| VERB | contact | unload, drop, drop off, set down, put down, discharge | leave or unload |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | unload, unlade, offload | take the load off (a container or vehicle) |
| Sounds | ahnlow'd | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abode ... workload: 51 rhymes with owd... | |
| Meaning | Leave or unload. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "unload the cargo" | |
| Synonyms | drop, drop off, set down, put down, discharge | |
| Narrower | air-drop | Drop (an object) from the air |
| wharf | Discharge at a wharf | |
| Broader | deliver | Bring to a destination, make a delivery |
| Spanish | dejar, descargar | |
| Catalan | deixar, descarregar | |
| Meaning | Take the load off (a container or vehicle). | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "unload the truck" | |
| Synonyms | unlade, offload | |
| Broader | empty | Remove |
| Spanish | desaguar, descargar, desembarcar, evacuar | |
| Catalan | descarregar, desguassar, evacuar | |
| Nouns | unloading | the labor of taking a load of something off of or out of a vehicle or ship or container etc. |
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