Antonyms for unload

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

Synonyms for unload

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