onload
English
Etymology
Verb
onload (third-person singular simple present onloads, present participle onloading, simple past and past participle onloaded)
- (transitive) To load onto or upon.
- 1993, Douglas Menarchik, Powerlift--getting to Desert Storm:
- Also, the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) from Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, was to onload at Jacksonville, Florida. On August 11, Military Traffic Management Command expanded operations by activating a team for sea terminal operations at Jacksonville, Florida.
- 2001, The Praetorian STARShip : the untold story of the Combat Talon:
- Webb taxied to the FARP site, refueled, and then onloaded General Canavan and additional personnel for a re- turn flight to Monrovia.
- 2004-2008, Illustrated Guide to Ocean Freight Containers:
- Ship to Shore Cranes Ship to shore container cranes are giant industrial cranes designed to onload and offload ocean freight containers from ocean vessels to dock side port facilities.
- 2014, Dieter an Mey, Michael Alexander, Bientinesi Paolo, Euro-Par 2013:
- The interface to onload tasks is similar to that of workqueues but semantically richer and designed for parallel operations.
- 1993, Douglas Menarchik, Powerlift--getting to Desert Storm:
Antonyms
Noun
onload (plural onloads)
- That which is onloaded.
- 1999, North Eastern Reporter - second series - volume 715, page 32:
- By reducing the transaction costs of Indiana onloads and offloads of cargo relative to out-of-state onloads and offloads of cargo, the in Indiana exemption makes the petitioners more likely to make onloads and offloads of cargo for their Indiana customers.
- 1999, North Eastern Reporter - second series - volume 715, page 32: