[1613] discharge

[보카길라잡이]

v. dis·charged, dis·charg·ing, dis·charg·es
v. tr.

1. 1. To relieve of a burden or of contents; unload.
   2. To unload or empty (contents).
2. 1. To release, as from confinement, care, or duty: discharge a patient; discharge a soldier.
   2. To let go; empty out: a train discharging commuters.
   3. To pour forth; emit: a vent discharging steam.
   4. To shoot: discharge a pistol.
3. To remove from office or employment. See Synonyms at dismiss.
4. To perform the obligations or demands of (an office, duty, or task). See Synonyms at perform.
5. To comply with the terms of (a debt or promise, for example).
6. Law.
   1. To acquit completely: discharged the defendant.
   2. To set aside; annul: discharge a court order.
7. To remove (color) from cloth, as by chemical bleaching.
8. Electricity. To cause the release of stored energy or electric charge from (a battery, for example).
9. Architecture.
   1. To apportion (weight) evenly, as over a door.
   2. To relieve (a part) of excess weight by distribution of pressure.
10. To clear the record of the loan of (a returned library book).

v. intr.

1. To get rid of a burden, load, or weight.
2. 1. To go off; fire: The musket discharged loudly.
   2. To pour forth, emit, or release contents.
   3. To become blurred, as a color or dye; run.
3. To undergo the release of stored energy or electric charge.

n. (d s ch?j , d s-ch?j )

1. The act of removing a load or burden.
2. The act of shooting or firing a projectile or weapon.
3. 1. A flowing out or pouring forth; emission; secretion: a discharge of pus.
   2. The amount or rate of emission or ejection.
   3. Something that is discharged, released, emitted, or excreted: a watery discharge.
4. The act or an instance of removing an obligation, burden, or responsibility.
5. 1. Fulfillment of the terms of something, such as a debt or promise.
   2. Performance, as of an office or duty.
6. 1. Dismissal or release from employment, service, care, or confinement.
   2. An official document certifying such release, especially from military service.
7. Law. An annulment or acquittal; dismissal, as of a court order.
8. Electricity.
   1. Release of stored energy in a capacitor by the flow of current between its terminals.
   2. Conversion of chemical energy to electric energy in a storage battery.
   3. A flow of electricity in a dielectric, especially in a rarefied gas.
   4. Elimination of net electric charge from a charged body.

discharge

n 1: the sudden giving off of energy

2: the act of venting [syn: venting]

3: a substance that is emitted or released [syn: emission]

4: any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body; "the discharge of pus" [syn: emission, expelling]

5: electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field [syn: spark, arc, electric arc, electric discharge]

6: the pouring forth of a fluid [syn: outpouring, run]

7: the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) [syn: dismissal, dismission, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking]

8: a formal written statement of relinquishment [syn: release, waiver]

9: the act of discharging a gun [syn: firing, firing off]

v 1: complete or carry out; "discharge one's duties" [syn: dispatch, complete]

2: pour forth or release; "discharge liquids"

3: eliminate (substances) from the body [syn: expel, eject, release]

4: free from obligations or duties [syn: free]

5: remove the charge from [ant: charge]

6: go off or discharge; "The gun fired" [syn: fire, go off]

7: pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges" [syn: acquit, assoil, clear, exonerate, exculpate] [ant: convict]

8: leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo; [syn: drop, set down, put down, unload]

9: cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet" [syn: fire]

10: release from military service [syn: muster out] [ant: enlist]

11: become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied" [syn: empty] [ant: fill]

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<반의어> charge

v. charged, charg·ing, charg·es
v. tr.

1. To impose a duty, responsibility, or obligation on: charged him with the task of watching the young swimmers.
2. To set or ask (a given amount) as a price: charges ten dollars for a haircut.
3. To hold financially liable; demand payment from: charged her for the balance due.
4. To postpone payment on (a purchase) by recording as a debt: paid cash for the stockings but charged the new coat.
5. 1. To load to capacity; fill: charge a furnace with coal.
   2. To saturate; impregnate: The atmosphere was charged with tension.
6. To load (a gun or other firearm) with a quantity of explosive: charged the musket with powder.
7. To instruct or urge authoritatively; command: charged her not to reveal the source of information.
8. Law. To instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence.
9. To make a claim of wrongdoing against; accuse or blame: The police charged him with car theft. Critics charged the writer with a lack of originality.
10. To put the blame for; attribute or impute: charged the accident to the driver's inexperience.
11. To attack violently: The troops charged the enemy line.
12. Basketball. To bump or run into (a defender) illegally while in possession of the ball or having just made a pass or shot.
13. Sports.
    1. To bump (an opponent) so as to knock off balance or gain control of the ball, as in soccer.
    2. To body-check (an opponent) illegally, from behind or after taking more than two strides, as in ice hockey.
14. Electricity.
    1. To cause formation of a net electric charge on or in (a conductor, for example).
    2. To energize (a storage battery) by passing current through it in the direction opposite to discharge.
15. To excite; rouse: a speaker who knows how to charge up a crowd.
16. To direct or put (a weapon) into position for use; level.
17. Heraldry. To place a charge on (an escutcheon).

v. intr.

1. To rush forward in or as if in a violent attack: dogs trained to charge at intruders; children charging through the house.
2. To demand or ask payment: did not charge for the second cup of coffee.
3. To postpone payment for a purchase.
4. Accounting. To consider or record as a loss. Often used with off.

n.

1. 1. Expense; cost.
   2. The price asked for something: no charge for window-shopping.
2. 1. A weight or burden; a load: a freighter relieved of its charge of cargo.
   2. The quantity that a container or apparatus can hold.
3. A quantity of explosive to be set off at one time.
4. An assigned duty or task; a responsibility: The commission's charge was to determine the facts.
5. One that is entrusted to another's care or management: the baby sitter's three young charges.
6. 1. Supervision; management: the scientist who had overall charge of the research project.
   2. Care; custody: a child put in my charge.
7. An order, command, or injunction.
8. Law. Instruction given by a judge to a jury about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence.
9. A claim of wrongdoing; an accusation: a charge of murder; pleaded not guilty to the charges.
10. 1. A rushing, forceful attack: repelled the charge of enemy troops; the charge of a herd of elephants.
    2. The command to attack: The bugler sounded the charge.
11. A debt or an entry in an account recording a debt: Are you paying cash or is this a charge?
12. A financial burden, such as a tax or lien.
13. Symbol q Physics.
    1. The intrinsic property of matter responsible for all electric phenomena, in particular for the force of the electromagnetic interaction, occurring in two forms arbitrarily designated negative and positive.
    2. A measure of this property.
    3. The net measure of this property possessed by a body or contained in a bounded region of space.
14. Informal. A feeling of pleasant excitement; a thrill: got a real charge out of the movie.
15. Heraldry. Any figure or device represented on the field of an escutcheon.

[마스터현태]

discharge 1.해고하다 면직시키다 2. 제대시키다(하다) 3. 해방하다 면제하다 4. 짐을 내리다. 5 발포,배출하다. 6. 부채를 갚다.

[정사랑]

해고하다, 면직시키다, 짐을 내리다

[영어정복한다]

해고하다 해임하다