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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  unload 
  v  1:  leave  or  unload,  esp.  of  passengers  or  cargo;  [syn:  {drop}, 
  {set  down},  {put  down}] 
  2:  take  the  load  off  "unload  the  truck"  [ant:  {load}] 




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