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charge
English
Etymology
From Middle English chargen, from Old French chargier, from Medieval Latin carric? (“to load”), from Latin carrus (“a car, wagon”); see car.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /t????d??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /t????d??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d?
Noun
charge (countable and uncountable, plural charges)
- The amount of money levied for a service.
- (military) A ground attack against a prepared enemy.
- A forceful forward movement.
- An accusation.
- Synonym: count
- An official description (by the police or a court) of a crime that somebody may be guilty of
- An accusation by a person or organization.
- 2005, Lesley Brown (translator), Plato, Sophist. 261a.
- 2005, Lesley Brown (translator), Plato, Sophist. 261a.
- (physics and chemistry) An electric charge.
- The scope of someone's responsibility.
- 1848 April 24, John K. Kane, opinion, United States v. Hutchison, as reported in The Pennsylvania law Journal, June 1848 edition, as reprinted in, 1848,The Pennsylvania Law Journal volume 7, page 366 [2]:
- 1848 April 24, John K. Kane, opinion, United States v. Hutchison, as reported in The Pennsylvania law Journal, June 1848 edition, as reprinted in, 1848,The Pennsylvania Law Journal volume 7, page 366 [2]:
- Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
- A load or burden; cargo.
- An instruction.
- (basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
- A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a firearm cartridge.
- (heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon.
- (weaponry) A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
- (farriery) A sort of plaster or ointment.
- (obsolete) Weight; import; value.
- (historical or obsolete) A measure of thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; a charre.
- (ecclesiastical) An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
charge (third-person singular simple present charges, present participle charging, simple past and past participle charged)
- to assign a duty or responsibility to
- Moses […] charged you to love the Lord your God.
- (transitive) to assign (a debit) to an account
- (transitive) to pay on account, as by using a credit card
- (transitive, intransitive) to require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.)
- (possibly archaic) to sell at a given price.
- (law) to formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
- to impute or ascribe
- No more accuse thy pen, but charge the crime / On native sloth, and negligence of time.
- to call to account; to challenge
- (transitive) to place a burden or load on or in
- the charging of children's memories […] with rules
- 1911, The Encyclopedia Britannica, entry on Moya:
- [A] huge torrent of boiling black mud, charged with blocks of rock and moving with enormous rapidity, rolled like an avalanche down the gorge.
- to ornament with or cause to bear
- (heraldry) to assume as a bearing
- (heraldry) to add to or represent on
- (transitive) to load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose with water, a chemical reactor with raw materials
- Charge your weapons; we're moving up.
- (transitive) to cause to take on an electric charge
- (transitive) to add energy to (a battery, or a device containing a battery).
- (intransitive, of a battery or a device containing a battery) to gain energy
- (intransitive) to move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback
- (military, transitive and intransitive) to attack by moving forward quickly in a group
- (basketball) to commit a charging foul
- (cricket, of a batsman) to take a few steps down the pitch towards the bowler as he delivers the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball
- (military, transitive and intransitive) to attack by moving forward quickly in a group
- (transitive, of a hunting dog) to lie on the belly and be still (A command given by a hunter to a dog)
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- charge in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- charge in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Creagh
Dutch
Alternative forms
- chargie (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French charge.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???r.??/
- Hyphenation: char?ge
Noun
charge f (plural charges)
- A charge (fast ground attack).
Derived terms
- cavaleriecharge
Related terms
- chargeren
Descendants
- Afrikaans: sarsie
French
Etymology
From charger.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a??/
Noun
charge f (plural charges)
- load, burden
- cargo, freight
- responsibility, charge
- (law) charge
- (military) charge
- (in the plural) costs, expenses
Derived terms
Descendants
- Portuguese: charge
Verb
charge
- first-person singular present indicative of charger
- third-person singular present indicative of charger
- first-person singular present subjunctive of charger
- third-person singular present subjunctive of charger
- second-person singular imperative of charger
Related terms
- chargement
- charger
Further reading
- “charge” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- gâcher
Middle English
Verb
charge
- first-person singular present indicative of chargen
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French charge.
Noun
charge f (plural charges)
- cartoon (satire of public figures)
- Synonym: cartum
Further reading
- charge on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
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storm
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /st??m/
- (US) IPA(key): /st??m/
- Rhymes: -??(?)m
Etymology 1
From Middle English storm, from Old English storm (“a storm, tempest; a storm of arrows; disturbance, disquiet; uproar, tumult; rush, onrush, attack, violent attack”), from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz (“storm”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twerH- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”). Cognate with Scots storm (“storm”), West Frisian stoarm (“storm”), Dutch storm (“storm”), Low German storm (“storm”), German Sturm (“storm”), Danish storm (“storm”), Swedish storm (“storm”), Norwegian Bokmål storm (“storm”), Norwegian Nynorsk storm (“storm”), Icelandic stormur (“storm”). Related to stir.
Noun
storm (plural storms)
- Any disturbed state of the atmosphere, especially as affecting the earth's surface, and strongly implying destructive or unpleasant weather.
