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barge
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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
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barrage
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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]
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charge
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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"
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discharge
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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]
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enlarge
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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]
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espionage
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n 1: the systematic use of spies to get military or political
secrets
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garage
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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"
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large
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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
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massage
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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"
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overcharge
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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]
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recharge
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v 1: load anew; "She reloaded the gun carefully" [syn:
recharge, reload]
2: charge anew; "recharge a battery"
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reportage
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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]
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sabotage
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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]
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supercharge
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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]
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surcharge
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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
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undercharge
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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]
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sparge
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n 1: the act of sprinkling or splashing water; "baptized with a
sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the
malt" [syn: sprinkle, sprinkling, sparge]
v 1: agitate by introducing air or compressed gas; "sparge the
water"
2: scatter with liquid; wet lightly; "Sprinkle the lawn" [syn:
sprinkle, sparge, besprinkle]
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marge
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n 1: a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a
substitute for butter [syn: margarine, margarin,
oleo, oleomargarine, marge]
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overlarge
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adj 1: excessively large [syn: overlarge, too large]
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litharge
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taj
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paysage
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lafarge
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mischarge
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telecharge
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farge
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marje
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sarge
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swaraj
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turbocharge
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