Definition of "unload" []

• To remove the load or cargo from. (verb-transitive)
• To discharge (cargo or a load). (verb-transitive)
• To relieve of something burdensome or oppressive; unburden: unloaded the donkeys. (verb-transitive)
• To give expression to (one's troubles or feelings); pour forth. (verb-transitive)
• To remove the charge from (a firearm). (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "` ` You get tired of saying that, but we have to unload from the point, '' he said."
• "The retirement of the baby boomers, who have no other assets than a house they’ll want to unload, is going to cause the housing market to go into long term (20+ year) decline."
• "Used to use skunk scent as a cover until someone pointed out that skunks don't "unload" unless threatened and that's an alarm to the deer."