Definition of unload in English:

unload

verb ʌnˈləʊdˌənˈloʊd

[with object]

1Remove goods from (a vehicle, ship, container, etc.)
she hadn't finished unloading the car
Example sentencesExamples
- Sebastian Jamieson sings and dreams while he punches the till, packs the shelves and unloads trucks at Clicks Store in Grahamstown's Church Square.
- Hector had just finished unloading the van and its occupants into the surrounding desert.
- As we approached the port of Burgas we could see ships being unloaded & I asked about container ships.
- When workers began industrial action and refused to unload a plane, two union delegates were sacked.
- John Micklethwaite, of the Health and Safety Executive, described how Mr Kick was seen to climb up to unload a Renault Clio before disappearing from the camera's view.
- The worker, employed by stevedoring company Perkins, was crushed by a container while unloading an Indonesian ship.
- Before everyone even unloads the van, Brockman already handled dropping into the tombstone.
- By Wednesday or Thursday, shipping clerks at the store unload the truck and stock their shelves with the flo or-ready merchandise from the boxes.
- Quin watched the men finish unloading the truck, and head inside.
- In an area where just 40 years ago ships were being launched and cranes busily loading and unloading vessels of all sorts, a new city district is being developed.
- The 47-year-old woman was approached by a man as she was unloading her silver BMW estate car on the outskirts of the town centre.
- Ships from London had to be unloaded and the trade goods and supplies stored in warehouses at the ports or directly loaded into canoes and boats for shipment to posts.
- The bus was unloaded and moved to a safe space in the car park, while the tourists continued with their trip into York.
- As for moving day, we started loading the first car at about 9.00 on Saturday morning and finished unloading the van and three cars by 3.00 that afternoon.
- The knifeman struck as the woman was unloading her silver BMW estate car on a side street off Chorley New Road on Thursday at about 8.45 am.
Synonyms
unpack, empty, unburden, disburden
rare unlade
1. 1.1 Remove (goods) from a vehicle, ship, container, etc.
  men were unloading sacks of olives from a tractor
  Example sentencesExamples
  Workmen at the docks were unloading the crates from the tugboats and cruises.
  While unloading a couple of sacks of lobster for his chef, Vernon asked me if I could help him out with a very sticky situation.
  Likewise, imported goods could also be unloaded at Port Elliott and then moved inland via the rail link and the river paddle steamers.
  A delivery man claimed that he came within inches of being hit by a car as he was unloading his goods in Walmgate on Wednesday.
  All vehicles that need to unload goods at the shops on the street will be allowed to do so after business hours, the sources said.
  With precise motions, they unloaded bikes from vehicles and began to set up their equipment in the designated transition area.
  He said businesses appreciated the ease with which they could load and unload goods without being hindered by illegally parked cars.
  You can still see the piles of the original wharf where the goods were unloaded.
  We meet at the Canmore fire hall where the bikes are unloaded from vehicles.
  He was unloading goods from a van when three men bundled him into the storeroom of the supermarket and demanded cash.
  The biggest offenders are security vans, council vehicles and shops loading and unloading goods.
  In 1592, on the orders of the then Lord Mayor of York, cloth was sold in the market each Friday and cranes were used for loading and unloading the goods.
  The goods were snatched while the 17-year-old was unloading equipment from the boot of a Vauxhall Astra estate, ready for the first lesson in a new venue.
  It takes more than a day for a vehicle to reach a particular shop to unload the goods and another day to come out of the yard.
  I now see people walking their dogs, delivery men unloading their goods, students heading to class.
  Villagers say the main problem is with HGVs and other large vehicles parking on the pavement to unload goods to businesses in the village.
  There is also a picture showing activity outside as farmers unload their beet from horse carts 75 years ago as well as one showing the beet arriving by train, cart and lorry.
  Lorries and vans blocked two of Bolton busiest main roads, and tempers boiled over as Ashburner Street stallholders arrived to find they could not unload their goods.
  You're on the highway for up to 11 hours at a stretch, not to mention putting in another three hours a day loading or unloading goods.
