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Traditional English :: discharge
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discharge - v. & n. --v. 1 tr. a let go, release, esp. from a duty, commitment, or period of confinement. b relieve (a bankrupt) of residual liability.
2 tr. dismiss from office, employment, army commission, etc.
3 tr. a fire (a gun etc.). b (of a gun etc.) fire (a bullet etc.).
4 a tr. (also absol.) pour out or cause to pour out (pus, liquid, etc.) (the wound was discharging). b tr. throw; eject (discharged a stone at the cat). c tr. utter (abuse etc.). d intr. (foll. by into) (of a river etc.) flow into (esp. the sea).
5 tr. a carry out, perform (a duty or obligation). b relieve oneself of (a financial commitment) (discharged his debt).
6 tr. Law cancel (an order of court).
7 tr. Physics release an electrical charge from.
8 tr. a relieve (a ship etc.) of its cargo. b unload (a cargo) from a ship. --n. 1 the act or an instance of discharging; the process of being discharged.
2 a dismissal, esp. from the armed services.
3 a a release, exemption, acquittal, etc. b a written certificate of release etc.
4 an act of firing a gun etc.
5 a an emission (of pus, liquid, etc.). b the liquid or matter so discharged.
6 (usu. foll. by of) a the payment (of a debt). b the performance (of a duty etc.).
7 Physics a the release of a quantity of electric charge from an object. b a flow of electricity through the air or other gas esp. when accompanied by the emission of light. c the conversion of chemical energy in a cell into electrical energy.
8 the unloading (of a ship or a cargo). dischargeable adj. discharger n. (in sense 7 of v.). [ME f. OF descharger (as DIS-, CHARGE)] |
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Related Words
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Most Often Usage
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abnormal discharge
abnormal vaginal discharge
bloody vaginal discharge
bloody discharge
brown discharge
ignition capacitor discharge
capacitor discharge
conditional discharge
constructive discharge
vaginal discharge during pregnancy
discharge in early pregnancy
excessive vaginal discharge
yellow vaginal discharge
is vaginal discharge a sign of pregnancy
early pregnancy symptom discharge
army discharge
electro static discharge
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