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Noun: unloading  ,ún'low-ding
  1. The act or process of removing a load from a vehicle, ship, container etc
    "offered his help in unloading"
Verb: unload  ,ún'lowd
  1. Remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
    "The taxi unloadd its passengers at the airport";
    - drop, drop off, set down, put down, discharge
     
  2. Remove the load from (a container or vehicle)
    "unload the truck";
    - unlade [archaic], offload

Derived forms: unloadings

See also: lay

Type of: deliver, empty, handling

Antonym: loading

Encyclopedia: Unload