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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•charge /v. dɪsˈtʃɑrdʒ; n. ˈdɪstʃɑrdʒ, dɪsˈtʃɑrdʒ/USA pronunciation v., -charged, -charg•ing, n. v. - to release or send away:[~ + object (+ from + object)]They discharged him from prison.
- to fulfill or do (a duty, etc.):[~ + object]He was no longer able to discharge his duties faithfully.
- to take away the employment of;
dismiss (someone) from service:[~ + object]His boss discharged him because of his absences. - to pay (a debt):[~ + object]discharging all his debts.
- Militaryto (cause to) fire, go off, or shoot (a gun): [~ + object]In crowded places the police should not discharge their weapons.[no object]The weapon discharged when it hit the ground.
- to pour forth: [no object]The oil was discharging from the tanker at the rate of thousands of gallons an hour.[~ + object]The tanker was discharging thousands of gallons of oil.
- Electricityto (cause to) lose or give up a charge of electricity: [no object]The weakened battery was no longer discharging.[~ + object]It can't discharge electricity if it's not connected properly.
- to remove or send forth (from);
unload:[~ + object]to discharge a ship. n. - Military[countable] the act of firing a weapon.
- Hydraulicsa sending or coming forth: [uncountable]to halt further discharge of waste into the river.[countable]a discharge of five million tons of crude oil.
- something sent forth or emitted:[uncountable]a lot of discharge from the wound.
- Military
- a release or dismissal: [countable]an honorable discharge from the army.[uncountable]discharge of several employees.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•charge (v. dis chärj′;n. dis′chärj, dis chärj′),USA pronunciation v., -charged, -charg•ing, n. v.t. - to relieve of a charge or load;
unload:to discharge a ship. - to remove or send forth:They discharged the cargo at New York.
- Militaryto fire or shoot (a firearm or missile):to discharge a gun.
- to pour forth;
emit:to discharge oil; to discharge a stream of invective. - to relieve oneself of (an obligation, burden, etc.).
- to relieve of obligation, responsibility, etc.
- to fulfill, perform, or execute (a duty, function, etc.).
- to relieve or deprive of office, employment, etc.;
dismiss from service. - to release, send away, or allow to go (often fol. by from):The children were discharged early from school. They discharged him from prison.
- to pay (a debt).
- Law
- to release (a defendant, esp. one under confinement).
- to release (a bankrupt) from former debts.
- to cancel (a contract).
- to release (bail).
- Government(in a legislative body) to order (a committee) to cease further consideration of a bill so that it can be voted on.
- Electricityto rid (a battery, capacitor, etc.) of a charge of electricity.
- Textiles[Dyeing.]to free from a dye, as by chemical bleaching.
v.i. - to get rid of a burden or load.
- to deliver a charge or load.
- to pour forth.
- Militaryto go off or fire, as a firearm or missile.
- Textilesto blur or run, as a color or dye.
- Electricityto lose or give up a charge of electricity.
n. - the act of discharging a ship, load, etc.
- Militarythe act of firing a weapon, as an arrow by drawing and releasing the string of the bow, or a gun by exploding the charge of powder.
- Hydraulicsa sending or coming forth, as of water from a pipe;
ejection; emission. - the rate or amount of such issue.
- something sent forth or emitted.
- a relieving, ridding, or getting rid of something of the nature of a charge.
- Law
- an acquittal or exoneration.
- an annulment, as of a court order.
- the freeing of one held under legal process.
- a relieving or being relieved of obligation or liability;
fulfillment of an obligation. - the payment of a debt.
- a release or dismissal, as from prison, an office, or employment.
- a certificate of such a release or a certificate of release from obligation or liability.
- Governmentthe act or process of ordering a legislative committee to cease further consideration of a bill so that it can be voted on.
- Military
- the separation of a person from military service.
- a certificate of such separation.
- Electricity
- the removal or transference of an electric charge, as by the conversion of chemical energy to electrical energy.
- the equalization of a difference of potential, as between two terminals.
- Late Latin discarricāre, equivalent. to dis- dis-1 + carricāre to load; see charge
- Anglo-French descharger, Old French
- Middle English deschargen 1300–50
dis•charge′a•ble, adj. dis•charg′er, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unburden, disburden.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged expel, eject, exude.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See release.
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See perform.
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged cashier, fire, remove.
- 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dismiss, expel.
- 10.See corresponding entry in Unabridged settle, liquidate.
- 22.See corresponding entry in Unabridged detonation, shooting.
- 28.See corresponding entry in Unabridged execution, performance.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: discharge vb /dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ/- (transitive) to release or allow to go
- (transitive) to dismiss from or relieve of duty, office, employment, etc
- to fire or be fired, as a gun
- to pour forth or cause to pour forth: the boil discharges pus
- (transitive) to remove (the cargo) from (a boat, etc); unload
- (transitive) to perform (the duties of) or meet (the demands of an office, obligation, etc)
- (transitive) to relieve oneself of (a responsibility, debt, etc)
- (intransitive) to lose or remove electric charge
- to form an arc, spark, or corona in a gas
- to take or supply electrical current from a cell or battery
- (transitive) to release (a prisoner from custody, etc)
n /ˈdɪstʃɑːdʒ; dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ/- a person or thing that is discharged
- dismissal or release from an office, job, institution, etc
- the document certifying such release
- the fulfilment of an obligation or release from a responsibility or liability
- the act of removing a load, as of cargo
- a pouring forth of a fluid; emission
- the act of firing a projectile
- the volley, bullet, missile, etc, fired
- a release, as of a person held under legal restraint
- an annulment, as of a court order
- the act or process of removing or losing charge or of equalizing a potential difference
- a transient or continuous conduction of electricity through a gas by the formation and movement of electrons and ions in an applied electric field
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