  The trailer was unloaded off the ship by Irish Ferries' personnel and left for collection in the company's container depot.
  Synonyms
  remove, offload, discharge, jettison, drop, deliver, deposit, set down, leave, put off, tip out, pour out
2. 1.2no object (of a vehicle, ship, container, etc.) have goods removed.
  the street was jammed with vans unloading
  Example sentencesExamples
  Baltimore remains a major port, but the ships unload in newly built facilities situated miles from the Inner Harbor.
  Two trucks can unload at the same time while two others are being cleaned.
  Remarkably and against all odds, the drugs are sometimes seen when the truck unloads at the Michigan landfill.
  One has to bear in mind also what was said in the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board letter, that, when a ship is unloading, the normal practice is to put the goods in a transit shed.
  By the time he was fourteen he was a full fledged docker staggering under the crates his boyish frame hauled from the ships unloading at Algeciras.
3. 1.3informal Get rid of (something unwanted)
  he had unloaded his depreciating stock on his unsuspecting wife
  Example sentencesExamples
  But if you never really liked them all that well to begin with, this might be a good time to unload them.
  He thinks he did nothing wrong by unloading his stock when he knew the company was going under.
  No wonder owner Martin Peretz was eager to unload controlling interest in the magazine to investors Michael Steinhardt and Roger Hertog.
  We unloaded our spare supplies on them and wished them good luck.
  I said nothing, so as not to spoil the evening, but I do not appreciate other people unloading their junk disguised as gifts on us.
  Synonyms
  sell, discard, jettison, offload, eject, get rid of, dispose of, pass off, throw out/away, clear out, scrap, destroy
  palm something off on someone, foist something on someone, fob something off on someone
  informal dump, lose, junk, get shot/shut of, see the back of
4. 1.4 Give expression to (oppressive thoughts or feelings)
  the meeting had been a chance for her to unload some of her feelings about her son
  Example sentencesExamples
  It was difficult to say who was more pleased - the scientist, because of the enthusiasm of the children or the children, because they got to unload their curiosity.
  I desperately wanted to talk to those close to me and to unload that agony I was carrying alone but something always stopped me.
  He unloaded his frustrations, his fears, his biggest worry.
  We can barter for somefing perhaps ya want to unload some anger?
  Each family member does have moments where they unload their thoughts.
  Sometimes it is easier to unload emotions on a complete stranger rather than to risk burdening one's kith & kin.
  It's like I couldn't unload my feelings somehow.
  No player finds comfort in a prolonged period of idleness and Khizanishvili unloaded his frustration onto his agent, who in turn sought an explanation from McLeish.
  I really did myself a disservice by not taking my mother's old advice and counting to ten before I unload my fury on someone.
  Few songwriters are as good as Pernice at unloading psychic baggage in song.
  Cotton hand wraps will protect your tendons and bones as you unload the day's frustrations on the bag.
  And Westfeldt unloads her fake neuroses in too many dull ripoffs of good Woody Allen.
  This letter doesn't have a huge conclusion; I realize that unloading my fears is probably never going to change the world.
  I glared into all four corners, hoping I would have a victim on which I could unload my mounting frustrations.
2Remove (ammunition) from a gun or (film) from a camera.
Example sentencesExamples
- The Yellow dropped his expression and unloaded his crossbow.
- Officers unloaded the gun of its 13 rounds of ammunition before questioning Jaroenwit, who initially refused to give any details whatsoever.
- They only had a range of about three furlongs and the film had to be unloaded from the camera and rushed to a dark room on the track to be processed before it could be shown to the stewards.
- The person over there opened the magazine and unloaded the bullets from it.
- Quickly unloading the film, Haviv hid the incriminating rolls, just in case, and later smuggled them out of the bloodied town.
- When L.S. finished photographing the locations that interested her, she had difficulty unloading the film from her camera.
- Bring blank removable labels and mark each film canister with the subject as you unload it from the camera.
- And with each gun she picked up she unloaded the paint bullets and replaced them with the real bullets.

