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supercharge

supercharge verb: to increase the power of an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle) by compressing the inlet air with power extracted from the crankshaft.

Verb

supercharge (third-person singular simple present supercharges, present participle supercharging, simple past and past participle supercharged)

  1. To increase the power of an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle) by compressing the inlet air with power extracted from the crankshaft.
  2. (transitive) To make faster or more powerful.
    • Graphene could change the electronics industry, ushering in flexible devices, supercharged quantum computers, electronic clothing and computers that can interface with the cells in your body.2014 April 13, Nick Bilton, “Bend it, charge it, dunk it: Graphene, the material of tomorrow”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Feb 2025
    • Instead of three co-equal branches acting as a check on each other, power has become increasingly concentrated over the years in the White House – a trend that is now being supercharged under Mr. Trump in ways that, to critics, raise the specter of authoritarianism.2025 February 25, Linda Feldmann, “How Trump skirts checks and balances unlike any modern-day US president”, in The Christian Science Monitor, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2025
  3. (electrics) To recharge a battery cell/pack at an extremely rapid pace.

Noun

supercharge (plural supercharges)

  1. A charge borne upon an ordinary or other charge.
  2. (electrics) An instance of supercharging.

supercharge meaning in Tamil

supercharge in Tamil

மீ மின்னூடடம்

Forms of supercharge

Verb
third-person singular presentsupercharges
present participlesupercharging
past participlesupercharged
pastsupercharged
Noun
pluralsupercharges

Past tense of supercharge: supercharged

Origin of supercharge

From super- + charge.

Questions about supercharge

What does supercharge mean?
Supercharge means to increase the power of an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle) by compressing the inlet air with power extracted from the crankshaft.
What is supercharge in Tamil?
Supercharge in Tamil is மீ மின்னூடடம். See Supercharge meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is supercharge?
Supercharge can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of supercharge?
The past tense of supercharge is supercharged.

Words near supercharge in the dictionary

  1. superchannels
  2. superchaperone
  3. superchaperones
  4. supercharacter
  5. supercharacters
  6. supercharge
  7. supercharged
  8. supercharger
  9. superchargers
  10. supercharges
  11. supercharging

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Adapted from Wiktionary: supercharge (page history and authors); supercharge (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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