Offload

/ˌɒfˈləʊd/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To unload..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To unload.
2. (transitive) To get rid of things, work, or problems by passing them on to someone or something else.
3. (transitive, rugby) To pass the ball.
4. (transitive, aviation, travel) To deny a person on a standby list due to lack of space.
5. (transitive, aviation, travel) To change a passengers' ticket status from "checked in" to "open", allowing further changes. (This applies regardless of whether the passenger has boarded the aircraft or not).
6. (telecommunications) To use a complementary network technology to deliver data originally targeted for cellular networks.
7. The act of offloading something, or diverting it elsewhere.
8. (rugby) The act of passing the ball to a team mate when tackled.

Example Sentences

The driver of the car carrier offloaded the cars at the dealership.

He offloaded the defective car onto an unsuspecting buyer.

For environments that do not allow FTP traffic out to the Internet, the DS8870 also supports offload of data by using SSL security.

Toeava went over unopposed to stretch his side's lead but Japan got on the scoreboard on 56 minutes, wing Hirotoki Onozawa intercepting an attempted offload from Slade, who had a rather flaky game, and running in from the All Blacks' 10m line.

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Word Forms

• offloads
• offloading
• offloaded
• off-load

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