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 data

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

  Familiarity information: OFFLOAD used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OFFLOAD (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they offload    ... he / she / it offloads   
Past simple: offloaded   
Past participle: offloaded   
-ing form: offloading   

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.

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