recharge

present singular third person recharges · participle present recharging · participle past recharged · past recharged

1. transitiveTo charge an electric battery after its power has been consumed.

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   GWR plans to use it on the Greenford branch in west London, making use of a fast charger at West Ealing that will charge the batteries in just three and a half minutes. This fast charger is essentially a battery installed at the lineside which is trickle-charged from the electricity grid. It can then discharge quickly into the train's batteries through charging rails and then start recharging itself while the train is running in service.

   2024 March 6, “Network News: GWR '230' sets UK battery record”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 13

2. intransitiveTo invigorate and revitalize one's energy level by removing stressful agents for a period of time.

   Near-synonyms: relax, unwind

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   My body is a little bit sore from all of the practicing and playing and training, and your mind gets a little tired of it, too. It's nice to be able to recharge and come back fresh for the remainder of the year.

   August 28, 2003, Tiger Woods, interview by Todd Budnickhttp://www.asapsports.com/show_interview.php?id=15302

   Synonyms: recharge one's batteries, relax, unwind

3. transitiveTo reload a gun with ammunition.

   Synonyms: reload

4. transitiveTo add or restore water to an aquifer.
5. transitiveTo request payment again from.

   Customer was recharged for doing same brake work (in November) that had been done in September. QA teams believes^([sic]) this work was a rip-off.

   1977, United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Diagnostic Motor Vehicle Inspection Demonstration Projects, Program Engineering Support

6. To charge or accuse in return.
7. To attack again or anew.

   They charge, recharge, and all along the sea / They drive, and squander the huge Belgian fleet

   1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number)

plural recharges

1. uncountableWater that has percolated from the ground surface to an aquifer.
2. countableThe process of charging (an electrical device) again.

   My phone has needed five recharges in the last month.

3. countableuncountableThe process of revitalizing one's energy level by removing stressful agents for a period of time.