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UNLOAD

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove the load from (a container or vehicle)

Example:

offload the van

Synonyms:

offload; unlade; unload

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "unload" is one way to...):

empty (remove)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

unloading (the labor of taking a load of something off of or out of a vehicle or ship or container etc.)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave

Example:

drop off the passengers at the hotel

Synonyms:

discharge; drop; drop off; put down; set down; unload

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "unload" is one way to...):

deliver (bring to a destination, make a delivery)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "unload"):

wharf (discharge at a wharf)

air-drop (drop (an object) from the air; unload from a plane or helicopter)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

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