Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense unloads, present participle unloading, past tense, past participle unloaded
1. verb
If you unload goods from a vehicle, or you unload a vehicle, you remove the goods from the vehicle, usually after they have been transported from one place to another.
Unload everything from the boat and clean it thoroughly. [VERB noun + from]
They were reported to be unloading trucks filled with looted furniture. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: empty, clear, unpack, dump More Synonyms of unload
2. verb
If someone unloads investments, they get rid of them or sell them.
[business]
Since March, he has unloaded 1.3 million shares. [VERB noun]
More Synonyms of unload
unload in British English
(ʌnˈləʊd)
verb
1.
to remove a load or cargo from (a ship, lorry, etc)
2.
to discharge (cargo, freight, etc)
3. (transitive)
to relieve of a burden or troubles
4. (transitive)
to give vent to (anxiety, troubles, etc)
5. (transitive)
to get rid of or dispose of (esp surplus goods)
6. (transitive)
to remove the charge of ammunition from (a firearm)
Derived forms
unloader (unˈloader)
noun
unload in American English
(ʌnˈloʊd)
verb transitive
1.
a.
to remove or take off (a load, cargo, etc.)
b.
to take a load, cargo, etc. from
2.
a.
to give vent to (one's grief, troubles, etc.); express or tell freely
b.
to relieve of something that troubles, burdens, etc.
3.
to remove the charge from (a gun)
4.
to get rid of
unloading surplus goods
verb intransitive
5.
to unload something
unload in Finance
(ʌnloʊd)
Word forms: (present) unloads, (past) unloaded, (perfect) unloaded, (progressive) unloading
verb
(Finance: Investment)
If you unload investments, you sell them.
Since March, he has unloaded 1.3 million shares and bought 1.1 million.
In the two years that followed the NASDAQ fall, venture capitalists unloaded many of their investments at a loss.
If you unload investments, you sell them.
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Examples of 'unload' in a sentence
unload
HAVE you already put on a wash, unloaded the dishwasher, done the rubbish and peeled the potatoes for lunch?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
His comrades were battling to make the docks safe so aid ships can unload.
The Sun (2010)
Dozens of ships might need unloading at any one time.
Philip Marsden The Barefoot Emperor: An Ethiopian Tragedy (2007)
The goods would have to be loaded and unloaded only once.
Garraty, John Arthur The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995)
Taken from the similarity with a ship coming in to load or unload.
Samways, B. & Byrne-Jones, T. Computers Basic Facts (1983)
In the early morning people are loading and unloading their trucks.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It would usually be about unloading the dishwasher.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Their range could carry massive shells well past the supply ships unloading more than ten miles out to sea.
Alan Whicker Whicker's War
The airlines' responsibility is to load and unload the bags from planes.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Now I empty the garbage and unload the dishwasher.
The Sun (2015)
Off shore are the remains of the Mulberry harbour built by the Allies to unload troop ships.
The Sun (2012)
Plus, quite frankly, a home without a man doing the loading and unloading of the dishwasher is no home at all.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Staff were stunned by the discovery, which came at 7.30am after a refuse collection lorry unloaded the waste into a sorting shed.
The Sun (2008)
My ships have now unloaded five thousand tons of kit for five and a half thousand troops -- that's nearly a ton each!
Admiral Sandy Woodward, With Patrick Robinson ONE HUNDRED DAYS (2003)
The maximum speed will be only 60mph, but journey times should be cut thanks to faster acceleration and more doors to load and unload passengers.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In other languages
unload
British English: unload /ʌnˈləʊd/ VERB
If you unload goods from a vehicle, you remove the goods from the vehicle.