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Nouns

• (n) an impetuous rush toward someone or something
  • the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary
  • the battle began with a cavalry charge
• (n) (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
  • he was arrested on a charge of larceny
  complaint,
• (n) the price charged for some article or service
  • the admission charge
• (n) the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
  • the battery needed a fresh charge
  electric charge,
• (n) attention and management implying responsibility for safety
  • he is in the care of a bodyguard
  guardianship, tutelage, care,
• (n) a special assignment that is given to a person or group
  • a confidential mission to London
  • his charge was deliver a message
  mission, commission,
• (n) a person committed to your care
  • the teacher led her charges across the street
• (n) financial liabilities (such as a tax)
  • the charges against the estate
• (n) (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
  • Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge
  cathexis,
• (n) the swift release of a store of affective force
  • they got a great bang out of it
  • what a boot!
  • he got a quick rush from injecting heroin
  • he does it for kicks
  thrill, kick, boot, bang, flush, rush,
• (n) request for payment of a debt
  • they submitted their charges at the end of each month
  billing,
• (n) a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
  • the judge's charge to the jury
  commission, direction,
• (n) an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
  • the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving
  accusation,
• (n) heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield armorial bearing, heraldic bearing, bearing,
• (n) a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
  • this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains
  burster, bursting charge, explosive charge,

Verbs

• (v) to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
  • he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork
  bear down,
• (v) blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
  • he charged the director with indifference
  accuse,
• (v) demand payment
  • Will I get charged for this service?
  • We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights
  bill,
• (v) move quickly and violently
  • The car tore down the street
  • He came charging into my office
  shoot down, buck, tear, shoot,
• (v) assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
  • He was appointed deputy manager
  • She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance
  appoint,
• (v) file a formal charge against
  • The suspect was charged with murdering his wife
  lodge, file,
• (v) make an accusatory claim
  • The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased
• (v) fill or load to capacity
  • charge the wagon with hay
• (v) enter a certain amount as a charge
  • he charged me $15
• (v) cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
  • After the second episode, she had to be committed
  • he was committed to prison
  institutionalise, institutionalize, commit, send,
• (v) give over to another for care or safekeeping
  • consign your baggage
  consign,
• (v) 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?
• (v) lie down on command, of hunting dogs
• (v) cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
  • The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks
  charge up, commove, agitate, rouse, excite, turn on,
• (v) place a heraldic bearing on
  • charge all weapons, shields, and banners
• (v) provide (a device) with something necessary
  • He loaded his gun carefully
  • load the camera
  load,
• (v) direct into a position for use
  • point a gun
  • He charged his weapon at me
  point, level,
• (v) impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
  • He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend
  burden, saddle,
• (v) instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
• (v) instruct or command with authority
  • The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem
• (v) attribute responsibility to
  • We blamed the accident on her
  • The tragedy was charged to her inexperience
  blame,
• (v) set or ask for a certain price
  • How much do you charge for lunch?
  • This fellow charges $100 for a massage
• (v) cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
  • charge a conductor
• (v) energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
  • I need to charge my car battery
• (v) saturate
  • The room was charged with tension and anxiety

Synonyms

bear down complaint accuse bill shoot down buck tear shoot electric charge appoint guardianship tutelage care lodge file mission commission cathexis thrill kick boot bang flush rush institutionalise institutionalize commit send consign billing direction accusation armorial bearing heraldic bearing bearing charge up commove agitate rouse excite turn on burster bursting charge explosive charge load point level burden saddle blame

Antonyms

discharge pay cash calm still tranquilize tranquillise tranquillize calm down quiet quieten lull

See also

shoot up

Words of close approximity