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charge > 40 senses
NOUN	1	charge, complaint	(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
	2	charge	The price charged for some article or service
	3	charge, accusation	An assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
	4	charge, billing	Request for payment of a debt
	5	charge	A impetuous rush toward someone or something
	6	charge, electric charge	The quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
	7	charge	Financial liabilities (such as a tax)
	8	charge	A person committed to your care
	9	charge, care, tutelage, guardianship	Attention and management implying responsibility for safety
	10	charge, mission, commission	A special assignment that is given to a person or group
	11	charge, commission, direction	A formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
	12	charge, burster, bursting charge, explosive charge	A quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
	13	charge, bang, boot, rush, flush, thrill, kick	The swift release of a store of affective force
	14	charge, cathexis	(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
	15	charge, bearing, heraldic bearing, armorial bearing	Heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
VERB	1	charge, bear down	To make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
	2	charge, accuse	Blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
	3	charge, bill	Demand payment
	4	charge, tear, shoot, shoot down, buck	Move quickly and violently
	5	charge, appoint	Assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
	6	charge, lodge, file	File a formal charge against
	7	charge	Make an accusatory claim
	8	charge	Fill or load to capacity
	9	charge	Enter a certain amount as a charge
	10	charge, commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send	Cause to be admitted
	11	charge, consign	Give over to another for care or safekeeping
	12	charge	Pay with a credit card
	13	charge	Lie down on command, of hunting dogs
	14	charge, agitate, rouse, turn on, commove, excite, charge up	Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
	15	charge	Place a heraldic bearing on
	16	charge, load	Provide with munition
	17	charge, level, point	Direct into a position for use
	18	charge, saddle, burden	Impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
	19	charge	Instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
	20	charge	Instruct or command with authority
	21	charge, blame	Attribute responsibility to
	22	charge	Set or ask for a certain price
	23	charge	Cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
	24	charge	Energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
	25	charge	Saturate

charge > pronunciation
Sounds	chaa'rjh
Rhymes	barge, countercharge, discharge, and 8 more rhymes in aarjh...

charge > noun 1, communication
Meaning	(criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense.
Examples	"he was arrested on a charge of larceny"
Synonyms	complaint
Part of	indictment, bill of indictment
Category	criminal law
Broader	pleading
Narrower	accusation, accusal
Verbs	charge; charge

charge > noun 2, possession
Meaning	The price charged for some article or service.
Examples	"the admission charge"
Broader	cost
Narrower	carrying charge; depreciation charge; undercharge; overcharge; fare, transportation; fixed charge, fixed cost, fixed costs; agio, agiotage, premium, exchange premium; demurrage; installation charge; porterage; postage; poundage; rate, charge per unit; water-rate; surcharge; service charge, service fee; stowage; tankage
Verbs	charge; charge; charge

charge > noun 3, communication
Meaning	An assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence.
Examples	"the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving"
Synonyms	accusation
Broader	assertion, averment, asseveration
Narrower	countercharge
Verbs	charge; charge

charge > noun 4, communication
Meaning	Request for payment of a debt.
Examples	"they submitted their charges at the end of each month"
Synonyms	billing
Broader	request, asking
Narrower	presentment
Verbs	charge; charge; charge

charge > noun 5, act
Meaning	A impetuous rush toward someone or something.
Examples	"the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary"; "the battle began with a cavalry charge"
Broader	attack, onslaught, onset, onrush
Narrower	countercharge
Verbs	charge

charge > noun 6, phenomenon
Meaning	The quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons.
Examples	"the battery needed a fresh charge"
Synonyms	electric charge
Broader	electrical phenomenon
Narrower	electrostatic charge; positive charge; negative charge
Verbs	charge; charge

charge > noun 7, possession
Meaning	Financial liabilities (such as a tax).
Examples	"the charges against the estate"
Category	tax, taxation, revenue enhancement
Broader	liabilities
Narrower	levy; encumbrance, incumbrance; assessment
Verbs	charge

charge > noun 8, person
Meaning	A person committed to your care.
Examples	"the teacher led her charges across the street"
Broader	dependant, dependent
Verbs	charge; charge

charge > noun 9, act
Meaning	Attention and management implying responsibility for safety.
Synonyms	care, tutelage, guardianship
Broader	protection
Narrower	due care, ordinary care, reasonable care; foster care; great care; providence; slight care
Verbs	charge

charge > noun 10, act
Meaning	A special assignment that is given to a person or group.
Examples	"his charge was deliver a message"
Synonyms	mission, commission
Broader	assignment, duty assignment
Narrower	fool's errand; mission impossible; suicide mission, martyr operation, sacrifice operation
Verbs	charge; charge; charge

charge > noun 11, communication
Meaning	A formal statement of a command or injunction to do something.
Examples	"the judge's charge to the jury"
Synonyms	commission, direction
Broader	command, bid, bidding, dictation
Narrower	misdirection
Verbs	charge; charge

charge > noun 12, artifact
Meaning	A quantity of explosive to be set off at one time.
Examples	"this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains"
Synonyms	burster, bursting charge, explosive charge
Broader	explosive
Narrower	shot; undercharge; rocket fuel, rocket propellant, rocket propellent
Verbs	charge

charge > noun 13, feeling
Meaning	The swift release of a store of affective force.
Synonyms	bang, boot, rush, flush, thrill, kick
Broader	exhilaration, excitement
Verbs	charge

