The noun charge has 15 senses (first 13 from tagged texts)
1. (891) charge, complaint -- ((criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny")
2. (246) charge -- (the price charged for some article or service; "the admission charge")
3. (183) accusation, charge -- (an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence; "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving")
4. (75) charge, billing -- (request for payment of a debt; "they submitted their charges at the end of each month")
5. (48) charge -- (a impetuous rush toward someone or something; "the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary"; "the battle began with a cavalry charge")
6. (44) charge, electric charge -- (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")
7. (23) charge -- (financial liabilities (such as a tax); "the charges against the estate")
8. (19) charge -- (a person committed to your care; "the teacher led her charges across the street")
9. (12) care, charge, tutelage, guardianship -- (attention and management implying responsibility for safety; "he is in the care of a bodyguard")
10. (8) mission, charge, commission -- (a special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message")
11. (4) commission, charge, direction -- (a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge's charge to the jury")
12. (3) charge, burster, bursting charge, explosive charge -- (a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time; "this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains")
13. (2) bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick -- (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")
14. cathexis, charge -- ((psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object; "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge")
15. charge, bearing, heraldic bearing, armorial bearing -- (heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield)
Overview of verb charge
The verb charge has 25 senses (first 9 from tagged texts)
1. (16) charge, bear down -- (to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle; "he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork")
2. (10) charge, accuse -- (blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against; "he charged thee director with indifference")
3. (7) charge, bill -- (demand payment; "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights")
4. (6) tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck -- (move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office")
5. (4) appoint, charge -- (assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance")
6. (3) charge, lodge, file -- (file a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife")
7. (3) charge -- (make an accusatory claim; "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased")
8. (2) charge -- (fill or load to capacity; "charge the wagon with hay")
9. (1) charge -- (enter a certain amount as a charge; "he charged me $15")
10. commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge -- (cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison")
11. consign, charge -- (give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your baggage")
12. charge -- (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?")
13. charge -- (lie down on command, of hunting dogs)
14. agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up -- (cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks")
15. charge -- (place a heraldic bearing on; "charge all weapons, shields, and banners")
16. load, charge -- (provide with munition; "He loaded his gun carefully")
17. charge, level, point -- (direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me")
18. charge, saddle, burden -- (impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend")
19. charge -- (instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence)
20. charge -- (instruct or command with authority; "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem")
21. blame, charge -- (attribute responsibility to; "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience")
22. charge -- (set or ask for a certain price; "How much do you charge for lunch?"; "This fellow charges $100 for a massage")
23. charge -- (cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on; "charge a conductor")
24. charge -- (energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge; "I need to charge my car battery")
25. charge -- (saturate; "The room was charged with tension and anxiety")