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CHARGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does charge mean? 

CHARGE (noun)
  The noun CHARGE has 15 senses:

1. an impetuous rush toward someone or somethingplay

2. (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offenseplay

3. the price charged for some article or serviceplay

4. the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electronsplay

5. attention and management implying responsibility for safetyplay

6. a special assignment that is given to a person or groupplay

7. a person committed to your careplay

8. financial liabilities (such as a tax)play

9. (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or objectplay

10. the swift release of a store of affective forceplay

11. request for payment of a debtplay

12. a formal statement of a command or injunction to do somethingplay

13. an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offenceplay

14. heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shieldplay

15. a quantity of explosive to be set off at one timeplay

  Familiarity information: CHARGE used as a noun is familiar.


CHARGE (verb)
  The verb CHARGE has 25 senses:

1. to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battleplay

2. blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior againstplay

3. demand paymentplay

4. move quickly and violentlyplay

5. assign a duty, responsibility or obligation toplay

6. file a formal charge againstplay

7. make an accusatory claimplay

8. fill or load to capacityplay

9. enter a certain amount as a chargeplay

10. cause to be admitted; of persons to an institutionplay

11. give over to another for care or safekeepingplay

12. pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debtplay

13. lie down on command, of hunting dogsplay

14. cause to be agitated, excited, or rousedplay

15. place a heraldic bearing onplay

16. provide (a device) with something necessaryplay

17. direct into a position for useplay

18. impose a task upon, assign a responsibility toplay

19. instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidenceplay

20. instruct or command with authorityplay

21. attribute responsibility toplay

22. set or ask for a certain priceplay

23. cause formation of a net electrical charge in or onplay

24. energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to dischargeplay

25. saturateplay

  Familiarity information: CHARGE used as a verb is very familiar.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHARGE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An impetuous rush toward someone or something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

the battle began with a cavalry charge

Hypernyms ("charge" is a kind of...):

attack; onrush; onset; onslaught ((military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "charge"):

countercharge (a retaliatory charge)

Derivation:

charge (to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle)


Sense 2

Meaning:

(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

charge; complaint

Context example:

he was arrested on a charge of larceny

Hypernyms ("charge" is a kind of...):

pleading ((law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding)

Domain category:

criminal law (the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "charge"):

accusal; accusation (a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt)

Holonyms ("charge" is a part of...):

bill of indictment; indictment (a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense)

Derivation:

charge (blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against)

charge (file a formal charge against)


Sense 3

Meaning:

The price charged for some article or service

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Context example:

the admission charge

Hypernyms ("charge" is a kind of...):

cost (the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "charge"):

tankage (the charge for storing something in tanks)

stowage (the charge for stowing goods)

service charge; service fee (a percentage of a bill (as at a hotel or restaurant) added in payment for service)

surcharge (an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill))

water-rate (rate per quarter for water from a public supply)

charge per unit; rate (amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis)

poundage (a charge based on weight measured in pounds)

postage (the charge for mailing something)

porterage (the charge for carrying burdens by porters)

demurrage (a charge required as compensation for the delay of a ship or freight car or other cargo beyond its scheduled time of departure)

installation charge (the charge for installing something)

carrying charge (charge made for carrying an account or for merchandise sold on an installment plan)

depreciation charge (an amount periodically charged to expense or against revenue in compensation for depreciation of property)

undercharge (a price that is too low)

fare; transportation (the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance)

fixed charge; fixed cost; fixed costs (a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.))

agio; agiotage; exchange premium; premium (a fee charged for exchanging currencies)

overcharge (a price that is too high)

Derivation:

charge (set or ask for a certain price)

charge (demand payment)

charge (enter a certain amount as a charge)


Sense 4

Meaning:

The quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

charge; electric charge

Context example:

the battery needed a fresh charge

Hypernyms ("charge" is a kind of...):

electrical phenomenon (a physical phenomenon involving electricity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "charge"):

electrostatic charge (the electric charge at rest on the surface of an insulated body (which establishes and adjacent electrostatic field))

positive charge (having a deficiency of electrons; having a higher electric potential)

negative charge (having a surplus of electrons; having a lower electric potential)

Derivation:

charge (energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge)

charge (cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on)


