DISCHARGE
\dɪst͡ʃˈɑːd͡ʒ], \dɪstʃˈɑːdʒ], \d_ɪ_s_tʃ_ˈɑː_dʒ]\
Definitions of DISCHARGE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"
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electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
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the act of discharging a gun
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the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
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the sudden giving off of energy
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become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied"
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cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet"
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go off or discharge; "The gun fired"
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pour forth or release; "discharge liquids"
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remove the charge from
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leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo;
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free from obligations or duties
By Princeton University
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pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"
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electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
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the act of discharging a gun
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the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
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the sudden giving off of energy
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become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied"
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cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet"
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go off or discharge; "The gun fired"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.
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To of something weighing upon or impeding over one, as a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to clear.
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To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
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To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty; as, to discharge a prisoner.
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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.
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To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
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To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
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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.
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To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Firing off; explosive removal of a charge; explosion; letting off; as, a discharge of arrows, of artillery.
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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.
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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.
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Release or dismissal from an office, employment, etc.; dismission; as, the discharge of a workman by his employer.
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Legal release from confinement; liberation; as, the discharge of a prisoner.
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The state of being discharged or relieved of a debt, obligation, office, and the like; acquittal.
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That which discharges or releases from an obligation, liability, penalty, etc., as a price of ransom, a legal document.
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A flowing or issuing out; emission; vent; evacuation; also, that which is discharged or emitted; as, a rapid discharge of water from the pipe.
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To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process; as, to discharge the color from a dyed fabric in order to form light figures on a dark ground.
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The equalization of a difference of electric potential between two points. The character of the discharge is mostly determined by the nature of the medium through which it takes place, the amount of the difference of potential, and the form of the terminal conductors on which the difference exists. The discharge may be alternating, continuous, brush, connective, disruptive, glow, oscillatory, stratified, etc.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.
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To of something weighing upon or impeding over one, as a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to clear.
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To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
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To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty; as, to discharge a prisoner.
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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.
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To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
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To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
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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.
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To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Firing off; explosive removal of a charge; explosion; letting off; as, a discharge of arrows, of artillery.
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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.
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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.
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Release or dismissal from an office, employment, etc.; dismission; as, the discharge of a workman by his employer.
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Legal release from confinement; liberation; as, the discharge of a prisoner.
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The state of being discharged or relieved of a debt, obligation, office, and the like; acquittal.
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That which discharges or releases from an obligation, liability, penalty, etc., as a price of ransom, a legal document.
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A flowing or issuing out; emission; vent; evacuation; also, that which is discharged or emitted; as, a rapid discharge of water from the pipe.
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To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process; as, to discharge the color from a dyed fabric in order to form light figures on a dark ground.
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The equalization of a difference of electric potential between two points. The character of the discharge is mostly determined by the nature of the medium through which it takes place, the amount of the difference of potential, and the form of the terminal conductors on which the difference exists. The discharge may be alternating, continuous, brush, connective, disruptive, glow, oscillatory, stratified, etc.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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To unload; send away; sent out; free from any burden; free from restraint; let fly, as an arrow; fire, as a gun; perform (a trust or duty).
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To get rid of any burden.
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The act of unloading, or that which is unloaded; performance (of duty); the getting rid of a burden; an explosion; a firing off (of a gun); dismissal; liberation.
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To break up.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To break up.
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To free from a charge: to unload or remove the cargo: to set free: to acquit: to dismiss: to fire, as a gun: to let out or emit.
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Act of discharging: unloading: acquittance: dismissal: that which is discharged.
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DISCHARGER.
By Daniel Lyons
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Act of discharging; acquittal; release; anything discharged or emitted; firing of a gun.
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To unload cargo.
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To unload; set free; dismiss; emit; fire, as a gun.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To send forth; emit; unload, as a ship or cargo; fire, as a gun; dismiss, as an employee; set free; as a prisoner; pay, as a debt; perform, as a duty.
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To deliver a charge; unload a cargo or burden; send forth contents; shoot; fire; pour.
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The act of discharging; an unloading; dismissal; release.
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That which discharges, as a certificate.
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That which is discharged, or thrown out or off, as from a wound.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The escape of pent up or accumulated energy or of explosive material.
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The flowing away of a secretion or excretion of pus, and the like.
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The material ejected by a discharge.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. Act of discharging;—state of being discharged;—release; absolution; performance; execution; acquittance.
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