"unload" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ʌnˈləʊd/ [UK], /ʌnˈloʊd/ [US] Audio: en-au-unload.ogg [Australia] Forms: unload [canonical], unloads [third-person, singular], unloaded [past], unloaded [past, participle], unloading [present, participle]
Etymology: un- + load Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|un|load}} un- + load Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you unload something, you remove the cargo from a vehicle.
    Sense id: simple-unload-en-verb-9Vk-AGSO
  2. If a vehicle is being unloaded, its cargo is being removed.
    Sense id: simple-unload-en-verb--0-l2X43 Categories (other): Verbs
  3. If you unload your anger, you vent or express it.
    Sense id: simple-unload-en-verb-HO6YS67A
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with un-
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