Sense 5

Meaning:

Attention and management implying responsibility for safety

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

care; charge; guardianship; tutelage

Context example:

he is in the care of a bodyguard

Hypernyms ("charge" is a kind of...):

protection (the activity of protecting someone or something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "charge"):

due care; ordinary care; reasonable care (the care that a reasonable man would exercise under the circumstances; the standard for determining legal duty)

foster care (supervised care for delinquent or neglected children usually in an institution or substitute home)

great care (more attention and consideration than is normally bestowed by prudent persons)

providence (the guardianship and control exercised by a deity)

slight care (such care as a careless or inattentive person would exercise)

Derivation:

charge (assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to)


Sense 6

Meaning:

A special assignment that is given to a person or group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

charge; commission; mission

Context example:

his charge was deliver a message

Hypernyms ("charge" is a kind of...):

assignment; duty assignment (a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "charge"):

mission impossible (an extremely dangerous or difficult mission)

fool's errand (a fruitless mission)

martyr operation; sacrifice operation; suicide mission (killing or injuring others while annihilating yourself; usually accomplished with a bomb)

Derivation:

charge (impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to)

charge (instruct or command with authority)

charge (assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to)


Sense 7

Meaning:

A person committed to your care

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

the teacher led her charges across the street

Hypernyms ("charge" is a kind of...):

dependant; dependent (a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support))

Derivation:

charge (give over to another for care or safekeeping)

charge (assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to)


Sense 8

Meaning:

Financial liabilities (such as a tax)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Context example:

the charges against the estate

Hypernyms ("charge" is a kind of...):

liabilities (anything that is owed to someone else)

Domain category:

revenue enhancement; tax; taxation (charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "charge"):

levy (a charge imposed and collected)

encumbrance; incumbrance (a charge against property (as a lien or mortgage))

assessment (an amount determined as payable)

Derivation:

charge (enter a certain amount as a charge)


Sense 9

Meaning:

(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object

Classified under:

Nouns denoting goals

Synonyms:

cathexis; charge

Context example:

Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge

Hypernyms ("charge" is a kind of...):

libidinal energy ((psychoanalysis) psychic energy produced by the libido)

Domain category:

analysis; depth psychology; psychoanalysis (a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud)


Sense 10

Meaning:

The swift release of a store of affective force

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

bang; boot; charge; flush; kick; rush; thrill

Context example:

he does it for kicks

Hypernyms ("charge" is a kind of...):

excitement; exhilaration (the feeling of lively and cheerful joy)

Derivation:

charge (cause to be agitated, excited, or roused)


Sense 11

Meaning:

Request for payment of a debt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

billing; charge

Context example:

they submitted their charges at the end of each month

Hypernyms ("charge" is a kind of...):

asking; request (the verbal act of requesting)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "charge"):

presentment (a document that must be accepted and paid by another person)

Derivation:

charge (enter a certain amount as a charge)

charge (demand payment)

charge (pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt)


Sense 12

Meaning:

A formal statement of a command or injunction to do something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

charge; commission; direction

Context example:

the judge's charge to the jury

Hypernyms ("charge" is a kind of...):

bid; bidding; command; dictation (an authoritative direction or instruction to do something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "charge"):

misdirection (an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge)

Derivation:

charge (instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence)

charge (assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to)


Sense 13

Meaning:

An assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

accusation; charge

Context example:

the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving

Hypernyms ("charge" is a kind of...):

assertion; asseveration; averment (a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "charge"):

countercharge (a charge brought by an accused person against the accuser)

Derivation:

charge (blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against)

charge (make an accusatory claim)


Sense 14

Meaning:

Heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

armorial bearing; bearing; charge; heraldic bearing

Hypernyms ("charge" is a kind of...):

heraldry (emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "charge"):

roundel ((heraldry) a charge in the shape of a filled circle)

annulet ((heraldry) a charge in the shape of a small ring)

chevron (an inverted V-shaped charge)

fleur-de-lis; fleur-de-lys ((heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris)

ordinary ((heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields)

Derivation:

charge (place a heraldic bearing on)


Sense 15

Meaning:

