Overview of verb charge

The verb charge has 25 senses

• charge, bear down -- (to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle; "he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork")


• charge, accuse -- (blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against; "he charged the director with indifference")


• charge, bill -- (demand payment; "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights")


• tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck -- (move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office")


• appoint, charge -- (assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance")


• charge, lodge, file -- (file a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife")


• charge -- (make an accusatory claim; "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased")


• charge -- (fill or load to capacity; "charge the wagon with hay")


• charge -- (enter a certain amount as a charge; "he charged me $15")


• commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge -- (cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison")


• consign, charge -- (give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your baggage")


• charge -- (pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt; "Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?")


• charge -- (lie down on command, of hunting dogs)


• agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up -- (cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks")


• charge -- (place a heraldic bearing on; "charge all weapons, shields, and banners")


• load, charge -- (provide (a device) with something necessary; "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera")


• charge, level, point -- (direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me")


• charge, saddle, burden -- (impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend")


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


• charge -- (instruct or command with authority; "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem")


• blame, charge -- (attribute responsibility to; "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience")


• charge -- (set or ask for a certain price; "How much do you charge for lunch?"; "This fellow charges $100 for a massage")


• charge -- (cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on; "charge a conductor")


• charge -- (energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge; "I need to charge my car battery")


• charge -- (saturate; "The room was charged with tension and anxiety")

Overview of adj charged

The adj charged has 4 senses

• charged -- (of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge; "charged particles"; "a charged battery")


• charged, supercharged -- (fraught with great emotion; "an atmosphere charged with excitement"; "an emotionally charged speech")


• aerated, charged -- (supplied with carbon dioxide)


• charged -- (capable of producing violent emotion or arousing controversy; "the highly charged issue of abortion")