ALL meanings of charged
charged
C c - adjective charged If a situation is charged, it is filled with emotion and therefore very tense or exciting. 3
- adjective charged Charged particles carry an electrical charge. 3
- adjective charged full of emotional tension 3
- adjective charged having an electrical charge (of a particular kind) 3
- adjective charged with electricity 1
- adjective charged atmosphere 1
- adjective charged with crime 1
- adjective charged have to pay money for sth 1
- adjective charged intense; impassioned: an emotionally charged speech. 1
- adjective charged fraught with emotion: the charged atmosphere of the room. 1
- adjective charged capable of producing violent emotion, arousing controversy, etc.: the highly charged issue of birth control. 1
- adjective charged Electricity. pertaining to a particle, body, or system possessing a net amount of positive or negative electric charge. 1
- verb with object charged to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves. 1
- verb with object charged to impose on or ask of (someone) a price or fee: He didn't charge me for it. 1
- verb with object charged to defer payment for (a purchase) until a bill is rendered by the creditor: The store let me charge the coat. 1
- verb with object charged to hold liable for payment; enter a debit against. 1
- verb with object charged to attack by rushing violently against: The cavalry charged the enemy. 1
- verb with object charged to accuse formally or explicitly (usually followed by with): They charged him with theft. 1
- verb with object charged to impute; ascribe the responsibility for: He charged the accident to his own carelessness. 1
- verb with object charged to instruct authoritatively, as a judge does a jury. 1
- verb with object charged to lay a command or injunction upon: He charged his secretary with the management of his correspondence. 1
- verb with object charged to fill or furnish (a thing) with the quantity, as of powder or fuel, that it is fitted to receive: to charge a musket. 1
- verb with object charged to supply with a quantity of electric charge or electrical energy: to charge a storage battery. 1
- verb with object charged to change the net amount of positive or negative electric charge of (a particle, body, or system). 1
- verb with object charged to suffuse, as with emotion: The air was charged with excitement. 1
- verb with object charged to fill (air, water, etc.) with other matter in a state of diffusion or solution: The air was charged with pollen. 1
- verb with object charged Metallurgy. to load (materials) into a furnace, converter, etc. 1
- verb with object charged to load or burden (the mind, heart, etc.): His mind was charged with weighty matters. 1
- verb with object charged to put a load or burden on or in. 1
- verb with object charged to record the loan of, as books or other materials from a library (often followed by out): The librarian will charge those books at the front desk. 1
- verb with object charged to borrow, as books or other materials from a library (often followed by out): How many magazines may I charge at one time? 1
- verb with object charged Heraldry. to place charges on (an escutcheon). 1
- verb without object charged to make an onset; rush, as to an attack. 1
- verb without object charged to place the price of a thing to one's debit. 1
- verb without object charged to require payment: to charge for a service. 1
- verb without object charged to make a debit, as in an account. 1
- verb without object charged (of dogs) to lie down at command. 1
- noun charged expense or cost: improvements made at a tenant's own charge. 1
- noun charged a fee or price charged: a charge of three dollars for admission. 1
- noun charged a pecuniary burden, encumbrance, tax, or lien; cost; expense; liability to pay: After his death there were many charges on his estate. 1
- noun charged an entry in an account of something due. 1
- noun charged an impetuous onset or attack, as of soldiers. 1
- noun charged a signal by bugle, drum, etc., for a military charge. 1
- noun charged a duty or responsibility laid upon or entrusted to one. 1
- noun charged care, custody, or superintendence: The child was placed in her nurse's charge. 1
- noun charged anything or anybody committed to one's care or management: The nurse was careful to let no harm come to her charge. 1
- noun charged Ecclesiastical. a parish or congregation committed to the spiritual care of a pastor. 1
- noun charged a command or injunction; exhortation. 1
- noun charged an accusation: He was arrested on a charge of theft. 1
- noun charged Law. an address by a judge to a jury at the close of a trial, instructing it as to the legal points, the weight of evidence, etc., affecting the verdict in the case. 1