A quantity of explosive to be set off at one time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

burster; bursting charge; charge; explosive charge

Context example:

this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains

Hypernyms ("charge" is a kind of...):

explosive (a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "charge"):

shot (an explosive charge used in blasting)

undercharge (an insufficient charge)

rocket fuel; rocket propellant; rocket propellent (an explosive charge that propels a rocket)

Derivation:

charge (provide (a device) with something necessary)


CHARGE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they charge  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it charges  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: charged  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: charged  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: charging  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

To make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

bear down; charge

Context example:

he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork

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

rush (attack suddenly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

charge (an impetuous rush toward someone or something)

charger (formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

accuse; charge

Context example:

he charged the director with indifference

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "charge"):

blame; fault (put or pin the blame on)

accuse; criminate; impeach; incriminate (bring an accusation against; level a charge against)

asperse; besmirch; calumniate; defame; denigrate; slander; smear; smirch; sully (charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone)

indict (accuse formally of a crime)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something

Sentence example:

They want to charge the prisoners

Derivation:

charge ((criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense)

charge (an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence)


Sense 3

Meaning:

Demand payment

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

bill; charge

Context example:

We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights

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

account; calculate (keep an account of)

Verb group:

charge (enter a certain amount as a charge)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "charge"):

invoice (send an bill to)

surcharge (charge an extra fee, as for a special service)

undercharge (charge (someone) too little money)

assess (charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine)

tithe (exact a tithe from)

impose; levy (impose and collect)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody something

Derivation:

charge (request for payment of a debt)

charge (the price charged for some article or service)


Sense 4

Meaning:

Move quickly and violently

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

buck; charge; shoot; shoot down; tear

Context example:

He came charging into my office

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

belt along; bucket along; cannonball along; hasten; hie; hotfoot; pelt along; race; rush; rush along; speed; step on it (move hurridly)

Verb group:

dart; dash; flash; scoot; scud; shoot (run or move very quickly or hastily)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "charge"):

rip (move precipitously or violently)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP


Sense 5

Meaning:

Assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

appoint; charge

Context example:

She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "charge"):

assign; delegate; depute; designate (give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person))

depute; deputise; deputize (appoint as a substitute)

make; name; nominate (charge with a function; charge to be)

authorise; authorize; empower (give or delegate power or authority to)

accredit (provide or send (envoys or embassadors) with official credentials)

create (invest with a new title, office, or rank)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody something

Sentence example:

They charge him to write the letter

Derivation:

charge (a special assignment that is given to a person or group)

charge (attention and management implying responsibility for safety)

charge (a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something)

charge (a person committed to your care)


Sense 6

Meaning:

File a formal charge against

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

charge; file; lodge

Context example:

The suspect was charged with murdering his wife

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

accuse; criminate; impeach; incriminate (bring an accusation against; level a charge against)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "charge"):

impeach (charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

charge ((criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense)


Sense 7

Meaning:

Make an accusatory claim

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased

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

claim (assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "charge"):

tax (make a charge against or accuse)

complain (make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

charge (an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence)


Sense 8

Meaning:

Fill or load to capacity

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

charge the wagon with hay

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

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

charge (saturate)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "charge"):

burden; burthen; weight; weight down (weight down with a load)

freight (load with goods for transportation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something PP

Antonym:

discharge (remove the charge from)


Sense 9

Meaning:

Enter a certain amount as a charge

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

he charged me $15

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

debit (enter as debit)

Verb group:

bill; charge (demand payment)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

charge (request for payment of a debt)

charge (the price charged for some article or service)

charge (financial liabilities (such as a tax))


Sense 10

Meaning:

Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

charge; commit; institutionalise; institutionalize; send

Context example:

he was committed to prison

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

transfer (move from one place to another)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "charge"):

hospitalise; hospitalize (admit into a hospital)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody PP


Sense 11

Meaning:

Give over to another for care or safekeeping

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

charge; consign

Context example:

consign your baggage

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

commit; confide; entrust; intrust; trust (confer a trust upon)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "charge"):

pledge (give as a guarantee)

hock; pawn; soak (leave as a guarantee in return for money)

check (hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping)

check (consign for shipment on a vehicle)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

charge (a person committed to your care)


Sense 12

Meaning:

Pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?

