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Unload vs Takeoff - What's the difference?

unload | takeoff |

As a verb unload

is to remove the load or cargo from (a vehicle, etc).

As a noun takeoff is

the rising or ascent of an aircraft or rocket into flight.

unload

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To remove the load or cargo from (a vehicle, etc.).
  • to unload''' a ship; to '''unload a camel
  • To remove (the load or cargo) from a vehicle, etc.
  • to unload bales of hay from a truck
  • To deposit one's load or cargo.
  • * 1998 , Robert A Corbitt, Standard handbook of environmental engineering
  • Some stations have collection vehicles unload on the floor, using a front loader to push material into the hopper.
  • (transitive, intransitive, figuratively) To give vent to or express.
  • * 1984 , John Arlott, David Rayvern Allen, Arlott on cricket: his writings on the game
  • ...who bowled with such fury that he needed beer to give him something to sweat out, and who unloaded his emotions in words as hard as his bowling.
  • (computing) To remove (something previously loaded) from memory.
  • * 1993 , Tony Martin, Lisa C Towell, The NewWave agent handbook
  • When you unload a DLL, the memory and other system resources it is using will become available for use by other applications.
  • To discharge or pour a liquid.
  • To get rid of or dispose of.
  • to unload unprofitable stocks
  • (slang) To go to the bathroom.
  • to unload feces
  • To deliver forcefully.
  • (slang) To ejaculate, particularly within an orifice
  • To draw the charge from.
  • to unload a gun

    Derived terms

    * unloader

    takeoff

    English

    Alternative forms

    * take-off

    Noun

    (wikipedia takeoff) (en noun)
  • The rising or ascent of an aircraft or rocket into flight.
  • The flight was smooth, but the takeoff was a little rough.
  • A parody or lampoon of someone or something.
  • song "Lasagna" is a takeoff on the popular song "La Bamba".
  • *1897 , Edward Bellamy, Equality ,
  • *:I came across a little pamphlet of the period, yellow and almost undecipherable, which, on examination, I found to be a rather amusing skit or satirical take-off on the profit system.
  • A quantification, especially of building materials.
  • I'll give you an estimate after I do the quantity takeoffs for the trusses and structural steel.

    See also

    * take off

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