Derivatives

unloader

noun

Two continuous ship unloaders will be relocated to the new jetty and upgraded to permit dual operation.
Example sentencesExamples
- This is a truly Stakhanovite effort, by all the maintainers, the pilots, the fuellers and unloaders, and by Air Traffic Control.
- It was completed in 1930, with two coal dumpers and dock space, as well as an ore dock with three Hewlett unloaders.
- But Judge Hyam, the Recorder of London, told Watson: ‘If you had been successful, suspicion would have fallen on innocent people - loaders and unloaders.’
- All three had volunteered to go up as unloaders for the aerial dropping of supplies at Myola and there is a note in Parer's papers about the planes on the airstrip being parked wingtip to wingtip.

Definition of unload in US English:

unload

verbˌənˈlōdˌənˈloʊd

[with object]

1Remove goods from (a vehicle, ship, container, etc.)
she hadn't finished unloading the car
Example sentencesExamples
- As for moving day, we started loading the first car at about 9.00 on Saturday morning and finished unloading the van and three cars by 3.00 that afternoon.
- In an area where just 40 years ago ships were being launched and cranes busily loading and unloading vessels of all sorts, a new city district is being developed.
- The knifeman struck as the woman was unloading her silver BMW estate car on a side street off Chorley New Road on Thursday at about 8.45 am.
- The worker, employed by stevedoring company Perkins, was crushed by a container while unloading an Indonesian ship.
- The bus was unloaded and moved to a safe space in the car park, while the tourists continued with their trip into York.
- When workers began industrial action and refused to unload a plane, two union delegates were sacked.
- As we approached the port of Burgas we could see ships being unloaded & I asked about container ships.
- Hector had just finished unloading the van and its occupants into the surrounding desert.
- By Wednesday or Thursday, shipping clerks at the store unload the truck and stock their shelves with the flo or-ready merchandise from the boxes.
- Before everyone even unloads the van, Brockman already handled dropping into the tombstone.
- John Micklethwaite, of the Health and Safety Executive, described how Mr Kick was seen to climb up to unload a Renault Clio before disappearing from the camera's view.
- Sebastian Jamieson sings and dreams while he punches the till, packs the shelves and unloads trucks at Clicks Store in Grahamstown's Church Square.
- The 47-year-old woman was approached by a man as she was unloading her silver BMW estate car on the outskirts of the town centre.
- Quin watched the men finish unloading the truck, and head inside.
- Ships from London had to be unloaded and the trade goods and supplies stored in warehouses at the ports or directly loaded into canoes and boats for shipment to posts.
Synonyms
unpack, empty, unburden, disburden
1. 1.1 Remove (goods) from a vehicle, ship, container, etc.
  the men unloaded the wheat into the bays
  Example sentencesExamples
  Lorries and vans blocked two of Bolton busiest main roads, and tempers boiled over as Ashburner Street stallholders arrived to find they could not unload their goods.
  He was unloading goods from a van when three men bundled him into the storeroom of the supermarket and demanded cash.
  You can still see the piles of the original wharf where the goods were unloaded.
  The trailer was unloaded off the ship by Irish Ferries' personnel and left for collection in the company's container depot.
  All vehicles that need to unload goods at the shops on the street will be allowed to do so after business hours, the sources said.
  We meet at the Canmore fire hall where the bikes are unloaded from vehicles.
  While unloading a couple of sacks of lobster for his chef, Vernon asked me if I could help him out with a very sticky situation.
  There is also a picture showing activity outside as farmers unload their beet from horse carts 75 years ago as well as one showing the beet arriving by train, cart and lorry.
  With precise motions, they unloaded bikes from vehicles and began to set up their equipment in the designated transition area.
  It takes more than a day for a vehicle to reach a particular shop to unload the goods and another day to come out of the yard.
  Workmen at the docks were unloading the crates from the tugboats and cruises.
  In 1592, on the orders of the then Lord Mayor of York, cloth was sold in the market each Friday and cranes were used for loading and unloading the goods.
  I now see people walking their dogs, delivery men unloading their goods, students heading to class.