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

pay (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something PP

Antonym:

pay cash (pay (for something) with cash)

Derivation:

charge (request for payment of a debt)


Sense 13

Meaning:

Lie down on command, of hunting dogs

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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

lie; lie down (assume a reclining position)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s


Sense 14

Meaning:

Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

agitate; charge; charge up; commove; excite; rouse; turn on

Context example:

The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks

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

disturb; trouble; upset (move deeply)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "charge"):

hype up; psych up (get excited or stimulated)

bother (make nervous or agitated)

pother (make upset or troubled)

electrify (excite suddenly and intensely)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

charge (the swift release of a store of affective force)


Sense 15

Meaning:

Place a heraldic bearing on

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

charge all weapons, shields, and banners

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

paint (make a painting)

Domain category:

art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

charge (heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield)


Sense 16

Meaning:

Provide (a device) with something necessary

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

charge; load

Context example:

load the camera

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

fill; fill up; make full (make full, also in a metaphorical sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "charge"):

recharge; reload (load anew)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

charge (a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time)


Sense 17

Meaning:

Direct into a position for use

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

charge; level; point

Context example:

He charged his weapon at me

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

aim; direct; take; take aim; train (point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards)

Verb group:

point (be positionable in a specified manner)

Sentence frames:

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


Sense 18

Meaning:

Impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

burden; charge; saddle

Context example:

He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend

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

command; require (make someone do something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "charge"):

deluge; flood out; overwhelm (charge someone with too many tasks)

adjure (command solemnly)

bear down (exert a force or cause a strain upon)

overburden (burden with too much work or responsibility)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

Derivation:

charge (a special assignment that is given to a person or group)


Sense 19

Meaning:

Instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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

instruct (give instructions or directions for some task)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

charge (a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something)


Sense 20

Meaning:

Instruct or command with authority

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem

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

instruct (give instructions or directions for some task)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

Derivation:

charge (a special assignment that is given to a person or group)


Sense 21

Meaning:

Attribute responsibility to

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

blame; charge

Context example:

The tragedy was charged to her inexperience

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

ascribe; assign; attribute; impute (attribute or credit to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


Sense 22

Meaning:

Set or ask for a certain price

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

This fellow charges $100 for a massage

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

determine; set (fix conclusively or authoritatively)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

charge (the price charged for some article or service)


Sense 23

Meaning:

Cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

charge a conductor

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

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

charge (energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

charge (the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons)


Sense 24

Meaning:

Energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

I need to charge my car battery

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

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Verb group:

charge (cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "charge"):

recharge (charge anew)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

charge (the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons)

charger (a device that can hold a rechargeable battery by means of an electrical cable)


Sense 25

Meaning:

Saturate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The room was charged with tension and anxiety

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

impregnate; saturate (infuse or fill completely)

Verb group:

charge (fill or load to capacity)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something


 Context examples 


He charged them with word-jugglery, with reasoning from words to theory instead of from facts to theory.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

When dinner was done, my master went out to his labourers, and, as I could discover by his voice and gesture, gave his wife strict charge to take care of me.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Also, examine your bank and credit card statements carefully for errors or unauthorized charges, for they tend to show up in greater frequency during Mercury retrograde periods.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Officer in charge here day and night.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She resolved to give her the information herself, and therefore charged Mr. Collins, when he returned to Longbourn to dinner, to drop no hint of what had passed before any of the family.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

We found our client still under the charge of his devoted nurse, but looking considerably better than before.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology say the moon’s non-silicate sand is “electrically charged” and “resistant to motion.”

('Electric Sands' Cover Titan, VOA News)

On Earth, auroras are created when charged particles from the solar wind enter our planet's magnetosphere, a region where Earth's magnetic field accelerates and sends them toward the poles.

(Powerful Auroras Found at Brown Dwarf, NASA)

The high activity of molten electrolytes is what allows this charging to occur, according to Licht.

(New, high-energy rechargeable batteries, NSF)

So they gave it him, charging him to try it on a tree.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)



 Learn English with... Proverbs 
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"On the day of victory no one is tired." (Arabic proverb)

"The one you love you punish." (Danish proverb)



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