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recharging

recharging is the present participle and gerund of recharge.

Meaning of 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
  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.

See all 10 meanings of recharge

Noun

recharging (plural rechargings)

  1. The act by which something is recharged.
    • Frequent rechargings may wear down a battery.
    • As yet there is no actual indication as to how far these batteries will go between recharging when in service on the Deeside line; […].1958 June, “First Battery Railcars on B.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 420

Forms of recharging

pluralrechargings

Phrases with recharging

Questions about recharging

What does recharging mean?
Recharging means the act by which something is recharged.
What is recharging the present participle and gerund of?
Recharging is the present participle and gerund of recharge.
What part of speech is recharging?
Recharging is a noun.
What is the plural of recharging?
The plural of recharging is rechargings.

Words near recharging in the dictionary

  1. recharger
  2. rechargers
  3. recharges
  4. recharges one's batteries
  5. recharges one's battery
  6. recharging
  7. recharging one's batteries
  8. recharging one's battery
  9. rechargings
  10. rechart
  11. recharted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: recharging (page history and authors); recharge (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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