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OFFLOAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does offload mean? 

OFFLOAD (verb)
  The verb OFFLOAD has 2 senses:

1. transfer to a peripheral device, of computer dataplay

2. remove the load from (a container or vehicle)play

  Familiarity information: OFFLOAD used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OFFLOAD (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they offload  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it offloads  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: offloaded  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: offloaded  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: offloading  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "offload" is one way to...):

transfer (move from one place to another)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


Sense 2

Meaning:

Remove the load from (a container or vehicle)

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

offload; unlade; unload

Context example:

offload the van

Hypernyms (to "offload" is one way to...):

empty (remove)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP


 Context examples 


For instance, vaterite nanoparticles loaded with anti-cancer drugs appear to offload the drug slowly only at sites of cancers and therefore limit the negative side-effects of the drug.

(Rare mineral discovered in plants for first time, University of Cambridge)



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