  He said businesses appreciated the ease with which they could load and unload goods without being hindered by illegally parked cars.
  The biggest offenders are security vans, council vehicles and shops loading and unloading goods.
  You're on the highway for up to 11 hours at a stretch, not to mention putting in another three hours a day loading or unloading goods.
  A delivery man claimed that he came within inches of being hit by a car as he was unloading his goods in Walmgate on Wednesday.
  Villagers say the main problem is with HGVs and other large vehicles parking on the pavement to unload goods to businesses in the village.
  The goods were snatched while the 17-year-old was unloading equipment from the boot of a Vauxhall Astra estate, ready for the first lesson in a new venue.
  Likewise, imported goods could also be unloaded at Port Elliott and then moved inland via the rail link and the river paddle steamers.
  Synonyms
  remove, offload, discharge, jettison, drop, deliver, deposit, set down, leave, put off, tip out, pour out
2. 1.2no object (of a vehicle, ship, container, etc.) have goods removed.
  the street was jammed with trucks unloading
  Example sentencesExamples
  One has to bear in mind also what was said in the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board letter, that, when a ship is unloading, the normal practice is to put the goods in a transit shed.
  By the time he was fourteen he was a full fledged docker staggering under the crates his boyish frame hauled from the ships unloading at Algeciras.
  Remarkably and against all odds, the drugs are sometimes seen when the truck unloads at the Michigan landfill.
  Two trucks can unload at the same time while two others are being cleaned.
  Baltimore remains a major port, but the ships unload in newly built facilities situated miles from the Inner Harbor.
3. 1.3informal Get rid of (something unwanted)
  he had unloaded his depreciating stock on his unsuspecting wife
  Example sentencesExamples
  But if you never really liked them all that well to begin with, this might be a good time to unload them.
  No wonder owner Martin Peretz was eager to unload controlling interest in the magazine to investors Michael Steinhardt and Roger Hertog.
  We unloaded our spare supplies on them and wished them good luck.
  I said nothing, so as not to spoil the evening, but I do not appreciate other people unloading their junk disguised as gifts on us.
  He thinks he did nothing wrong by unloading his stock when he knew the company was going under.
  Synonyms
  sell, discard, jettison, offload, eject, get rid of, dispose of, pass off, throw away, throw out, clear out, scrap, destroy
4. 1.4 Give expression to (oppressive thoughts or feelings)
  the meeting had been a chance for her to unload some of her feelings about her son
  Example sentencesExamples
  I desperately wanted to talk to those close to me and to unload that agony I was carrying alone but something always stopped me.
  Cotton hand wraps will protect your tendons and bones as you unload the day's frustrations on the bag.
  I really did myself a disservice by not taking my mother's old advice and counting to ten before I unload my fury on someone.
  This letter doesn't have a huge conclusion; I realize that unloading my fears is probably never going to change the world.
  He unloaded his frustrations, his fears, his biggest worry.
  Few songwriters are as good as Pernice at unloading psychic baggage in song.
  Sometimes it is easier to unload emotions on a complete stranger rather than to risk burdening one's kith & kin.
  It was difficult to say who was more pleased - the scientist, because of the enthusiasm of the children or the children, because they got to unload their curiosity.
  Each family member does have moments where they unload their thoughts.
  No player finds comfort in a prolonged period of idleness and Khizanishvili unloaded his frustration onto his agent, who in turn sought an explanation from McLeish.
  And Westfeldt unloads her fake neuroses in too many dull ripoffs of good Woody Allen.
  We can barter for somefing perhaps ya want to unload some anger?
  It's like I couldn't unload my feelings somehow.
  I glared into all four corners, hoping I would have a victim on which I could unload my mounting frustrations.
2Remove (ammunition) from a gun or (film) from a camera.
Example sentencesExamples
- When L.S. finished photographing the locations that interested her, she had difficulty unloading the film from her camera.
- Bring blank removable labels and mark each film canister with the subject as you unload it from the camera.
- Quickly unloading the film, Haviv hid the incriminating rolls, just in case, and later smuggled them out of the bloodied town.
