unloaded; unloading; unloads
1
a(1)
: to take off : deliver
(2)
: to take the cargo from
unload the truck
b
: to give outlet to : pour forth
unloaded her bitter feelings
2
: to relieve of something burdensome, unwanted, or oppressive
unloaded the pack animals
unloaded himself to his friend
3
a
: to remove something from
unloading the dishwasher
b
: to draw the charge from
unloaded the gun
4
: to get rid of : dump
unloaded the stock when prices fell
Rumor has it the team manager wants to unload him.
5
: to hit or propel with a great release of power
unloaded his ninth homer
1
: to perform the act of unloading
2
: to release or deliver something especially with power
unloaded on the ball
3
: to give forth a usually sudden angry outburst
the coach unloaded on his players
unloader
noun
Examples of unload in a Sentence
It took four hours to unload the truck.
Could you help me unload the car?
After the ship docked, they unloaded its cargo.
I have to unload the groceries.
Most ships unload at another dock now.
The train made several stops to unload passengers.
Rumor has it that the manager wants to unload him. Maybe he'll be traded to another team.
She unloaded a huge amount of stock when prices fell.
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The sub-zero wind chills in the forecast have some fans trying to unload their tickets.
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Noel Brennan, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
Yolo County officials in a news release Wednesday afternoon said the two dump trucks were unloading at the facility when one of the trucks had an undisclosed accident causing its load to tip over onto the adjacent truck’s cab and its driver.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 10 Dec. 2025
That allows the robot arm to handle packages ranging from 5-in (13-cm) cubes to 24 x 30-in (61 x 76-cm) boxes, and unload as many as 1,500 of them per hour.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 9 Dec. 2025
Indigenous leaders waited on the snowy tarmac at Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Saturday as the precious cargo was unloaded from an Air Canada jet.
—Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 8 Dec. 2025
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Noel Brennan, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
Yolo County officials in a news release Wednesday afternoon said the two dump trucks were unloading at the facility when one of the trucks had an undisclosed accident causing its load to tip over onto the adjacent truck’s cab and its driver.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 10 Dec. 2025
That allows the robot arm to handle packages ranging from 5-in (13-cm) cubes to 24 x 30-in (61 x 76-cm) boxes, and unload as many as 1,500 of them per hour.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 9 Dec. 2025
Indigenous leaders waited on the snowy tarmac at Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Saturday as the precious cargo was unloaded from an Air Canada jet.
—Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 8 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unload
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“Unload.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unload. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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unload
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un·load
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