Reload
[riː'ləʊd] or [,ri'lod]
Definition
(verb.) place a new load on; 'The movers reloaded the truck'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To load again, as a gun.
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Definition
v.t. to load again.
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Examples
- Then, springing to his feet, he commenced to run rapidly after his companions, followed by the baffled marksman, who did not wait to reload. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I commenced to reload the empty clip. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Reload it, he whispered, and that every one should keep his mouth shut and no one shoot. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It is reloaded into cars by other conveyors operating at the base of each pile. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The captain had emptied his revolver and was reloading as the charge was made. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- When reloading the arm in this position, insert the magazine, then press downward the slide stop (to the rear of the trigger as illustrated). Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Now, Mr. Winkle,' said the host, reloading his own gun. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Far enough off, by this time,' replied Wardle, coolly reloading his gun. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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