unloading

Emptying the truck

Unloading is the act of removing cargo, goods, or contents from a vehicle, container, or storage space: The unloading of the truck took all morning.

The term extends to discharging firearms or offloading burdens more abstractly—emotional unloading means releasing pent-up feelings: After weeks of stress, she needed some unloading.

In finance, unloading refers to selling off assets, often quickly or in large quantities.

unpack

boxes

Six-sided containers

luggageTraveler's packed containers
suitcasesRectangular travel bags
belongingsThings you possess

baggage · clothes · unpacking · emptying · sorting · arranging · moving · trunk · groceries · haul

freight

cargo

Transported goods

dockworkersPort freight handlers
palletsFlat freight platforms
forkliftPowered pallet-hoisting vehicle

warehouse · shipment · containers · crates · stevedores · port · trucks · receiving · dolly · hoist

relief

burden

Oppressive weight or duty

lightenMake less heavy
alleviateLessen pain or trouble
respiteShort pause from hardship

ease · de-stress · unburden · vent · confide · catharsis · share · release · express · offload

discharge

eject

Throw out forcibly

expelRemove forcibly from membership
emitRelease outward
releaseTo let go

spew · drain · void · purge · evacuate · excrete · spill · shed · pour · dump

Categories

manual laborfarming, lifting, carrying, shoveling, stacking
garment carewashing, drying, ironing, folding, hanging
moving suppliesbubble wrap, cardboard, packing tape, moving truck, moving van
portsport, seaport, harbor, seaports, harbors
shippingshipping, cargo ships, container ships, freight, package
material handlingforklifts, lifting, conveyors, carrying, cranes

Opposites

cargo/goods transfer

unloadingloading

Adding weight or cargo

loading up · filling · packing · stocking · lading

burden/responsibility transfer

unloadingloading up

Filling to capacity

burdening · taking on · shouldering · assuming · accumulating

weapon/firearm state

unloadingloading

Adding weight or cargo

chambering · arming · charging · priming

Phrases

unloading dishwasherEmptying kitchen cleaning appliance
unloading bayArea for removing freight
unloading areaZone for removing cargo

Family

Familiarity: Top 50,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G