- They only had a range of about three furlongs and the film had to be unloaded from the camera and rushed to a dark room on the track to be processed before it could be shown to the stewards.
- And with each gun she picked up she unloaded the paint bullets and replaced them with the real bullets.
- The Yellow dropped his expression and unloaded his crossbow.
- Officers unloaded the gun of its 13 rounds of ammunition before questioning Jaroenwit, who initially refused to give any details whatsoever.
- The person over there opened the magazine and unloaded the bullets from it.

单词	unload
释义	Definition of unload in English: unload verb ʌnˈləʊdˌənˈloʊd [with object] 1Remove goods from (a vehicle, ship, container, etc.) she hadn't finished unloading the car Example sentencesExamples Sebastian Jamieson sings and dreams while he punches the till, packs the shelves and unloads trucks at Clicks Store in Grahamstown's Church Square. Hector had just finished unloading the van and its occupants into the surrounding desert. As we approached the port of Burgas we could see ships being unloaded & I asked about container ships. When workers began industrial action and refused to unload a plane, two union delegates were sacked. John Micklethwaite, of the Health and Safety Executive, described how Mr Kick was seen to climb up to unload a Renault Clio before disappearing from the camera's view. The worker, employed by stevedoring company Perkins, was crushed by a container while unloading an Indonesian ship. Before everyone even unloads the van, Brockman already handled dropping into the tombstone. By Wednesday or Thursday, shipping clerks at the store unload the truck and stock their shelves with the flo or-ready merchandise from the boxes. Quin watched the men finish unloading the truck, and head inside. In an area where just 40 years ago ships were being launched and cranes busily loading and unloading vessels of all sorts, a new city district is being developed. The 47-year-old woman was approached by a man as she was unloading her silver BMW estate car on the outskirts of the town centre. Ships from London had to be unloaded and the trade goods and supplies stored in warehouses at the ports or directly loaded into canoes and boats for shipment to posts. The bus was unloaded and moved to a safe space in the car park, while the tourists continued with their trip into York. As for moving day, we started loading the first car at about 9.00 on Saturday morning and finished unloading the van and three cars by 3.00 that afternoon. The knifeman struck as the woman was unloading her silver BMW estate car on a side street off Chorley New Road on Thursday at about 8.45 am. Synonyms unpack, empty, unburden, disburden rare unlade 1.1 Remove (goods) from a vehicle, ship, container, etc. men were unloading sacks of olives from a tractor Example sentencesExamples Workmen at the docks were unloading the crates from the tugboats and cruises. While unloading a couple of sacks of lobster for his chef, Vernon asked me if I could help him out with a very sticky situation. Likewise, imported goods could also be unloaded at Port Elliott and then moved inland via the rail link and the river paddle steamers. A delivery man claimed that he came within inches of being hit by a car as he was unloading his goods in Walmgate on Wednesday. All vehicles that need to unload goods at the shops on the street will be allowed to do so after business hours, the sources said. With precise motions, they unloaded bikes from vehicles and began to set up their equipment in the designated transition area. He said businesses appreciated the ease with which they could load and unload goods without being hindered by illegally parked cars. You can still see the piles of the original wharf where the goods were unloaded. We meet at the Canmore fire hall where the bikes are unloaded from vehicles. He was unloading goods from a van when three men bundled him into the storeroom of the supermarket and demanded cash. The biggest offenders are security vans, council vehicles and shops loading and unloading goods. In 1592, on the orders of the then Lord Mayor of York, cloth was sold in the market each Friday and cranes were used for loading and unloading the goods. The goods were snatched while the 17-year-old was unloading equipment from the boot of a Vauxhall Astra estate, ready for the first lesson in a new venue. It takes more than a day for a vehicle to reach a particular shop to unload the goods and another day to come out of the yard. I now see people walking their dogs, delivery men unloading their goods, students heading to class. Villagers say the main problem is with HGVs and other large vehicles parking on the pavement to unload goods to businesses in the village. There is also a picture showing activity outside as farmers unload their beet from horse carts 75 years ago as well as one showing the beet arriving by