a firearm). 1
- verb with object unload to relieve of anything burdensome, oppressive, etc.: He unloaded his responsibilities. 1
- verb with object unload to get rid of (goods, shares of stock, etc.) by sale in large quantities. 1
- verb without object unload to unload something. 1
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Origin of unload
First appearance:
before 1515 One of the 27% oldest English words
First recorded in 1515-25; un-2 + load
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Parts of speech for Unload
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
unload popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
unload usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for unload
verb unload
- adios — goodbye; farewell
- auctioned — Also called public sale. a publicly held sale at which property or goods are sold to the highest bidder.
- bankrupted — Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
- blurt out — If someone blurts something out, they blurt it.
- boot out — If someone boots you out of a job, organization, or place, you are forced to leave it.
adj unload
- dumper — to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
- get off one's chest — Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
Antonyms for unload
verb unload
- load — anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- lumber — timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
- wadded — a small mass, lump, or ball of anything: a wad of paper; a wad of tobacco.
- wadding — a small mass, lump, or ball of anything: a wad of paper; a wad of tobacco.
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