Definition of Offload

1. Verb. Transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data.

Generic synonyms: Transfer

2. Verb. Take the load off (a container or vehicle). "Offload the van"
Exact synonyms: Unlade, Unload
Generic synonyms: Empty
Derivative terms: Unloading

Definition of Offload

1. Verb. (transitive) to unload ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) to get rid of things, work, or problems by passing them on to someone or something else ¹

3. Noun. (rugby) The act of passing the ball to a team mate when tackled. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Offload

1. to unload [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: unload

Lexicographical Neighbors of Offload

officiousness
officiousnesses
offie
offies
offing
offings
offish
offishly
offishness
offishnesses
offkey
offlead
offlet
offline
offlist
offload (current term)
offloaded
offloader
offloaders
offloading
offloads
offpeak
offprint
offprinted
offprinting
offprints
offput
offputs
offputting
offputtingly

Literary usage of Offload

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Safety and Security of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage: Public Report by Brwm, National Research Council of the Nationa (2006)
"Although only one-third of the fuel in the reactor core is replaced during each refueling cycle, operators commonly offload the entire core (especially at ..."

2. U. S. Marines in the Persian Gulf, 1990-1991: With Marine Forces Afloat in edited by Ronald J. Brown (2000)
"Battalion Landing Team 2/5 continued its offload while Lieutenant Colonel Kevin M. Kennedy received final instructions and was given maps and written orders ..."

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