train, cart and lorry. Lorries and vans blocked two of Bolton busiest main roads, and tempers boiled over as Ashburner Street stallholders arrived to find they could not unload their goods. You're on the highway for up to 11 hours at a stretch, not to mention putting in another three hours a day loading or unloading goods. The trailer was unloaded off the ship by Irish Ferries' personnel and left for collection in the company's container depot. Synonyms remove, offload, discharge, jettison, drop, deliver, deposit, set down, leave, put off, tip out, pour out 1.2no object (of a vehicle, ship, container, etc.) have goods removed. the street was jammed with vans unloading Example sentencesExamples Baltimore remains a major port, but the ships unload in newly built facilities situated miles from the Inner Harbor. Two trucks can unload at the same time while two others are being cleaned. Remarkably and against all odds, the drugs are sometimes seen when the truck unloads at the Michigan landfill. One has to bear in mind also what was said in the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board letter, that, when a ship is unloading, the normal practice is to put the goods in a transit shed. By the time he was fourteen he was a full fledged docker staggering under the crates his boyish frame hauled from the ships unloading at Algeciras. 1.3informal Get rid of (something unwanted) he had unloaded his depreciating stock on his unsuspecting wife Example sentencesExamples But if you never really liked them all that well to begin with, this might be a good time to unload them. He thinks he did nothing wrong by unloading his stock when he knew the company was going under. No wonder owner Martin Peretz was eager to unload controlling interest in the magazine to investors Michael Steinhardt and Roger Hertog. We unloaded our spare supplies on them and wished them good luck. I said nothing, so as not to spoil the evening, but I do not appreciate other people unloading their junk disguised as gifts on us. Synonyms sell, discard, jettison, offload, eject, get rid of, dispose of, pass off, throw out/away, clear out, scrap, destroy palm something off on someone, foist something on someone, fob something off on someone informal dump, lose, junk, get shot/shut of, see the back of 1.4 Give expression to (oppressive thoughts or feelings) the meeting had been a chance for her to unload some of her feelings about her son Example sentencesExamples It was difficult to say who was more pleased - the scientist, because of the enthusiasm of the children or the children, because they got to unload their curiosity. I desperately wanted to talk to those close to me and to unload that agony I was carrying alone but something always stopped me. He unloaded his frustrations, his fears, his biggest worry. We can barter for somefing perhaps ya want to unload some anger? Each family member does have moments where they unload their thoughts. Sometimes it is easier to unload emotions on a complete stranger rather than to risk burdening one's kith & kin. It's like I couldn't unload my feelings somehow. No player finds comfort in a prolonged period of idleness and Khizanishvili unloaded his frustration onto his agent, who in turn sought an explanation from McLeish. I really did myself a disservice by not taking my mother's old advice and counting to ten before I unload my fury on someone. Few songwriters are as good as Pernice at unloading psychic baggage in song. Cotton hand wraps will protect your tendons and bones as you unload the day's frustrations on the bag. And Westfeldt unloads her fake neuroses in too many dull ripoffs of good Woody Allen. This letter doesn't have a huge conclusion; I realize that unloading my fears is probably never going to change the world. I glared into all four corners, hoping I would have a victim on which I could unload my mounting frustrations. 2Remove (ammunition) from a gun or (film) from a camera. Example sentencesExamples The Yellow dropped his expression and unloaded his crossbow. Officers unloaded the gun of its 13 rounds of ammunition before questioning Jaroenwit, who initially refused to give any details whatsoever. They only had a range of about three furlongs and the film had to be unloaded from the camera and rushed to a dark room on the track to be processed before it could be shown to the stewards. The person over there opened the magazine and unloaded the bullets from it. Quickly unloading the film, Haviv hid the incriminating rolls, just in case, and later smuggled them out of the bloodied town. When L.S. finished photographing the locations that interested her, she had difficulty unloading the film from her camera. Bring blank removable labels and mark each film canister with the subject as you unload it from the camera. And with each gun she picked up she unloaded the paint bullets and replaced them with the real bullets. Derivatives unloader noun Two continuous ship unloaders will be relocated to the new jetty and upgraded to permit dual operation. Example sentencesExamples This is a truly Stakhanovite effort, by all the maintainers, the pilots, the fuellers and unloaders, and by Air Traffic Control. It was completed in 1930, with two coal dumpers and dock space, as well as an ore dock with three Hewlett unloaders. But Judge Hyam, the Recorder of London, told Watson: ‘If you had been successful, suspicion would have fallen on innocent people - loaders and unloaders.’ All three had volunteered to go up as unloaders for the aerial dropping of supplies at Myola and there is a note in Parer's papers about the planes on the airstrip being parked wingtip to wingtip. Definition of unload in US English: unload verbˌənˈlōdˌənˈloʊd [with object] 1Remove goods from (a vehicle, ship, container, etc.) she hadn't finished unloading the car Example sentencesExamples As for moving day, we started loading the first car at about 9.00 on Saturday morning and finished unloading the van and three cars by 3.00 that afternoon. In an area where just 40 years ago ships were being launched and cranes busily loading and unloading vessels of all sorts, a new city district is being developed. The knifeman struck as the woman was unloading her silver BMW estate car on a side street off Chorley New Road on Thursday at about 8.45 am. The worker, employed by stevedoring company Perkins, was crushed by a container while unloading an Indonesian ship. The bus was unloaded and moved to a safe space in the car park, while the tourists continued with their trip into York. When workers began industrial action and refused to unload a plane, two union delegates were sacked. As we approached the port of Burgas we could see ships being unloaded & I asked about container ships. Hector had just finished unloading the van and its occupants into the surrounding desert. By Wednesday or Thursday, shipping clerks at the store unload the truck and stock their shelves with the flo or-ready merchandise from the boxes. Before everyone even unloads the van, Brockman already handled dropping into the tombstone. John Micklethwaite, of the Health and Safety Executive, described how Mr Kick was seen to climb up to unload a Renault Clio before disappearing from the camera's view. Sebastian Jamieson sings and dreams while he punches the till, packs the shelves and unloads trucks at Clicks Store in Grahamstown's Church Square. The 47-year-old woman was approached by a man as she was unloading her silver BMW estate car on the outskirts of the town centre. Quin watched the men finish unloading the truck, and head inside. Ships from London had to be unloaded and the trade goods and supplies stored in warehouses at the ports or directly loaded into canoes and boats for shipment to posts. Synonyms unpack, empty, unburden, disburden 1.1 Remove (goods) from a vehicle, ship, container, etc. the men unloaded the wheat into the bays Example sentencesExamples Lorries and vans blocked two of Bolton busiest main roads, and tempers boiled over as Ashburner Street stallholders arrived to find they could not unload their goods. He was unloading goods from a van when three men bundled him into the storeroom of the supermarket and demanded cash. You can still see the piles of the original wharf where the goods were unloaded. The trailer was unloaded off the ship by Irish Ferries' personnel and left for collection in the company's container depot. All vehicles that need to unload goods at the shops on the street will be allowed to do so after business hours, the sources said. We meet at the Canmore fire hall where the bikes are unloaded from vehicles. While unloading a couple of sacks of lobster for his chef, Vernon asked me if I could help him out with a very sticky situation. There is also a picture showing activity outside as farmers unload their beet from horse carts 75 years ago as well as one showing the beet arriving by train, cart and lorry. With precise motions, they unloaded bikes from vehicles and began to set up their equipment in the designated transition area. It takes more than a day for a vehicle to reach a particular shop to unload the goods and another day to come out of the yard. Workmen at the docks were unloading the crates from the tugboats and cruises. In 1592, on the orders of the then Lord Mayor of York, cloth was sold in the market each Friday and cranes were used for loading and unloading the goods. I now see people walking their dogs, delivery men unloading their goods, students heading to class. He said businesses appreciated the ease with which they could load and unload goods without being hindered by illegally parked cars. The biggest offenders are security vans, council vehicles and shops loading and unloading goods. You're on the highway for up to 11 hours at a stretch, not to mention putting in another three hours a day loading or unloading goods. A