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English Dictionary: unload by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
unload
v
  1. leave or unload; "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel"
    Synonym(s): drop, drop off, set down, put down, unload, discharge
  2. take the load off (a container or vehicle); "unload the truck"; "offload the van"
    Synonym(s): unload, unlade, offload
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Unload \Un*load"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + load.]
      1. To take the load from; to discharge of a load or cargo; to
            disburden; as, to unload a ship; to unload a beast.
  
      2. Hence, to relieve from anything onerous.
  
      3. To discharge or remove, as a load or a burden; as, to
            unload the cargo of a vessel.
  
      4. To draw the charge from; as, to unload a gun.
  
      5. To sell in large quantities, as stock; to get rid of.
            [Brokers' Cant, U. S.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Unload \Un*load"\, v. i.
      To perform the act of unloading anything; as, let unload now.
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