Words that rhyme with sparge

• barge 0
  n 1: a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals) [syn: barge, flatboat, hoy, lighter] v 1: push one's way; "she barged into the meeting room" [syn: barge, thrust ahead, push forward] 2: transport by barge on a body of water
• barrage 0
  n 1: the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written); "a barrage of questions"; "a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake" [syn: barrage, bombardment, outpouring, onslaught] 2: the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours without pausing" [syn: barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling] v 1: address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage; "The speaker was barraged by an angry audience"; "The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer" [syn: bombard, barrage]
• camouflage 0
  n 1: an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something; "the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories" [syn: disguise, camouflage] 2: fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background [syn: camouflage, camo] 3: device or stratagem for concealment or deceit 4: the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance; "he is a master of disguise" [syn: disguise, camouflage] v 1: disguise by camouflaging; exploit the natural surroundings to disguise something; "The troops camouflaged themselves before they went into enemy territory"
• charge 0
  n 1: an impetuous rush toward someone or something; "the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary"; "the battle began with a cavalry charge" 2: (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny" [syn: charge, complaint] 3: the price charged for some article or service; "the admission charge" 4: 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" [syn: charge, electric charge] 5: attention and management implying responsibility for safety; "he is in the care of a bodyguard" [syn: care, charge, tutelage, guardianship] 6: a special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message" [syn: mission, charge, commission] 7: a person committed to your care; "the teacher led her charges across the street" 8: financial liabilities (such as a tax); "the charges against the estate" 9: (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object; "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge" [syn: cathexis, charge] 10: 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" [syn: bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick] 11: request for payment of a debt; "they submitted their charges at the end of each month" [syn: charge, billing] 12: a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge's charge to the jury" [syn: commission, charge, direction] 13: an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence; "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving" [syn: accusation, charge] 14: heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield [syn: charge, bearing, heraldic bearing, armorial bearing] 15: a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time; "this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains" [syn: charge, burster, bursting charge, explosive charge] v 1: to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle; "he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork" [syn: charge, bear down] 2: blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against; "he charged the director with indifference" [syn: charge, accuse] 3: demand payment; "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights" [syn: charge, bill] 4: move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office" [syn: tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck] 5: assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance" [syn: appoint, charge] 6: file a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife" [syn: charge, lodge, file] 7: make an accusatory claim; "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased" 8: fill or load to capacity; "charge the wagon with hay" [ant: discharge] 9: enter a certain amount as a charge; "he charged me $15" 10: cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison" [syn: commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge] 11: give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your baggage" [syn: consign, charge] 12: 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?" [ant: pay cash] 13: lie down on command, of hunting dogs 14: cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" [syn: agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up] [ant: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize] 15: place a heraldic bearing on; "charge all weapons, shields, and banners" 16: provide (a device) with something necessary; "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera" [syn: load, charge] 17: direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me" [syn: charge, level, point] 18: impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend" [syn: charge, saddle, burden] 19: instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence 20: instruct or command with authority; "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem" 21: attribute responsibility to; "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience" [syn: blame, charge] 22: set or ask for a certain price; "How much do you charge for lunch?"; "This fellow charges $100 for a massage" 23: cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on; "charge a conductor" 24: energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge; "I need to charge my car battery" 25: saturate; "The room was charged with tension and anxiety"
• discharge 0
