Noun

• (16)S: (n) charge#1 (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"
• (13)S: (n) charge#2 (charge%1:10:00::), complaint#5 (complaint%1:10:04::) ((criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense) "he was arrested on a charge of larceny"
• (4)S: (n) charge#3 (charge%1:21:02::) (the price charged for some article or service) "the admission charge"
• (3)S: (n) charge#4 (charge%1:19:00::), electric charge#1 (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"
• (2)S: (n) care#5 (care%1:04:02::), charge#5 (charge%1:04:00::), tutelage#2 (tutelage%1:04:01::), guardianship#1 (guardianship%1:04:01::) (attention and management implying responsibility for safety) "he is in the care of a bodyguard"
• (2)S: (n) mission#3 (mission%1:04:00::), charge#6 (charge%1:04:03::), commission#9 (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"
• (1)S: (n) charge#7 (charge%1:18:00::) (a person committed to your care) "the teacher led her charges across the street"
• S: (n) charge#8 (charge%1:21:01::) (financial liabilities (such as a tax)) "the charges against the estate"
• S: (n) cathexis#1 (cathexis%1:16:00::), charge#9 (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#4 (bang%1:12:00::), boot#3 (boot%1:12:00::), charge#10 (charge%1:12:00::), rush#5 (rush%1:12:00::), flush#5 (flush%1:12:00::), thrill#1 (thrill%1:12:00::), kick#2 (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#11 (charge%1:10:03::), billing#1 (billing%1:10:00::) (request for payment of a debt) "they submitted their charges at the end of each month"
• S: (n) commission#6 (commission%1:10:01::), charge#12 (charge%1:10:01::), direction#8 (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#2 (accusation%1:10:01::), charge#13 (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#14 (charge%1:06:01::), bearing#5 (bearing%1:06:01::), heraldic bearing#1 (heraldic_bearing%1:06:00::), armorial bearing#1 (armorial_bearing%1:06:00::) (heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield)
• S: (n) charge#15 (charge%1:06:00::), burster#1 (burster%1:06:00::), bursting charge#1 (bursting_charge%1:06:00::), explosive charge#1 (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

• (16)S: (v) charge#1 (charge%2:33:00::), bear down#3 (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"
• (10)S: (v) charge#2 (charge%2:32:02::), accuse#2 (accuse%2:32:01::) (blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against) "he charged the director with indifference"
• (7)S: (v) charge#3 (charge%2:40:03::), bill#1 (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"
• (6)S: (v) tear#3 (tear%2:38:00::), shoot#7 (shoot%2:38:01::), shoot down#1 (shoot_down%2:38:01::), charge#4 (charge%2:38:00::), buck#3 (buck%2:38:01::) (move quickly and violently) "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
• (4)S: (v) appoint#2 (appoint%2:41:00::), charge#5 (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"
• (3)S: (v) charge#6 (charge%2:32:00::), lodge#3 (lodge%2:32:00::), file#4 (file%2:32:01::) (file a formal charge against) "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"
• (3)S: (v) charge#7 (charge%2:32:03::) (make an accusatory claim) "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased"
• (2)S: (v) charge#8 (charge%2:35:00::) (fill or load to capacity) "charge the wagon with hay"
• (1)S: (v) charge#9 (charge%2:40:02::) (enter a certain amount as a charge) "he charged me $15"
• S: (v) commit#3 (commit%2:40:02::), institutionalize#1 (institutionalize%2:40:00::), institutionalise#1 (institutionalise%2:40:00::), send#7 (send%2:40:00::), charge#10 (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#2 (consign%2:40:00::), charge#11 (charge%2:40:04::) (give over to another for care or safekeeping) "consign your baggage"
• S: (v) charge#12 (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#13 (charge%2:38:01::) (lie down on command, of hunting dogs)
• S: (v) agitate#2 (agitate%2:37:00::), rouse#3 (rouse%2:37:04::), turn on#5 (turn_on%2:37:02::), charge#14 (charge%2:37:05::), commove#1 (commove%2:37:00::), excite#4 (excite%2:37:03::), charge up#1 (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#15 (charge%2:36:00::) (place a heraldic bearing on) "charge all weapons, shields, and banners"
• S: (v) load#2 (load%2:35:02::), charge#16 (charge%2:35:02::) (provide (a device) with something necessary) "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera"
• S: (v) charge#17 (charge%2:33:01::), level#4 (level%2:33:01::), point#3 (point%2:33:00::) (direct into a position for use) "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me"
• S: (v) charge#18 (charge%2:32:01::), saddle#3 (saddle%2:32:00::), burden#2 (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#19 (charge%2:32:12::) (instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence)
• S: (v) charge#20 (charge%2:32:11::) (instruct or command with authority) "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem"
• S: (v) blame#3 (blame%2:31:00::), charge#21 (charge%2:31:10::) (attribute responsibility to) "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience"
• S: (v) charge#22 (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#23 (charge%2:30:03::) (cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on) "charge a conductor"
• S: (v) charge#24 (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#25 (charge%2:30:13::) (saturate) "The room was charged with tension and anxiety"