unladev.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈleɪd/, U.S. /ˌənˈleɪd/ 1.
a. transitive. To take a load or remove a burden from (an animal, vehicle, etc.); to relieve of something carried, contained, or conveyed. Also in extended use.
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society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)] > unload
uncharge13..
unladea1398
unload?1523
strike1797
offload1850
download1962
the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > get or be rid of > rid of something
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unladea1398
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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xxix. 1173 Þey leggeþ..þe stikkes and woode bytwene his legges and þies and draweþ him home..and vnladeþ and dischargeþ hym þanne.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) iii. 103 Thenne they vnladed theyr somers & theyr cartes.
a1525 ( Coventry Leet Bk. (1908) II. 557 To drive his Cart laden with Otes into þe Croschepyng & there to vnlade the seid Cart.
1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 126 I hold him not for a good beast, that when they lade him will stand stocke still, and when they vnlade him will yark out behinde.
1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis vi. 112 How dare you then Latona, Caeus birth Before me place? to whom the ample Earth Deny'd a little spot t'vnlade her wombe?
a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Spanish Curat ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. E4/2 I have the money ready, and I am weary... Pray ye Sir, unlade me.
1683 I. Walton Chalkhill's Thealma & Clearchus 127 Cattel gan to low Homewards t'unlade their milky bags.
1695 W. Congreve Mourning Muse Alexis 6 Thither, let all th' industrious Bees repair, Unlade their Thighs, and leave their Hony there.
1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. 116 The Drivers unladed their Mules under a great Portal.
1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality III. xvi. 124 Some arose, and unladed two asses of the creels..they carried.
1849 J. G. Bruff Jrnl. 30 May in Gold Rush (1944) I. i. 14 Spent most of the forenoon in getting through..large and very wet prairie: having to unlade and double-team several wagons.
1894 Contemp. Rev. Nov. 687 Eight times in one march had the mules to be unladen, and guns, ammunition, and baggage carried across cliffs by the men.
1917 Illustr. London News 20 Jan. 75 (caption) Unlading an artillery reserve-shell wagon just behind the gun-positions.
1997 N.Y. Times 16 Nov. (Bk. Review) 77/1 Pack-horses and oxcarts traveling over one such road had first to be unladen.
b. transitive. spec. To empty (a ship) of cargo or freight. Also in figurative context.
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1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxiv. 525 As they vnladed the ship.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 212 The port..is..commodious to defraight or vnlade shyppes.
1586 G. Pettie & B. Yong tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (rev. ed.) iv. f. 194v If you thinke..your stomacke will not serue you to vnlade all the ship, let me helpe you.
1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 36 He must cut out large docks and creeks into his text to unlade the foolish frigate of his unseasonable autorities.
1693 London Gaz. No. 2838/2 They are now Unlading her, but the Goods are very much Damnified.
1726 N. Uring Hist. Voy. & Trav. 124 I made all the Dispatch possible to unlade the Ship and reload her.
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall (1787) II. xxiv. 443 Fourscore vessels were gradually unladen.
1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 45 He..help'd At lading and unlading the tall barks.
1871 C. Kingsley At Last I. ii. 60 Along the beach a market.., with canoes drawn up to be unladen.
1945 Irish Times 10 Jan. 3/4 The strike has been given official status, and has spread to the port workers; ships have ceased to be unladen.
2006 Brownsville (Texas) Herald 26 Feb. e2/1 It is a stevedoring terminal with whom steamship companies contract to unlade the ships.
2.
a. transitive. To remove (a load) from something; to take (something carried, contained, or conveyed) out or off; spec. to empty a ship of (cargo, freight, passengers, etc.).
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society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > transport by water [verb (transitive)] > put off or discharge (from) a ship
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inshore1577
unfreight1580
disembark1582
to bring aboarda1600
unload1599
dislade1609
shore?1615
unliver1637
debark1655
to take offa1688
c1436 Domesday Ipswich (BL Add. 25011) in T. Twiss Black Bk. Admiralty (1873) II. 157 The good and the merchaundise that comyn to the same toun by watyr for to sellyn, that from the tyme that they ben unladyn and leyd on the drey lond..tho same goodys be not remuyed with oute leve of the ballives.
1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Henry VIII c. 9 §4 in Statutes of Realm (1963) III. 907 That no persone..doo caste or unlade out of any..Ship..Balaste rubbishe gravell or any other wracke.
1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 167/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II Assoone as the ordinance was vnladen and planted, they began forthwith to batter the fort with three canons, a culuering, and a demie culuering.
1612 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Marquis of Ormonde &c. (1885) 467 in Parl. Papers 1884–5 (C. 4576-I) XLII. 1 Goodes to be discharged, unladen, or brought in.
