unload Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb leave or unload
drop off; drop; put down; set down; discharge.
- unload the cargo
- drop off the passengers at the hotel
verb take the load off (a container or vehicle)
unlade; offload.
- unload the truck
- offload the van

1st pref. un- + load.

To take the load from; to discharge of a load or cargo; to disburden; as, to unload a ship; to unload a beast.
Hence, to relieve from anything onerous.
To discharge or remove, as a load or a burden; as, to unload the cargo of a vessel.
To draw the charge from; as, to unload a gun.
To sell in large quantities, as stock; to get rid of. Brokers' Cant, U. S.