unload

CEFRB2

/ʌnˈləʊd/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

01
verb
Remove goods or people from a vehicle or container.
02
verb
Extra detail
To deposit one's load or cargo.

Examples

Can I unload the high speed film?
I will not unload the car because other workers have to do that.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 5

Also pronounced

/ʌnˈloʊd/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

To remove the load or cargo from (a vehicle, etc.).
To remove (something previously loaded) from memory.
To discharge, pour, or expel.

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In context

I won't unload the car because that's somebody else's job.
to unload bales of hay from a truck
to unload a camel

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Question 1 · Quick check

The workers began to blank the truck, carrying boxes into the warehouse.

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A loader performs the important work of storing goods in the wagons and of unloading the wagons. In each case considerable skill is required to avoid breakage, and, in the case of loading, skill goes far to conserve wagon space.
1944 March and April, T. F. Cameron, “The Working of Marshalling Yards and Goods Sheds”, in Railway Magazine, page 85
In ten minutes, the first half of the train is unloaded, while Waddicor heads back, still at less than walking pace, to collect the second half. The pace of the reach stackers is impressive.
2025 August 20, Paul Clifton, “A driver's eye view of East West Rail”, in RAIL, number 1042, page 35
Some stations have collection vehicles unload on the floor, using a front loader to push material into the hopper.
1998, Robert A Corbitt, Standard handbook of environmental engineering
When you unload a DLL, the memory and other system resources it is using will become available for use by other applications.
1993, Tony Martin, Lisa C Towell, The NewWave agent handbook
Boeing's article stressed prioritizing roll control during recovery from nose-down bank upsets unless the airplane was in a stall condition; if the airplane was stalled, Boeing recommended recovering from the stall before recovering from the upset. The article described the nose-down upset recovery technique as follows: "Reduce angle of attack. This unloads the wing, allows the airplane to accelerate, which reduces rudder deflection and improves lateral control ability. […]"
1999 March 24, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.18.10.2.3 1997 Through 1998—Information and Changes Disseminated by Boeing”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Uncontrolled Descent and Collision with Terrain, USAir Flight 427, Boeing 737-300, N513AU, Near Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, September 8, 1994, archived from the original on 04 Jun 2022, pages 205–206

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Origin

verb

From un- + load.

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verb

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The workers began to blank— the truck, carrying boxes into the warehouse.

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verb

The workers began to blank the truck, carrying boxes into the warehouse.