offload

Or off-load

[awf-lohd, of-]

verb (used with or without object)

1. to unload.

2. Digital Technology.,  to transfer (data) from a computer or other digital device to another digital device.

   Fill the camera's memory card, then offload your photos to your PC.

Other Word Forms

• offloader noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of offload¹

First recorded in 1840–50; off ( def. ) + load ( def. )

Example Sentences

Thursday's flight saw a regular deportation flight bound for Eastern Europe diverted to France to offload nine people.

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Marineland in Ontario had hoped to offload the cetaceans on a theme park in Zhuhai, after suffering years of animal welfare concerns and financial woes.

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When I offload a bunch of stuff rather than sell it, I feel like I will be lucky at the flea market.

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A combination of luck and quick thinking had Saints pull level, after Curtis Sironen managed to take a high kick before then offloading for Morgan Knowles, who spilled the ball.

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For De Goede's try against New Zealand, Pelletier broke away and threw a ridiculous one-handed offload back inside to send the lock through a gap.

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