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charge
(/tS//A/r/dZ/ )

noun (n)

  • an impetuous rush toward someone or something(noun.act)
    Example:
    The wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary.
    The battle began with a cavalry charge.
    source: wordnet30
  • (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense(noun.communication)
    Example:
    He was arrested on a charge of larceny.
    Synonym:
    complaint
    source: wordnet30
  • the price charged for some article or service(noun.possession)
    Example:
    The admission charge.
    source: wordnet30
  • the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons(noun.phenomenon)
    Example:
    The battery needed a fresh charge.
    Synonym:
    electric charge
    source: wordnet30
  • attention and management implying responsibility for safety(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    care, guardianship, tutelage
    source: wordnet30
  • a special assignment that is given to a person or group(noun.act)
    Example:
    His charge was deliver a message.
    Synonym:
    commission, mission
    source: wordnet30
  • a person committed to your care(noun.person)
    Example:
    The teacher led her charges across the street.
    source: wordnet30
  • financial liabilities (such as a tax)(noun.possession)
    Example:
    The charges against the estate.
    source: wordnet30
  • (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object(noun.motive)
    Example:
    Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge.
    Synonym:
    cathexis
    source: wordnet30
  • the swift release of a store of affective force(noun.feeling)
    Synonym:
    bang, boot, flush, kick, rush, thrill
    source: wordnet30
  • request for payment of a debt(noun.communication)
    Example:
    They submitted their charges at the end of each month.
    Synonym:
    billing
    source: wordnet30
  • a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something(noun.communication)
    Example:
    The judge's charge to the jury.
    Synonym:
    commission, direction
    source: wordnet30
  • an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence(noun.communication)
    Example:
    The newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving.
    Synonym:
    accusation
    source: wordnet30
  • heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    armorial bearing, bearing, heraldic bearing
    source: wordnet30
  • a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    This cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains.
    Synonym:
    burster, bursting charge, explosive charge
    source: wordnet30
  • A load or burder laid upon a person or thing.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle(verb.competition)
    Synonym:
    bear down
    source: wordnet30
  • blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against(verb.communication)
    Example:
    He charged the director with indifference.
    Synonym:
    accuse
    source: wordnet30
  • demand payment(verb.possession)
    Example:
    Will I get charged for this service?.
    Synonym:
    bill
    source: wordnet30
  • move quickly and violently(verb.motion)
    Synonym:
    buck, shoot, shoot down, tear
    source: wordnet30
  • assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to(verb.social)
    Example:
    She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance.
    Synonym:
    appoint
    source: wordnet30
  • file a formal charge against(verb.communication)
    Example:
    The suspect was charged with murdering his wife.
    Synonym:
    file, lodge
    source: wordnet30
  • make an accusatory claim(verb.communication)
    Example:
    The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased.
    source: wordnet30
  • fill or load to capacity(verb.contact)
    Example:
    Charge the wagon with hay.
    Antonym:
    discharge
    source: wordnet30
  • enter a certain amount as a charge(verb.possession)
    Example:
    He charged me $15.
    source: wordnet30
  • cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution(verb.possession)
    Synonym:
    commit, institutionalise, institutionalize, send
    source: wordnet30
  • give over to another for care or safekeeping(verb.possession)
    Synonym:
    consign
    source: wordnet30
  • pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt(verb.possession)
    Example:
    Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?.
    Antonym:
    pay cash
    source: wordnet30
  • lie down on command, of hunting dogs(verb.motion)
    source: wordnet30
  • cause to be agitated, excited, or roused(verb.emotion)
    Example:
    The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks.
    Synonym:
    agitate, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on
    Antonym:
    calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize
    source: wordnet30
  • place a heraldic bearing on(verb.creation)
    Example:
    Charge all weapons, shields, and banners.
    source: wordnet30
  • provide (a device) with something necessary(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    load
    source: wordnet30
  • direct into a position for use(verb.competition)
    Example:
    He charged his weapon at me.
    Synonym:
    level, point
    source: wordnet30
  • impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to(verb.communication)
    Example:
    He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend.
    Synonym:
    burden, saddle
    source: wordnet30
  • instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence(verb.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • instruct or command with authority(verb.communication)
    Example:
    The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem.
    source: wordnet30
  • attribute responsibility to(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    The tragedy was charged to her inexperience.
    Synonym:
    blame
    source: wordnet30
  • set or ask for a certain price(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    How much do you charge for lunch?.
    This fellow charges $100 for a massage.
    source: wordnet30
  • cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on(verb.change)
    Example:
    Charge a conductor.
    source: wordnet30
  • energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge(verb.change)
    Example:
    I need to charge my car battery.
    source: wordnet30
  • saturate(verb.change)
    Example:
    The room was charged with tension and anxiety.
    source: wordnet30
  • To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To make an onset or rush; as, to charge with fixed bayonets.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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