RELOAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reload mean? 

• RELOAD (verb)
  The verb RELOAD has 2 senses:

1. load anew

2. place a new load on

  Familiarity information: RELOAD used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RELOAD (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they reload    ... he / she / it reloads   
Past simple: reloaded   
Past participle: reloaded   
-ing form: reloading   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Load anew

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

recharge; reload

Context example:

She reloaded the gun carefully

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

charge; load (provide (a device) with something necessary)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Place a new load on

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

The movers reloaded the truck

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

lade; laden; load; load up (fill or place a load on)

Sentence frames:

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

 Context examples 

Why had not I, long before, reprimed and reloaded my only weapons?

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

On several occasions the sled was overturned, and they were compelled to reload it with its sombre freight.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Then we reloaded and turned our attention to poor Tom.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

After reloading, we walked down the outside of the palisade to see to the fallen enemy.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)