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Grammar : Verb
Spell : uhn-lohd
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈloʊd



Definition of unload

Origin :
  • 1520s, in reference to cargo, from un- (2) + load (v.). Figurative sense (in reference to feelings, etc.) is recorded from 1590s. Related: Unloaded; unloading.
  • verb take off; empty
Example sentences :
  • I made them unload the drays and carry the loads to firm ground.
  • Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
  • In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • Some of them did not unload, but others dumped piles of freight by the docks.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • We'll unload in the pool rooms on the Coast, same as we did before.
  • Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
  • If it was Esther Tidditt she could unload her cargo of gossip at some other port.
  • Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • Suppose you unload them and come back along the edge of the cañon?
  • Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • Then I promise to unload my pistols as soon as we get into the carriage.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • They had to unload a good many times and were gone five hours.
  • Extract from : « A Woman who went to Alaska » by May Kellogg Sullivan
  • All three hurried down to the barn and there began to unload the boxsled.
  • Extract from : « The Rover Boys on a Hunt » by Arthur M. Winfield (Edward Stratemeyer)
  • Standing in the house-room, he could see her head as she proceeded to unload the straw.
  • Extract from : « In Kings' Byways » by Stanley J. Weyman

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