Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To take the load from; to discharge of a load or cargo; to disburden; as, to unload a ship; to unload a beast. 2. (v. t.) Hence, to relieve from anything onerous. 3. (v. t.) To discharge or remove, as a load or a burden; as, to unload the cargo of a vessel. 4. (v. t.) To draw the charge from; as, to unload a gun. 5. (v. t.) To sell in large quantities, as stock; to get rid of. 6. (v. i.) To perform the act of unloading anything; as, let unload now.

Multi-Version Concordance Unload (1 Occurrence) Acts 21:3 When we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left hand, we sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre, for there the ship was to unload her cargo. (WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV)