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unlading

unlading is the present participle and gerund of unlade.

Meaning of unlade

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.

Noun

unlading (plural unladings)

  1. The removal of cargo from a vessel.

Forms of unlading

pluralunladings

Questions about unlading

What does unlading mean?
Unlading means the removal of cargo from a vessel.
What is unlading the present participle and gerund of?
Unlading is the present participle and gerund of unlade.
What part of speech is unlading?
Unlading is a noun.
What is the plural of unlading?
The plural of unlading is unladings.

Words near unlading in the dictionary

  1. unlade
  2. unladed
  3. unladen
  4. unlades
  5. unladilike
  6. unlading
  7. unladings
  8. unlady-like
  9. unladylike
  10. unladylike-ly
  11. unladylikely

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unlading (page history and authors); unlade (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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