1654 W. Prynne True Time Lordsday-Sabbath 8 His timely shutting up of the gates therfore to prevent this breach of the Sabbath by unlading burdens.
1661 J. Godolphin Συνηγορος Θαλασσιος Introd. sig. [b3 v] A Lighter, or Skiff, or the Ships Boat into which part of the Cargo is unladen for the lightning of the Ship.
1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 246 They would not suffer them..to unlade their Goods upon any Terms whatever.
1757 M. Postlethwayt Britain's Commerc. Interest II. 70 If it is absolutely necessary to resit of careen the ships..,to unlade their effects, provisions, and merchandises, the captains thereof shall be obliged to ask permission.
a1864 N. Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. (1868) I. 164 Huge trunks and bandboxes [were] unladed and laded.
1883 Daily News 6 June 5/2 When the cab reaches its goal the cab-tout makes himself busy in unlading the luggage.
1940 Illustr. London News 24 Aug. 240/3 The Navy..could not prevent..a large proportion of our shipping from being blasted to destruction before it could unlade its cargoes.
2012 Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) (Nexis) 8 Aug. Shanties were sung when weighing anchor..or lading or unlading cargo.
b. intransitive. Of a vessel or vehicle: to set down goods, passengers, etc.; esp. (of a ship) to discharge cargo or freight. Also transitive (reflexive) in the same sense. Now rare.
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society > travel > transport > [verb (intransitive)] > unload
dischargec1405
unload1587
offload1850
unlade1862
a1456 ( J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 697 Besyde an ylande, he saughe a shippe vnlade Which hade sayled ful fer towarde þe West.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 567 The ships..were forced to vnlade at Douer.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. i. v. 61 The ships must vnlade in the roade , before they can enter this Hauen.
1666 London Gaz. No. 69/2 A large Swede..is likewise arrived with Deales, and is to unlade in this Harbor.
1774 E. Jacob Hist. Faversham 15 Where the great Vessels used to unlade.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 24 Large ships may..lade and unlade close to the ware houses.
1816 W. Cranch Rep. Supreme Court U.S. 8 78 When a place is named as the terminus of the voyage, it means the usual place to which ships come to unlade.
1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss I. i. xii. 215 Where the black ships unlade themselves of their burthens.
1862 E. M. Goulburn Thoughts Personal Relig. (1873) iii. viii. 226 While caravans were unlading or making up their complement of passengers.
1864 S. B. Warner Old Helmet II. xvii. 283 At Tonga she was detained a week and more; unlading and taking in stores.
1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. x. xlv. 405 The wharfs where the barges..were accustomed to unlade.
1940 E. Pound Cantos LII–LXXI lx. 91 I think we shd/ stop this danger at source or at least make 'em disarm before coming into our harbours or have 'em come in one at a time or unlade in a fortress.
c. intransitive. To remove goods, etc., from a vessel or vehicle; to unload cargo or freight. Also transitive (reflexive) in the same sense.
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society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > be transported by water [verb (intransitive)] > unload
dischargea1535
unlade1547
unload1678
disburdenc1820
1547 in Acts Privy Council (1890) II. 466 If he unladed there, he might cary the vytayles a good wey after by the river.
1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 ccci. 76 The vent'rous Merchant..Shall here unlade him, and depart no more.
1726 W. Nelson Abridgment Common Law III. 327 If they had unladed at the Wharf..the Duty might have been payable.
1785 tr. M. Gianetti Elogy Captain James Cook 45 Here he unladed for the purpose of refitting.
1812 Morning Chron. 19 Nov. The Captain went on shore, but there being no possibility of unlading at that Port, he there received orders to return to Carlsham.
1868 Amer. Law Reg. 16 723 There cannot..be any common-law right to lade or unlade on the quay or shore.
1919 Treasury Decisions under Customs & Other Laws (U.S. Treasury Dept.) 36 115 General application and permit to lade and unlade.
1991 L. Norfolk Lemprière's Dict. (1992) ii. 76 The stevedores manhandled the tea-chests from the hold... The cases went on and on, they would be unlading the rest of the week.
3. figurative and in figurative contexts.† b. transitive. To remove (a metaphorical load or burden); to unburden oneself of (a care, emotion, responsibility, etc.), esp. by expressing or releasing feelings, opinions, etc., hitherto suppressed; to divulge (information). Also occasionally intransitive. Obsolete.
a. transitive. To relieve of a metaphorical load or burden; to bring relief to (a person, the heart, mind, etc.) by the removal or release of something burdensome or unwanted. Frequently reflexive with of.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > find no difficulty in [verb (transitive)] > make easy or easier > disencumber or disburden
uncharge1303
ease1393
uncumberc1440
discumber?1473
exonerate1524
unlade?1529
dispatch1530
disburden1531
unburden1538
unloaden1567
free1573
disbalass1576
unload1576
disencumber1598
dispester1600
disempester1613
relieve1671
disemburden1790
?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. vj. sig. c.ijv Lyghtly we loue them, whom we tell our counsayle vnto, and as it were vnlade vs of our thoughtes.