  n 1: the sudden giving off of energy 2: the act of venting [syn: discharge, venting] 3: a substance that is emitted or released [syn: discharge, emission] 4: any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body; "the discharge of pus" [syn: discharge, emission, expelling] 5: electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field [syn: discharge, spark, arc, electric arc, electric discharge] 6: the pouring forth of a fluid [syn: discharge, outpouring, run] 7: the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) [syn: dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking] 8: a formal written statement of relinquishment [syn: release, waiver, discharge] 9: the act of discharging a gun [syn: discharge, firing, firing off] v 1: complete or carry out; "discharge one's duties" [syn: dispatch, discharge, complete] 2: pour forth or release; "discharge liquids" 3: free from obligations or duties [syn: free, discharge] 4: remove the charge from [ant: charge] 5: go off or discharge; "The gun fired" [syn: fire, discharge, go off] 6: pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges" [syn: acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate] [ant: convict] 7: eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas" [syn: exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release] 8: leave or unload; "unload the cargo"; "drop off the passengers at the hotel" [syn: drop, drop off, set down, put down, unload, discharge] 9: cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet" [syn: fire, discharge] 10: release from military service [syn: discharge, muster out] [ant: draft, enlist, muster in] 11: become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied" [syn: empty, discharge] [ant: fill, fill up]
• dressage 0
  n 1: maneuvers of a horse in response to body signals by the rider
• enlarge 0
  v 1: make larger; "She enlarged the flower beds" 2: make large; "blow up an image" [syn: blow up, enlarge, magnify] [ant: reduce, scale down] 3: become larger or bigger 4: add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation" [syn: elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, enlarge, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate] [ant: abbreviate, abridge, contract, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten]
• espionage 0
  n 1: the systematic use of spies to get military or political secrets
• garage 0
  n 1: an outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles 2: a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired [syn: garage, service department] v 1: keep or store in a garage; "we don't garage our car"
• hajj 0
  n 1: the fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Hijja; at least once in a lifetime a Muslim is expected to make a religious journey to Mecca and the Kaaba; "for a Muslim the hajj is the ultimate act of worship" [syn: hajj, haj, hadj]
• large 0
  adv 1: at a distance, wide of something (as of a mark) 2: with the wind abaft the beam; "a ship sailing large" 3: in a boastful manner; "he talked big all evening" [syn: boastfully, vauntingly, big, large] adj 1: above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world" [syn: large, big] [ant: little, small] 2: fairly large or important in effect; influential; "played a large role in the negotiations" 3: ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose" [syn: bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid] 4: generous and understanding and tolerant; "a heart big enough to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large heart"; "magnanimous toward his enemies" [syn: big, large, magnanimous] 5: conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen" [syn: big, large, prominent] 6: having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy" 7: in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child" [syn: big(p), enceinte, expectant, gravid, great(p), large(p), heavy(p), with child(p)] n 1: a garment size for a large person
• massage 0
  n 1: kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation v 1: manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes; "She rubbed down her child with a sponge" [syn: massage, rub down, knead] 2: give a massage to; "She massaged his sore back"
• overcharge 0
  n 1: a price that is too high v 1: rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook] [ant: undercharge] 2: place too much a load on; "don't overload the car" [syn: overload, surcharge, overcharge]
• recharge 0
  v 1: load anew; "She reloaded the gun carefully" [syn: recharge, reload] 2: charge anew; "recharge a battery"
• reportage 0
  n 1: the news as presented by reporters for newspapers or radio or television; "they accused the paper of biased coverage of race relations" [syn: coverage, reporting, reportage]
• sabotage 0
  n 1: a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged v 1: destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance sabotaged railroad operations during the war" [syn: sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract, subvert, weaken]
• supercharge 0
  v 1: increase or raise; "boost the voltage in an electrical circuit" [syn: boost, advance, supercharge] 2: increase the pressure on a gas or liquid [syn: supercharge, pressurize, pressurise]
• surcharge 0
  n 1: an additional charge (as for items previously omitted or as a penalty for failure to exercise common caution or common skill) v 1: charge an extra fee, as for a special service 2: rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook] [ant: undercharge] 3: fill to capacity with people; "The air raids had surcharged the emergency wards" 4: print a new denomination on a stamp or a banknote 5: fill to an excessive degree; "The air was surcharged with tension" 6: place too much a load on; "don't overload the car" [syn: overload, surcharge, overcharge] 7: show an omission in (an account) for which credit ought to have been given
• undercharge 0
  n 1: a price that is too low 2: an insufficient charge v 1: charge (someone) too little money [ant: fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge]
• raj 0
  n 1: British dominion over India (1757-1947)
• marge 0
  n 1: a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter [syn: margarine, margarin, oleo, oleomargarine, marge]
• overlarge 0
  adj 1: excessively large [syn: overlarge, too large]
• litharge 0
• taj 0
• paysage 0
• lafarge 0
• mischarge 0
• telecharge 0
• farge 0
• marje 0
• sarge 0
• swaraj 0
• turbocharge 0

See also sparge definition