charge > noun 14, motive
Meaning	(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object.
Examples	"Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge"
Synonyms	cathexis
Category	psychoanalysis, analysis, depth psychology
Broader	libidinal energy

charge > noun 15, artifact
Meaning	Heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield.
Synonyms	bearing, heraldic bearing, armorial bearing
Broader	heraldry
Narrower	annulet, roundel; chevron; fleur-de-lis, fleur-de-lys; ordinary
Verbs	charge

charge > verb 1, competition
Meaning	To make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle.
Pattern	Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Synonyms	bear down
Broader	rush
Nouns	charger; charge

charge > verb 2, communication
Meaning	Blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody with something; Somebody ----s somebody
Model	They want to charge the prisoners
Examples	"he charged thee director with indifference"
Synonyms	accuse
Narrower	blame, fault; accuse, impeach, incriminate, criminate; defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch; indict
Entailed by	arraign
Nouns	charge; charge

charge > verb 3, possession
Meaning	Demand payment.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody something
Examples	"Will I get charged for this service?"
Synonyms	bill
Similar to	charge
Broader	account, calculate
Narrower	levy, impose; tithe; assess; undercharge; surcharge; invoice
Entailed by	overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook
Nouns	charge; charge

charge > verb 4, motion
Meaning	Move quickly and violently.
Pattern	Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP
Synonyms	tear, shoot, shoot down, buck
Similar to	dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot
Broader	rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
Narrower	rip

charge > verb 5, social
Meaning	Assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody something
Model	They charge him to write the letter
Examples	"She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"
Synonyms	appoint
Narrower	delegate, designate, depute, assign; depute, deputize, deputise; name, nominate, make; empower, authorise, authorize; accredit; create
Nouns	charge; charge; charge; charge

charge > verb 6, communication
Meaning	File a formal charge against.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody with something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Examples	"The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"
Synonyms	lodge, file
Broader	accuse, impeach, incriminate, criminate
Narrower	impeach
Nouns	charge

charge > verb 7, communication
Meaning	Make an accusatory claim.
Pattern	Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Examples	"The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased"
Broader	claim
Narrower	tax; complain
Nouns	charge

charge > verb 8, contact
Meaning	Fill or load to capacity.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody with something; Somebody ----s something PP
Examples	"charge the wagon with hay"
Contrary	discharge
Similar to	charge
Broader	change, alter, modify
Narrower	burden, burthen, weight, weight down; freight

charge > verb 9, possession
Meaning	Enter a certain amount as a charge.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody
Examples	"he charged me $15"
Similar to	charge, bill
Broader	debit
Nouns	charge; charge; charge

charge > verb 10, possession
Meaning	Cause to be admitted. Of persons to an institution.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody PP
Synonyms	commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send
Broader	transfer
Narrower	hospitalize, hospitalise

charge > verb 11, possession
Meaning	Give over to another for care or safekeeping.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something to somebody
Synonyms	consign
Broader	entrust, intrust, trust, confide, commit
Narrower	pledge; pawn, soak, hock; check; check
Nouns	charge

charge > verb 12, possession
Meaning	Pay with a credit card. Pay with plastic money. Postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s something PP
Examples	"Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?"
Contrary	pay cash
Broader	pay
Nouns	charge

charge > verb 13, motion
Meaning	Lie down on command, of hunting dogs.
Pattern	Something ----s
Broader	lie down, lie

charge > verb 14, emotion
Meaning	Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
Examples	"The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
Synonyms	agitate, rouse, turn on, commove, excite, charge up
Contrary	calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still
Broader	disturb, upset, trouble
Narrower	hype up, psych up; bother; pother; electrify
Nouns	charge

charge > verb 15, creation
Meaning	Place a heraldic bearing on.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"charge all weapons, shields, and banners"
Category	art, artistic creation, artistic production
Broader	paint
Nouns	charge

charge > verb 16, contact
Meaning	Provide with munition.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonyms	load
Broader	fill, fill up, make full
Narrower	recharge, reload
Nouns	charge

charge > verb 17, competition
Meaning	Direct into a position for use.
Pattern	Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP
Examples	"He charged his weapon at me"
Synonyms	level, point
Similar to	point
Broader	aim, take, train, take aim, direct

charge > verb 18, communication
Meaning	Impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE; Somebody ----s somebody with something
Examples	"He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"
Synonyms	saddle, burden
Broader	command, require, compel
Narrower	overburden; bear down; overwhelm, deluge, flood out; adjure
Nouns	charge

charge > verb 19, communication
Meaning	Instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Category	law, jurisprudence
Broader	instruct
Nouns	charge

charge > verb 20, communication
Meaning	Instruct or command with authority.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Examples	"The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem"
Broader	instruct
Nouns	charge

charge > verb 21, cognition
Meaning	Attribute responsibility to.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"The tragedy was charged to her inexperience"
Synonyms	blame
Broader	impute, ascribe, assign, attribute

charge > verb 22, cognition
Meaning	Set or ask for a certain price.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"How much do you charge for lunch?"; "This fellow charges $100 for a massage"
Broader	determine, set
Nouns	charge

charge > verb 23, change
Meaning	Cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"charge a conductor"
Similar to	charge
Broader	change, alter, modify
Nouns	charge

charge > verb 24, change
Meaning	Energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"I need to charge my car battery"
Similar to	charge
Broader	supply, provide, render, furnish
Narrower	recharge
Nouns	charger; charge

charge > verb 25, change
Meaning	Saturate.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"The room was charged with tension and anxiety"
Similar to	charge
Broader	impregnate, saturate

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