Bubba136 Posted July 5, 2003 Posted July 5, 2003 When is a word associated or disassociated? Charged can be like using a credit card or like a carbonated drink is charged with CO2, or still like the cavalry charged the Indian positions. The police charged the driver with speeding. The Judge charged the Jury with instructions. The gun captian charged his howizer with armor piercing rounds. There's more than one definition. Its application to electricity is only one. And, by the way, at least I can find all of the words I post in the dictionary. See the following: charge (chärj) v. charged, charg·ing, charg·es. --tr. 1. To impose a duty, responsibility, or obligation on: charged him with the task of watching the young swimmers. 2. To set or ask (a given amount) as a price: charges ten dollars for a haircut. 3. To hold financially liable; demand payment from: charged her for the balance due. 4. To postpone payment on (a purchase) by recording as a debt: paid cash for the stockings but charged the new coat. 5.a. To load to capacity; fill: charge a furnace with coal. b. To saturate; impregnate: The atmosphere was charged with tension. 6. To load (a gun or other firearm) with a quantity of explosive: charged the musket with powder. 7. To instruct or urge authoritatively; command: charged her not to reveal the source of information. 8. Law. To instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence. 9. To make a claim of wrongdoing against; accuse or blame: The police charged him with car theft. Critics charged the writer with a lack of originality. 10. To put the blame for; attribute or impute: charged the accident to the driver's inexperience. 11. To attack violently: The troops charged the enemy line. 12. Electricity. a. To cause formation of a net electric charge on or in (a conductor, for example). b. To energize (a storage battery) by passing current through it in the direction opposite to discharge. 13. To excite; rouse: a speaker who knows how to charge up a crowd. 14. To direct or put (a weapon) into position for use; level. 15. Heraldry. To place a bearing on. --intr. 1. To rush forward in or as if in a violent attack: dogs trained to charge at intruders; children charging through the house. 2. To demand or ask payment: did not charge for the second cup of coffee. 3. To postpone payment for a purchase. 4. Accounting. To consider or record as a loss. Often used with off. --charge n. 1. Abbr. chg. a. Expense; cost. b. The price asked for something: no charge for window-shopping. 2.a. A weight or burden; a load: a freighter relieved of its charge of cargo. b. The quantity that a container or apparatus can hold. 3. A quantity of explosive to be set off at one time. 4. An assigned duty or task; a responsibility: The commission's charge was to determine the facts. 5. One that is entrusted to another's care or management: the baby sitter's three young charges. 6.a. Supervision; management: the scientist who had overall charge of the research project. b. Care; custody: a child put in my charge. 7. An order, a command, or an injunction. 8. Law. Instruction given by a judge to a jury about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence. 9. A claim of wrongdoing; an accusation: a charge of murder; pleaded not guilty to the charges. 10.a. A rushing, forceful attack: repelled the charge of enemy troops; the charge of a herd of elephants. b. The command to attack: The bugler sounded the charge. 11. Abbr. chg. A debt or an entry in an account recording a debt: Are you paying cash or is this a charge? 12. Abbr. chg. A financial burden, such as a tax or lien. 13. Symbol q Physics. a. The intrinsic property of matter responsible for all electric phenomena, in particular for the force of the electromagnetic interaction, occurring in two forms arbitrarily designated negative and positive. b. A measure of this property. c. The net measure of this property possessed by a body or contained in a bounded region of space. 14. Informal. A feeling of pleasant excitement; a thrill: got a real charge out of the movie. 15. Heraldry. A bearing or figure. --idioms. in charge. 1. In a position of leadership or supervision: the security agent in charge at the airport. 2. Chiefly British. Under arrest. in charge of. Having control over or responsibility for: You're in charge of making the salad. [Middle English chargen, to load, from Old French chargier, from Late Latin carric³re, from Latin carrus, cart, of Celtic origin. See kers- below.] ———————————————————— SYNONYMS: charge, freight, imbue, impregnate, permeate, pervade, saturate, suffuse. The central meaning shared by these verbs is “to cause to be filled with a particular mood or tone”: an atmosphere charged with excitement; a pause freighted with meaning; poetry imbued with grace; a spirit impregnated with lofty ideals; optimism that permeates a group; letters pervaded with gloom; a novel saturated with imagination; a heart suffused with love. See also Synonyms at care, price. Being mentally comfortable in your own mind is the key to wearing heels in public.
Bubba136 Posted July 5, 2003 Posted July 5, 2003 Aviary -- diandrous Being mentally comfortable in your own mind is the key to wearing heels in public.
shyguy Posted July 5, 2003 Posted July 5, 2003 blessed He was so narrow minded he could see through a keyhole with both eyes. Brown's Law: If the shoe fits, it's ugly
Bubba136 Posted July 5, 2003 Posted July 5, 2003 blather Being mentally comfortable in your own mind is the key to wearing heels in public.
Yamyam Posted July 6, 2003 Posted July 6, 2003 argon Obsessed is such a strong word. I prefer to think of myself as "differently enthusiastic"
Julietta Posted July 7, 2003 Posted July 7, 2003 Tired :sleeping: Let calm be widespread May the sea glisten like greenstone And the shimmer of summer Dance across your pathway "Communication is a two way thing"
Bubba136 Posted July 7, 2003 Posted July 7, 2003 Parch Being mentally comfortable in your own mind is the key to wearing heels in public.
Julietta Posted July 7, 2003 Posted July 7, 2003 Yawning... Let calm be widespread May the sea glisten like greenstone And the shimmer of summer Dance across your pathway "Communication is a two way thing"
Yamyam Posted July 7, 2003 Posted July 7, 2003 reactionary Obsessed is such a strong word. I prefer to think of myself as "differently enthusiastic"
Yamyam Posted July 7, 2003 Posted July 7, 2003 excavation Obsessed is such a strong word. I prefer to think of myself as "differently enthusiastic"
Julietta Posted July 8, 2003 Posted July 8, 2003 Pumkins Let calm be widespread May the sea glisten like greenstone And the shimmer of summer Dance across your pathway "Communication is a two way thing"
Bubba136 Posted July 8, 2003 Posted July 8, 2003 geological Being mentally comfortable in your own mind is the key to wearing heels in public.
Yamyam Posted July 8, 2003 Posted July 8, 2003 screensaver Obsessed is such a strong word. I prefer to think of myself as "differently enthusiastic"
Julietta Posted July 9, 2003 Posted July 9, 2003 Disorientated Let calm be widespread May the sea glisten like greenstone And the shimmer of summer Dance across your pathway "Communication is a two way thing"
Bubba136 Posted July 9, 2003 Posted July 9, 2003 descramble Being mentally comfortable in your own mind is the key to wearing heels in public.
Yamyam Posted July 10, 2003 Posted July 10, 2003 token Obsessed is such a strong word. I prefer to think of myself as "differently enthusiastic"
PJ Posted July 11, 2003 Posted July 11, 2003 esteem click .... click .... click .... The sensual sound of stiletto heels on a hard surface.
Laurieheels Posted July 11, 2003 Posted July 11, 2003 Hey, token and esteem go together, at least, token of my esteem would indicate there is some link... BAD! Churn
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