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;
take off,
draft off;
lade
etc.
184.
unload,
empty
etc.
(eject)
297;
transfer
etc.
270;
dispel.
vacate;
depart
etc.
293.
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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,
drift with the stream,
go with the stream,
flow with the tide,
drift with the tide;
see one's way;
have all one's own way,
have the game in one's own hands;
walk over the course,
win at a canter;
make light of,
make nothing of,
make no bones of.
be at home in,
make it look easy,
do it with one's eyes closed,
do it in one's sleep
etc.
(skillful)
698.
render easy
etc.
adj.;
facilitate,
smooth,
ease;
popularize;
lighten,
lighten the labor;
free,
clear;
disencumber,
disembarrass,
disentangle,
disengage;
deobstruct†,
unclog,
extricate,
unravel;
untie the knot,
cut the knot;
disburden,
unload,
exonerate,
emancipate,
free from,
deoppilate†;
humor
etc.
(aid)
707;
lubricate
etc.
332;
relieve
etc.
834.
leave a hole to creep out of,
leave a loophole,
leave the matter open;
give the reins to,
give full play,
give full swing;
make way for;
open the door to,
open the way,
prepare the ground,
smooth the ground,
clear the ground,
open the way,
open the path,
open the road;
pave the way,
bridge over;
permit
etc.
760.
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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,
secern†;
extravasate [Med.],
shed,
void,
evacuation;
emit;
open the sluices,
open the floodgates;
turn on the tap;
extrude,
detrude†;
effuse,
spend,
expend;
pour forth;
squirt,
spirt†,
spurt,
spill,
slop;
perspire
etc.
(exude)
295;
breathe,
blow
etc.
(wind)
349.
tap,
draw off;
bale out,
lade out;
let blood,
broach.
eject,
reject;
expel,
discard;
cut,
send to coventry,
boycott;
chasser [Fr.];
banish
etc.
(punish)
972;
bounce [U.S.];
fire [Slang],
fire out [Slang];
throw
etc.
284,
throw out,
throw up,
throw off,
throw away,
throw aside;
push
etc.
276;
throw out,
throw off,
throw away,
throw aside;
shovel out,
shovel away,
sweep out,
sweep away;
brush off,
brush away,
whisk off,
whisk away,
turn off,
turn away,
send off,
send away;
discharge;
send adrift,
turn adrift,
cast adrift;
turn out,
bundle out;
throw overboard;
give the sack to;
send packing,
send about one's business,
send to the right about;
strike off the roll
etc.
(abrogate)
756;
turn out neck and heels,
turn out head and shoulders,
turn out neck and crop;
pack off;
send away with a flea in the ear;
send to Jericho;
bow out,
show the door to,
turn out of doors,
turn out of house and home;
evict,
oust;
unhouse,
unkennel;
dislodge;
unpeople†,
dispeople†;
depopulate;
relegate,
deport.
empty;
drain to the dregs;
sweep off;
clear off,
clear out,
clear away;
suck,
draw off;
clean out,
make a clean sweep of,
clear decks,
purge.
embowel†,
disbowel†,
disembowel;
eviscerate,
gut;
unearth,
root out,
root up;
averuncate†;
weed out,
get out;
eliminate,
get rid of,
do away with,
shake off;
exenterate†.
vomit,
throw up,
regurgitate,
spew,
puke,
keck†,
retch,
heave,
upchuck,
chuck up,
barf;
belch out;
cast up,
bring up,
be sick,
get sick,
worship the porcelain god.
disgorge;
expectorate,
clear the throat,
hawk,
spit,
sputter,
splutter,
slobber,
drivel,
slaver,
slabber†;
eructate;
drool.
unpack,
unlade,
unload,
unship,
offload;
break bulk;
dump.
be let out.
spew forth,
erupt,
ooze
etc.
(emerge)
295.
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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, job, kick the beam, land, lighten, liquidate, make a sale, make light, make lighter, market, merchandise, move, off-load, offload, reduce weight, relieve, resell, retail, sacrifice, sell, sell off, sell on consignment, sell out, sell over, sell retail, sell short, sell up, sell wholesale, set at ease, stevedore, terminate the account, turn into money, turn over, unballast, unburden, undercut, undersell, unfreight, unlade, unpack, unship, weigh lightly, wholesale ... show more.
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