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OFFLOAD
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they offload ... he / she / it offloads
Past simple: offloaded
-ing form: offloading
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove the load from (a container or vehicle)
Example:
offload the van
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "offload" is one way to...):
empty (remove)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 2
Meaning:
Transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "offload" is one way to...):
transfer (move from one place to another)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something