- (Australia) A thunderstorm.
- A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; violent outbreak.
- (meteorology) a wind scale for very strong wind, stronger than a gale, less than a hurricane (10 or higher on the Beaufort scale).
- (military) A violent assault on a stronghold or fortified position.
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:storm
Coordinate terms
- (meteorology): breeze, gale, hurricane
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Esperanto: ?tormo
- ? Irish: stoirm
- ? Scottish Gaelic: stoirm
Translations
See also
- blizzard
Etymology 2
From Middle English stormen, sturmen, from Old English styrman (“to storm, rage; make a great noise, cry aloud, shout”), from Proto-Germanic *sturmijan? (“to storm”). Cognate with Dutch stormen (“to storm; bluster”), Low German stormen (“to storm”), German stürmen (“to storm; rage; attack; assault”), Swedish storma (“to storm; bluster”), Icelandic storma (“to storm”).
Verb
storm (third-person singular simple present storms, present participle storming, simple past and past participle stormed)
- (impersonal) (weather it) be violent, with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.
- (intransitive) (figuratively) rage or fume; be in a violent temper.
- 1731, Jonathan Swift, Directions to Servants
- The master storms, the lady scolds.
- 1731, Jonathan Swift, Directions to Servants
- (intransitive, with adverbial of direction) move quickly and noisily like a storm, usually in a state of uproar or anger.
- (transitive) [army; crowd, rioters] assault (a significant building) with the aim to gain power over it.
- (transitive) (rare, poetic) to assault, gain power over (heart, mind+).
Derived terms
- bestorm
Translations
Further reading
- storm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Beaufort scale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Storm in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Anagrams
- Morts, morts
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch storm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?rm/, [st??m], [?st???m]
- The plural is almost always disyllabic.
Noun
storm (plural storms)
- storm
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse stormr (“storm”), from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”).
Noun
storm c (singular definite stormen, plural indefinite storme)
- storm
Inflection
Verb
storm
- imperative of storme
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?rm/
- Hyphenation: storm
- Rhymes: -?rm
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch storm, from Old Dutch *storm, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz.
Noun
storm m (plural stormen, diminutive stormpje n)
- storm; a wind scale for very strong wind, stronger than a gale, less than a hurricane.
- (of sieges or battles) assault, storming
- Synonym: bestorming
Usage notes
Unlike English storm, the Dutch word is not associated with rainfall. A storm may, of course, be accompanied by rainfall, but the word as such refers only to strong winds.
Derived terms
- stormen
- stormachtig
- stormvloed
- stormweer
- stormwind
- beeldenstorm
- hagelstorm
- regenstorm
- sneeuwstorm
- wervelstorm
- zandstorm
- zeestorm
Descendants
- Afrikaans: storm
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
storm
- first-person singular present indicative of stormen
- imperative of stormen
Anagrams
- morst
Icelandic
Noun
storm
- indefinite accusative singular of stormur
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *storm, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz.
Noun
storm m
- storm, violent weather
- storm, heavy wind
- storm, assault
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: storm
- Limburgish: stórm
Further reading
- “storm (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “storm”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN
Middle English
Alternative forms
- storme, strom, starme, storem (all but the first are rare)
Etymology
Inherited from Old English storm, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?st?rm/
Noun
storm (plural stormes)
- A storm; an instance of intense wind and precipitation (including a snowstorm)
- An armed dispute, brawl or fight; an instance of combativeness.
- (rare) Any intense event, happening, or force.
Related terms
- stormy
Descendants
- English: storm
- ? Esperanto: ?tormo
- ? Irish: stoirm
- ? Scottish Gaelic: stoirm
- Scots: storm
- Yola: stharm, starm
References
- “storm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-08.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Old Norse stormr, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”).
Noun
storm m (definite singular stormen, indefinite plural stormer, definite plural stormene)
- a storm
- en storm i et vannglass - a storm in a teacup (British)
Derived terms
Related terms
- storme
Etymology 2
Verb
storm
- imperative of storme
References
- “storm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse stormr, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”). Akin to English storm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?rm/
Noun
storm m (definite singular stormen, indefinite plural stormar, definite plural stormane)
- storm (a very strong wind, stronger than a gale, less than a hurricane)
Derived terms
References
- “storm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Alternative forms
- stearm
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sturm, whence also Old Saxon storm, Old High German sturm, Old Norse stormr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /storm/, [stor?m]
Noun
storm m
- storm
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: storm
- English: storm
- ? Esperanto: ?tormo
- ? Irish: stoirm
- ? Scottish Gaelic: stoirm
- Scots: storm
- Yola: stharm, starm
- English: storm
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish stormber, from Old Norse stormr, from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twer-, *(s)tur- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?rm/
Noun
storm c
- storm; heavy winds or weather associated with storm winds.
Declension
See also
- ta någon med storm
- storma
- storma in
- snöstorm
- höststorm
Anagrams
- smort
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