unload
unload is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Hence, to relieve from anything onerous.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- ablegate
- aside
- away
- banishment
- cart
- depart
- disestablish
- dislocation
- dislodge
- dispel
- displace
- displacement
- displant
- draft
- eject
- ejectment
- element
- elocation
- empty
- exile
- fish
- homeless
- houseless
- its
- lade
- misplace
- misplacement
- off
- out
- place
- removal
- remove
- seclude
- set
- situation
- take
- the
- transfer
- transference
- transposition
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is unload.
- What is hence, to relieve from anything onerous called?
- What is to discharge or remove, as a load or a burden; as, to unload the cargo of a vessel called?
- What is to draw the charge from; as, to unload a gun called?
- What is to sell in large quantities, as stock; to get rid of. [Brokers' Cant, U. S.] called?
- What is to perform the act of unloading anything; as, let unload now called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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