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Unload vs Ungird - What's the difference?

unload | ungird |

As verbs the difference between unload and ungird

is that unload is to remove the load or cargo from (a vehicle, etc.) while ungird is to loosen the girdle or band of.

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

    ungird

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To loosen the girdle or band of.
  • To unbind or unload.
  • (Webster 1913)