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 263 b To unlade you of some cholericke humours.
1593 T. W. Tears of Fancie xlii. sig. D Vnlade me of the burthen..enuious fates..Haue heapt vpon me.
1624 S. Price Two Twins Birth & Death 24 He settleth himselfe by a liuely faith the foundation of saluation..by remission of iniuries.., vnlading himselfe of ill gotten goods.
1688 Pulpit-sayings 29 When a Man unlades himself of all his Sins.
1703 N. Rowe Fair Penitent i. i Let me unlade my Breast.
1744 E. Haywood Female Spectator I. ii. 73 She..began immediately to unlade herself of the Fardle she had brought with her.
1898 T. Watts-Dunton Aylwin vii. iii Unlading the mind of the trash previously called knowledge.
1915 Little Folks 82 232/2 Presently Shasta unladed himself of his heavy heart, and told Gomposh all his grief.
1975 Times 18 Oct. 16/5 By unlading him (or her) self of wealth a settlor could avoid estate duty.
2016 C. Johnson Highwayman iii. 40 There were a few snowdrifts up high where last night's low-flying clouds must've unladed themselves.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > remove or displace [verb (transitive)] > get or be rid of > specifically a thing
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unlade1548
degorge1622
abstrude1628
wipe1655
society > communication > information > intimation or making known > intimate or make known (something) [verb (transitive)]
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areadc885
meldeOE
sayOE
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warnc1275
bekena1300
wraya1300
signifyc1325
declarec1340
to speak outc1384
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notifyc1390
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notice1447
detectc1465
render1481
minister1536
to set outa1540
summonc1540
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phrase1614
voice1629
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unlade1717
apprise1817
aira1902
1548 R. Argentine tr. M. Luther Serm. Twenteth Chapter Iohan sig. bv He with whome thou doest vnlade the secretes of thy mynde and thy cares.
1565 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. i. 237 No practise I cold vse that might vnlade my paine.
1591 E. Spenser Daphnaïda lxx There will I..the huge burden of my cares vnlade.
1599 G. Chapman Humerous Dayes Myrth sig. F4v Forth and vnlade the poyson of thy tongue.
1639 J. Shirley Maides Revenge ii. sig. D3 Ere you let fall words of welcome, Let me unlade a treasure in your eare.
1714 D. Manley Adventures of Rivella 78 He began to talk freely with Rivella by way of unlading his Grievances.
1717 C. Bullock Woman is Riddle i. i What adventure is this you are so full of? come, unlade, unlade.
1812 G. Crabbe Tales ix. 170 When all inquiries had been duly made, Came the kind Friend her burthen to unlade.
1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Aug. 153/1 He..unlades his stock of ideas in perfect order and completeness.
1886 S. Weall Babylon Bound 43 If I speak sadly, dear my friends, Unlading all the burden of this breast As to a brother, be not sorrowful.
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1555 R. Eden tr. G. F. de Oviedo y Valdés Summarie Gen. Hist. West Indies in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 284v Not very farre from thense Ocha it selfe increased with other riuers, vnladeth his streames in the famous riuer Uolga.
?1608 W. B. tr. A. Ortelius Theatrum Orbis Terrarum f. xix From thence (many huge lakes emptying themselues into it [sc. the River Po]) accompanied with thirty other riuers, it vnladeth it selfe by manie mouthes into the Hadriaticke bay or Gulfe of Venice.
1631 J. Speed Prospect most Famous Parts World i. xl. 79/1 Riuer Swale running downe East-ward, out of the West Mountaines (with a violent and swift streame) to vnlade her selfe into the Riuer Vre.
1720 Magna Britannia II. 795/1 [Lechelade] is so called from the River Lech, which runs thro' it, and unlades it self into the River Thames.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)]
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fire1508
let1553
pop1595
report1605
unlade1611
to fire off1706
to let off1714
squib1811
to set off1881
to ease off1916
poop1917
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > operate artillery [verb (intransitive)] > discharge artillery
play1591
unlade1611
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Tirebourre, a worme, or skrue; the Instrument wherewith a charged Cannon is vnladen.
1630 P. Massinger Picture sig. K2v You may safer run vpon The mouth of a cannon, when it is vnlading.
a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Richard II ccxliii, in Poems (1878) III. 197 Thus over-charg'd, & yet vnwilling to Vnlade Himselfe by the first Match that came.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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