What does "unload" mean?

Unload: Hence, to relieve from anything onerous.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To discharge or remove, as a load or a burden; as, to unload the cargo of a vessel.
  2. 3.To draw the charge from; as, to unload a gun.
  3. 4.To sell in large quantities, as stock; to get rid of. [Brokers' Cant, U. S.]
  4. 5.To perform the act of unloading anything; as, let unload now.

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