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UNLOADING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The labor of taking a load of something off of or out of a vehicle or ship or container etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("unloading" is a kind of...):

handling (manual (or mechanical) carrying or moving or delivering or working with something)

Antonym:

loading (the labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc.)

Derivation:

unload (remove the load from (a container or vehicle))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb unload

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