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Unload
Pronunciation : Un*load"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [1st pref. un- + load.]
Definition : 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.]
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Un*load"
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To perform the act of unloading anything; as, let unload now.
i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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