delivery man claimed that he came within inches of being hit by a car as he was unloading his goods in Walmgate on Wednesday. Villagers say the main problem is with HGVs and other large vehicles parking on the pavement to unload goods to businesses in the village. The goods were snatched while the 17-year-old was unloading equipment from the boot of a Vauxhall Astra estate, ready for the first lesson in a new venue. Likewise, imported goods could also be unloaded at Port Elliott and then moved inland via the rail link and the river paddle steamers. Synonyms remove, offload, discharge, jettison, drop, deliver, deposit, set down, leave, put off, tip out, pour out 1.2no object (of a vehicle, ship, container, etc.) have goods removed. the street was jammed with trucks unloading Example sentencesExamples One has to bear in mind also what was said in the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board letter, that, when a ship is unloading, the normal practice is to put the goods in a transit shed. By the time he was fourteen he was a full fledged docker staggering under the crates his boyish frame hauled from the ships unloading at Algeciras. Remarkably and against all odds, the drugs are sometimes seen when the truck unloads at the Michigan landfill. Two trucks can unload at the same time while two others are being cleaned. Baltimore remains a major port, but the ships unload in newly built facilities situated miles from the Inner Harbor. 1.3informal Get rid of (something unwanted) he had unloaded his depreciating stock on his unsuspecting wife Example sentencesExamples But if you never really liked them all that well to begin with, this might be a good time to unload them. No wonder owner Martin Peretz was eager to unload controlling interest in the magazine to investors Michael Steinhardt and Roger Hertog. We unloaded our spare supplies on them and wished them good luck. I said nothing, so as not to spoil the evening, but I do not appreciate other people unloading their junk disguised as gifts on us. He thinks he did nothing wrong by unloading his stock when he knew the company was going under. Synonyms sell, discard, jettison, offload, eject, get rid of, dispose of, pass off, throw away, throw out, clear out, scrap, destroy 1.4 Give expression to (oppressive thoughts or feelings) the meeting had been a chance for her to unload some of her feelings about her son Example sentencesExamples I desperately wanted to talk to those close to me and to unload that agony I was carrying alone but something always stopped me. Cotton hand wraps will protect your tendons and bones as you unload the day's frustrations on the bag. I really did myself a disservice by not taking my mother's old advice and counting to ten before I unload my fury on someone. This letter doesn't have a huge conclusion; I realize that unloading my fears is probably never going to change the world. He unloaded his frustrations, his fears, his biggest worry. Few songwriters are as good as Pernice at unloading psychic baggage in song. Sometimes it is easier to unload emotions on a complete stranger rather than to risk burdening one's kith & kin. It was difficult to say who was more pleased - the scientist, because of the enthusiasm of the children or the children, because they got to unload their curiosity. Each family member does have moments where they unload their thoughts. No player finds comfort in a prolonged period of idleness and Khizanishvili unloaded his frustration onto his agent, who in turn sought an explanation from McLeish. And Westfeldt unloads her fake neuroses in too many dull ripoffs of good Woody Allen. We can barter for somefing perhaps ya want to unload some anger? It's like I couldn't unload my feelings somehow. I glared into all four corners, hoping I would have a victim on which I could unload my mounting frustrations. 2Remove (ammunition) from a gun or (film) from a camera. Example sentencesExamples When L.S. finished photographing the locations that interested her, she had difficulty unloading the film from her camera. Bring blank removable labels and mark each film canister with the subject as you unload it from the camera. Quickly unloading the film, Haviv hid the incriminating rolls, just in case, and later smuggled them out of the bloodied town. They only had a range of about three furlongs and the film had to be unloaded from the camera and rushed to a dark room on the track to be processed before it could be shown to the stewards. And with each gun she picked up she unloaded the paint bullets and replaced them with the real bullets. The Yellow dropped his expression and unloaded his crossbow. Officers unloaded the gun of its 13 rounds of ammunition before questioning Jaroenwit, who initially refused to give any details whatsoever. The person over there opened the magazine and unloaded the bullets from it.
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