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unload

verb

1 unload

Remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave:
— Unload the cargo.

synonyms: discharge, drop, drop off, put down, set down.

Roget 185: displace, misplace, displant, dislodge, disestablish; exile etc. (seclude) 893; ablegate, set aside, remove; take away, cart away; ... show more

Roget 705: be easy etc. adj.; go on smoothly, run smoothly; have full play etc. n.; go on all fours, run on all fours; obey the helm, work well.    flow with the stream, swim with the stream, ... show more

Dutch: lossen, ontladen, uitladen

2 unload

Remove the load from (a container or vehicle):
— Unload the truck.

synonyms: offload, unlade.

Roget 297: give exit, give vent to; let out, give out, pour out, squeeze out, send out; dispatch, despatch; exhale, excern, excrete; embogue; secrete, ... show more

Dutch: lossen, toevertrouwen, uitladen


Moby thesaurus: alleviate, be light, break bulk, clear the trade, close out, convert, convert into cash, cut under, debark, disburden, discharge, disembark, disembarrass, disencumber, dump, ease, effect a sale, empty, have little weight, jettison ... show more.

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