Noun

• S: (n) charge (charge%1:04:01::) (an impetuous rush toward someone or something) "the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary"; "the battle began with a cavalry charge"
• S: (n) charge (charge%1:10:00::), complaint (complaint%1:10:04::) ((criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense) "he was arrested on a charge of larceny"
• S: (n) charge (charge%1:21:02::) (the price charged for some article or service) "the admission charge"
• S: (n) charge (charge%1:19:00::), electric charge (electric_charge%1:19:00::) (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"
• S: (n) care (care%1:04:02::), charge (charge%1:04:00::), tutelage (tutelage%1:04:01::), guardianship (guardianship%1:04:01::) (attention and management implying responsibility for safety) "he is in the care of a bodyguard"
• S: (n) mission (mission%1:04:00::), charge (charge%1:04:03::), commission (commission%1:04:00::) (a special assignment that is given to a person or group) "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message"
• S: (n) charge (charge%1:18:00::) (a person committed to your care) "the teacher led her charges across the street"
• S: (n) charge (charge%1:21:01::) (financial liabilities (such as a tax)) "the charges against the estate"
• S: (n) cathexis (cathexis%1:16:00::), charge (charge%1:16:00::) ((psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object) "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge"
• S: (n) bang (bang%1:12:00::), boot (boot%1:12:00::), charge (charge%1:12:00::), rush (rush%1:12:00::), flush (flush%1:12:00::), thrill (thrill%1:12:00::), kick (kick%1:12:00::) (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"
• S: (n) charge (charge%1:10:03::), billing (billing%1:10:00::) (request for payment of a debt) "they submitted their charges at the end of each month"
• S: (n) commission (commission%1:10:01::), charge (charge%1:10:01::), direction (direction%1:10:01::) (a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something) "the judge's charge to the jury"
• S: (n) accusation (accusation%1:10:01::), charge (charge%1:10:04::) (an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence) "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving"
• S: (n) charge (charge%1:06:01::), bearing (bearing%1:06:01::), heraldic bearing (heraldic_bearing%1:06:00::), armorial bearing (armorial_bearing%1:06:00::) (heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield)
• S: (n) charge (charge%1:06:00::), burster (burster%1:06:00::), bursting charge (bursting_charge%1:06:00::), explosive charge (explosive_charge%1:06:00::) (a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time) "this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains"

Verb

• S: (v) charge (charge%2:33:00::), bear down (bear_down%2:33:03::) (to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle) "he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork"
• S: (v) charge (charge%2:32:02::), accuse (accuse%2:32:01::) (blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against) "he charged the director with indifference"
• S: (v) charge (charge%2:40:03::), bill (bill%2:40:00::) (demand payment) "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights"
• S: (v) tear (tear%2:38:00::), shoot (shoot%2:38:01::), shoot down (shoot_down%2:38:01::), charge (charge%2:38:00::), buck (buck%2:38:01::) (move quickly and violently) "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
• S: (v) appoint (appoint%2:41:00::), charge (charge%2:41:00::) (assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to) "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"
• S: (v) charge (charge%2:32:00::), lodge (lodge%2:32:00::), file (file%2:32:01::) (file a formal charge against) "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"
• S: (v) charge (charge%2:32:03::) (make an accusatory claim) "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased"
• S: (v) charge (charge%2:35:00::) (fill or load to capacity) "charge the wagon with hay"
• S: (v) charge (charge%2:40:02::) (enter a certain amount as a charge) "he charged me $15"
• S: (v) commit (commit%2:40:02::), institutionalize (institutionalize%2:40:00::), institutionalise (institutionalise%2:40:00::), send (send%2:40:00::), charge (charge%2:40:05::) (cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution) "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"
• S: (v) consign (consign%2:40:00::), charge (charge%2:40:04::) (give over to another for care or safekeeping) "consign your baggage"
• S: (v) charge (charge%2:40:01::) (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?"
• S: (v) charge (charge%2:38:01::) (lie down on command, of hunting dogs)
• S: (v) agitate (agitate%2:37:00::), rouse (rouse%2:37:04::), turn on (turn_on%2:37:02::), charge (charge%2:37:05::), commove (commove%2:37:00::), excite (excite%2:37:03::), charge up (charge_up%2:37:00::) (cause to be agitated, excited, or roused) "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
• S: (v) charge (charge%2:36:00::) (place a heraldic bearing on) "charge all weapons, shields, and banners"
• S: (v) load (load%2:35:02::), charge (charge%2:35:02::) (provide (a device) with something necessary) "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera"
• S: (v) charge (charge%2:33:01::), level (level%2:33:01::), point (point%2:33:00::) (direct into a position for use) "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me"
• S: (v) charge (charge%2:32:01::), saddle (saddle%2:32:00::), burden (burden%2:32:00::) (impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to) "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"
• S: (v) charge (charge%2:32:12::) (instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence)
• S: (v) charge (charge%2:32:11::) (instruct or command with authority) "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem"
• S: (v) blame (blame%2:31:00::), charge (charge%2:31:10::) (attribute responsibility to) "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience"
• S: (v) charge (charge%2:31:12::) (set or ask for a certain price) "How much do you charge for lunch?"; "This fellow charges $100 for a massage"
• S: (v) charge (charge%2:30:03::) (cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on) "charge a conductor"
• S: (v) charge (charge%2:30:00::) (energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge) "I need to charge my car battery"
• S: (v) charge (charge%2:30:13::) (saturate) "The room was charged with tension and anxiety"