Offload

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To unload (a vehicle or container).
  • v. Computer Science To transfer (data) to a peripheral device.
  • v. 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).
  • verb-intransitive. To unload a vehicle or container.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to unload
  • v. to get rid of things, work, or problems by passing them on to someone or something else
  • n. The act of passing the ball to a team mate when tackled.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data
  • v. take the load off (a container or vehicle)
  • Verb Form
    offloaded    offloading    offloads   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    transfer    empty   
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