noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act by which something is unloaded.

   "Traders have been successfully indoctrinated with the necessity of quick unloading - or else seeing their coal hauled away again - [...]"

2. 2
   the labor of taking a load of something off of or out of a vehicle or ship or container etc. wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of unload form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

alleviationcleaning outclearanceclearingdefecationdepletion

Antonyms

All antonyms

loading

Example

More examples

"It'll take some time to finish unloading the truck."

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