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Thesaurus: unlade

To take the load from; to take out the cargo of; as, to unlade a ship or a wagon.

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  1. v. t. To take the load from; to take out the cargo of; as, to unlade a ship or a wagon.
  2. v. t. To unload; to remove, or to have removed, as a load or a burden; to discharge.
  3. v. remove the load from (a container or vehicle)
  4. 1. To take the load from; to take out the cargo of; as, to unlade a ship or a wagon. The venturous merchant . . . Shall here unlade him and depart no more. Dryden. 2. To unload; to remove, or to have removed, as a load or a burden; to discharge. There the ship was to unlade her burden. Acts. xxi. 3.
  5. v take the load off (a container or vehicle)