unload
verb (used with object)
to take the load from; remove the cargo or freight from.
unloading
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present participleof unload.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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"With this unauthorised unloading of equipment, the company has really not improved its chances with the Greenland authorities," said Anne Merrild, a professor at Aalborg University and Arctic specialist.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
“The heat doesn’t bother me much,” he said, unloading his bicycle — a blue and yellow 1989 Trek 400 — from the trunk of his car on a side street in Reseda.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
The Pentagon is beginning to shower money on high-tech defense startups—while also unloading ever-larger sums of cash on the traditional vendors that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has publicly disparaged as slow and bloated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
They spotted trucks with cryptic labels like "GP" and "garden party" on it and crews unloading tons of equipment and things like large white staircase prop and large mirror ball.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
The roar of wheels turning into the station, the stench of exhaust fumes, the sudden bustles of people unloading told me it was time to go.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
