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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 something
2. (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
3. the price charged for some article or service
4. the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
5. attention and management implying responsibility for safety
6. a special assignment that is given to a person or group
7. a person committed to your care
8. financial liabilities (such as a tax)
9. (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
10. the swift release of a store of affective force
11. request for payment of a debt
12. a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
13. an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
14. heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
15. a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
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 battle
2. blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
3. demand payment
4. move quickly and violently
5. assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
6. file a formal charge against
7. make an accusatory claim
8. fill or load to capacity
9. enter a certain amount as a charge
10. cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
11. give over to another for care or safekeeping
12. pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
13. lie down on command, of hunting dogs
14. cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
15. place a heraldic bearing on
16. provide (a device) with something necessary
17. direct into a position for use
18. impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
19. instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
20. instruct or command with authority
21. attribute responsibility to
22. set or ask for a certain price
23. cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
24. energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
25. saturate
Familiarity information: CHARGE used as a verb is very familiar.
Dictionary entry details
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)
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it charges Past simple: charged
Past participle: charged
-ing form: charging
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:
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:
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"):
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:
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:
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)
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