What does "unload" mean?
Unload: Hence, to relieve from anything onerous.
Additional senses
- 2.To discharge or remove, as a load or a burden; as, to unload the cargo of a vessel.
- 3.To draw the charge from; as, to unload a gun.
- 4.To sell in large quantities, as stock; to get rid of. [Brokers' Cant, U. S.]
- 5.To perform the act of unloading anything; as, let unload now.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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