unload
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
English un-
English load
English unload
From un- + load.
Inflected forms:
form: unloads
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: unloading
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: unloaded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: unloaded
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To remove the load or cargo from (a vehicle, etc.).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to unload a ship
to unload a camel
A loader performs the important work of storing goods in the wagons and of unloading the wagons. In each case considerable skill is required to avoid breakage, and, in the case of loading, skill goes far to conserve wagon space.
In ten minutes, the first half of the train is unloaded, while Waddicor heads back, still at less than walking pace, to collect the second half. The pace of the reach stackers is impressive.
gloss: To remove (the load or cargo) from a vehicle, etc.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to unload bales of hay from a truck
gloss: To deposit one's load or cargo.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Some stations have collection vehicles unload on the floor, using a front loader to push material into the hopper.
gloss: To give vent to or express; to unburden oneself of.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
intransitive
transitive
examples: to unload on someone
[…] who bowled with such fury that he needed beer to give him something to sweat out, and who unloaded his emotions in words as hard as his bowling.
Mr. Trump, who has a mounting list of legal troubles, clearly sees Mr. DeSantis as a political threat and has unloaded on him for months, mocking him as “Ron DeSanctimonious” and slamming his stewardship of Florida.
gloss: To remove (something previously loaded) from memory.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: When you unload a DLL, the memory and other system resources it is using will become available for use by other applications.
gloss: To discharge, pour, or expel.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To get rid of or dispose of.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To sell or dispose of (something) with the intent to deceive; to attempt to pass off a counterfeit or inferior product as genuine.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
idiomatic
examples: Practically everything I possess was left to me by an American cousin, on the condition that I took the name of Carrados. He made his fortune by an ingenious conspiracy of doctoring the crop reports and unloading favourably in consequence.
gloss: 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.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Boeing's article stressed prioritizing roll control during recovery from nose-down bank upsets unless the airplane was in a stall condition; if the airplane was stalled, Boeing recommended recovering from the stall before recovering from the upset. The article described the nose-down upset recovery technique as follows: "Reduce angle of attack. This unloads the wing, allows the airplane to accelerate, which reduces rudder deflection and improves lateral control ability. […]"
gloss: To deliver forcefully.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To ejaculate, particularly within an orifice.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
gloss: To remove the charge from; to discharge.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He unloaded his revolver and put the cartridges away to be reloaded later.
He unloaded his revolver on the home invaders.
Derived words: unloader
Translations:
lang: Danish
word: aflæsse
lang: Danish
word: losse
lang: Danish
word: afsætte
lang: Danish
word: sætte af
lang: Dutch
word: lossen
lang: Dutch
word: uitladen
lang: Esperanto
word: elŝarĝi
lang: Galician
word: descargar
lang: Marshallese
word: eakto
lang: Romanian
word: descărca
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: dì-luchdaich