Discharge
[dɪs'tʃɑːdʒ] or [dɪs'tʃɑrdʒ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of discharging a gun.
(noun.) the act of venting.
(noun.) the sudden giving off of energy.
(noun.) the pouring forth of a fluid.
(noun.) electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.
(noun.) any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body; 'the discharge of pus'.
(noun.) a substance that is emitted or released.
(verb.) release from military service.
(verb.) pour forth or release; 'discharge liquids'.
(verb.) remove the charge from.
Typed by Kate--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.
(v. t.) To free of the missile with which anything is charged or loaded; to let go the charge of; as, to discharge a bow, catapult, etc.; especially, said of firearms, -- to fire off; to shoot off; also, to relieve from a state of tension, as a Leyden jar.
(v. t.) To of something weighing upon or impeding over one, as a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to clear.
(v. t.) To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
(v. t.) To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty; as, to discharge a prisoner.
(v. t.) To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled; as, to discharge a cargo.
(v. t.) To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
(v. t.) To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
(v. t.) To throw off the obligation of, as a duty or debt; to relieve one's self of, by fulfilling conditions, performing duty, trust, and the like; hence, to perform or execute, as an office, or part.
(v. t.) To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
(v. t.) To give forth; to emit or send out; as, a pipe discharges water; to let fly; to give expression to; to utter; as, to discharge a horrible oath.
(v. t.) To prohibit; to forbid.
(v. i.) To throw off or deliver a load, charge, or burden; to unload; to emit or give vent to fluid or other contents; as, the water pipe discharges freely.
(v. t.) The act of discharging; the act of relieving of a charge or load; removal of a load or burden; unloading; as, the discharge of a ship; discharge of a cargo.
(v. t.) Firing off; explosive removal of a charge; explosion; letting off; as, a discharge of arrows, of artillery.
(v. t.) Act of relieving of something which oppresses or weighs upon one, as an obligation, liability, debt, accusation, etc.; acquittance; as, the discharge of a debtor.
(v. t.) Act of removing, or getting rid of, an obligation, liability, etc.; fulfillment, as by the payment of a debt, or the performance of a trust or duty.
(v. t.) Release or dismissal from an office, employment, etc.; dismission; as, the discharge of a workman by his employer.
(v. t.) Legal release from confinement; liberation; as, the discharge of a prisoner.
(v. t.) The state of being discharged or relieved of a debt, obligation, office, and the like; acquittal.
(v. t.) That which discharges or releases from an obligation, liability, penalty, etc., as a price of ransom, a legal document.
(v. t.) A flowing or issuing out; emission; vent; evacuation; also, that which is discharged or emitted; as, a rapid discharge of water from the pipe.
Edited by Bernice
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1].Unload, disburden, unburden, relieve of a load.[2].Emit, expel, excrete, eject, throw off, send out, give forth.[3].Set off, fire off, let fly, give vent to, shoot, fire.[4].Pay, liquidate, cash.[5].Release, absolve, exonerate, acquit, clear, relieve, liberate, free, set free.[6]. Dismiss, discard, cashier, break, turn away, send away.[7]. Remove, destroy, put away, clear from.[8]. Perform, execute, fulfil, observe, acquit one's self of.[9]. Remove, take out (as the cargo of a vessel).[10]. (Law.) Cancel, rescind, annul, nullify, invalidate, make void.
n. [1].Unloading, disburdening.[2].Emission, ejection, expulsion, excretion, vent, evacuation.[3].Firing, explosion, blast, burst, firing off.[4].Observance, performance, fulfilment, execution.[5].Payment, settlement, liquidation, satisfaction, clearance.[6]. Release, liberation, exemption.[7]. Acquittal, exoneration, absolution.
Editor: Segre
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Liberate, empty, dismiss, acquit, release, free, execute, perform, send_away
ANT:Confine, charge, detain
Edited by Claudette
Definition
v.t. to free from a load or charge: to unload or remove the cargo: to set free: to acquit: to dismiss: to fire as a gun: to let out or emit: to perform as duties: to pay as an account.—n. act of discharging: unloading: acquittance: dismissal: a flowing out: payment: performance: that which is discharged.—n. Discharg′er.
Editor: Rodney
Examples
- It is not contrary to justice, that both Ireland and America should contribute towards the discharge of the public debt of Great Britain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- But it is a responsible trust,' added Mr Milvey, 'and difficult to discharge. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Blandois accepted the commission with his own free elegance of manner, and swore he would discharge it before he was an hour older. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- His mission was clear, and he intended to discharge it conscientiously. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I solemnly accepted his commission, dear good fellow, and cannot discharge it too completely. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He would be able to destroy her utterly in the strength of his discharge. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- In fear that this subterfuge might be challenged, he gave Benjamin a discharge of his indentures, but at the same time s igned with him a new secret contract. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The power of admonition which had begun to stir in Mrs. Garth had not yet discharged itself. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Shots were discharged by the rioters. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The water thus discharged passes through a diversion channel in the old bed of the Chagres River, generating, by an enormous electric plant, the power necessary for operating the locks. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In a little while another veteran was discharged abruptly from the same door, clawing at the air for a saving support. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- When the large cannons in the forts on our coast are discharged during target practice, there are usually a lot of windows broken in the nearby houses. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I made all the sail I could, and in half an hour she spied me, then hung out her ancient, and discharged a gun. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- First he discharged her from her valet duties; he would dress himself. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- We lived at the top of the last house, and the wind rushing up the river shook the house that night, like discharges of cannon, or breakings of a sea. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- These were carried through a long series of charges and discharges under strict test conditions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A pipe discharges the water from the tank into the bucket, which moves up and down in the stand pipe. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Crookes, published his extensive researches in electrical discharges as manifested in glass tubes from which the air had been exhausted. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- But if this should lead to his discharging his Secretary, there would be a weak place made. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- With sensitive accumulators of this character hydraulic machinery is much used on board ships for steering them, and for loading, discharging and storing cargoes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This device is known as an electromagnet, and the charging and discharging of such a magnet may, of course, be repeated indefinitely. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was, indeed, too perfect, for the difficulty arose of discharging the electricity from the wire after the charge had passed through it. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- They proved capable of passing through sheets of aluminum and of copper, and of discharging electrified bodies. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This pump is fixed on an axis, to which rapid rotary motion can be given; and it is fitted into a case connected with the pipe that conveys the water to the discharging orifice. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The want of a better mode of discharging the gun than a lighted match was one of the chief obstacles to the introduction of the Revolver four centuries ago. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
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