Unload vs Takeoff - What's the difference?
unload | takeoff |
To remove the load or cargo from (a vehicle, etc.).
To remove (the load or cargo) from a vehicle, etc.
To deposit one's load or cargo.
* 1998 , Robert A Corbitt, Standard handbook of environmental engineering
(transitive, intransitive, figuratively) To give vent to or express.
* 1984 , John Arlott, David Rayvern Allen, Arlott on cricket: his writings on the game
(computing) To remove (something previously loaded) from memory.
* 1993 , Tony Martin, Lisa C Towell, The NewWave agent handbook
To discharge or pour a liquid.
To get rid of or dispose of.
(slang) To go to the bathroom.
To deliver forcefully.
(slang) To ejaculate, particularly within an orifice
To draw the charge from.
The rising or ascent of an aircraft or rocket into flight.
A parody or lampoon of someone or something.
*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.
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
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Verb
(en verb)- to unload''' a ship; to '''unload a camel
- to unload bales of hay from a truck
- Some stations have collection vehicles unload on the floor, using a front loader to push material into the hopper.
- ...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.
- When you unload a DLL, the memory and other system resources it is using will become available for use by other applications.
- to unload unprofitable stocks
- to unload feces
- to unload a gun
Derived terms
* unloaderReferences
* English ergative verbstakeoff
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Alternative forms
* take-offNoun
(wikipedia takeoff) (en noun)- The flight was smooth, but the takeoff was a little rough.
- song "Lasagna" is a takeoff on the popular song "La Bamba".
- I'll give you an estimate after I do the quantity takeoffs for the trusses and structural steel.