recharge

Verb

recharge (third-person singular simple present recharges, present participle recharging, simple past and past participle recharged)

1. (transitive) To charge an electric battery after its power has been consumed.
   • 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...2024 March 6, “Network News: GWR '230' sets UK battery record”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 13
2. (intransitive) To invigorate and revitalize one's energy level by removing stressful agents for a period of time.
   • Near-synonyms: relax, unwind
   • 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. (transitive) To reload a gun with ammunition.

   Synonyms:

   reload

4. (transitive) To add or restore water to an aquifer.
5. (transitive) To 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 fleet1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number)

Noun

IPA/ˈɹiːtʃɑː(ɹ)dʒ/

recharge (countable and uncountable, plural recharges)

1. (uncountable) Water that has percolated from the ground surface to an aquifer.
2. (countable) The process of charging (an electrical device) again.
   • My phone has needed five recharges in the last month.
3. The process of revitalizing one's energy level by removing stressful agents for a period of time.