unlade

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English un-

English lade

English unlade

From un- + lade.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪd

Verb

unlade (third-person singular simple present unlades, present participle unlading, simple past unladed, past participle unladen)

1. (transitive) To unload.
2. (transitive) To disburden; take the burden from; relieve.
3. (transitive) To discharge the cargo from.
4. (intransitive) To discharge a cargo; discharge a burden.

Derived terms

• unladen adjective

References

• “unlade”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Deluna, unlead