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offload

 
Dictionary: off·load or off-load (ôf'lōd', ŏf'-) pronunciation


v., -load·ed, or -load·ed, -load·ing, or -load·ing, -loads, or -loads.

v.tr.
  1. To unload (a vehicle or container).
  2. Computer Science. To transfer (data) to a peripheral device.
  3. Slang. To get rid of and pass on to another: "He does come close to offloading some of the blame for the launch on . . . the dear old media" (Meg Greenfield).
v.intr.
To unload a vehicle or container.


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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data

Meaning #2: take the load off (a container or vehicle)
  Synonym: unload


Translations: Offload
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - læsse af, slippe af med, kaste på markedet
v. intr. - lægge en byrde fra sig

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitladen, dumpen

Français (French)
v. tr. - (fig) écouler (un stock), se dégager de (d'investissements), (Comput) décharger
v. intr. - décharger, s'écouler, être écoulé

Deutsch (German)
v. - abladen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ξεφορτώνομαι

Italiano (Italian)
sbarazzarsi, liberarsi di, scaricarsi da

Português (Portuguese)
v. - descarregar

Русский (Russian)
разгружать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - descargar, deshacerse de
v. intr. - descargar, deshacerse de

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - lasta av, lossa

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
卸, 下, 卸货, 卸载

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 卸, 下
v. intr. - 卸貨, 卸載

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 짐을 내리다, 후련하게 하다, 탄알을 빼내다
v. intr. - 짐을 부리다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. tr., -
v. intr. - 外す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يفرغ الحموله, يفرغ العب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮נפטר מ-, פרק (מטען)‬
v. intr. - ‮פרק (מטען)‬


 
 

 

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