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to reload

47 3.2
Put something back into a container, vehicle, or machine after it is empty
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈloʊd/
translation icon : recargar
  • After firing the last shot, the hunter quickly reloaded his rifle to prepare for another target.
  • reload a gun

He draws his sword, which doesn't need reloading, and he attacks.

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Examples

  • Don't worry, I found the harpoons, I'm gonna reload it now.

    Lightyear (2022)

  • Morgan was already reloading his rifle when Looking Loon caught up with him.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • I need someone to help me reload, everyone else to look out.

    Shaun of the Dead (2004)

  • You forgot to reload the damn gun.

    Last Action Hero (1993)

  • You want to reload, you pump it.

    Super Hybrid (2011)

  • There's no time for Will to reload; he turns and runs.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The boy at last fired three shots, missing all, and reloaded without saying anything.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The patient had accidentally fired the nail while reloading a nail gun as he was working at a construction site.

    Academic text (2002)

  • When the computers were brought back up, Kosinski's technicians reloaded master copies of the system software and rebooted.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The marksman rises from a shooter's crouch, bows curtly, and begins to reload his musket.

    Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

to load up
vsto reload
  • Informal
94 3.0

To fill a car, box, or yourself with things until each is full

is used for returning items after they were used, not initial loading
to refill
vsto reload
63 1.3

To put more of something into a container that is empty or nearly empty

includes weapons and devices as well as ordinary containers
to replenish
vsto reload
43 4.3

Fill something again after it has been used up

involves physically putting items back into a container or device
to restock
vsto reload
23 3.2

Put new goods on shelves after the old ones are used or sold

applies to putting items back into containers or devices rather than stores
resupply
vsto reload
10 3.9

A delivery of more food, water, or equipment when things run low

focuses on physically returning items into containers or devices rather than delivering supplies
to reinsert
vsto reload
6 3.9

To put something back where it was

focuses on returning items into containers or devices after use
to refeed
vsto reload
1 5.1

To give food or material again after a pause

means placing items back into containers rather than continuous feeding
to rechamber
vsto reload
  • Specialized
9.2

Put a bullet back into the chamber of a gun to make it ready to fire

applies more broadly to many objects, not only firearms and cartridges
to reprovision
vsto reload
7.4

Provide things needed again to a place or system

refers to returning items into containers or devices rather than broad resourcing or services
to rerack
vsto reload
  • Jargon
8.8

To pull back and release a gun's slide or bolt to load a round and clear a jam

involves placing items back into containers or weapons rather than manipulating the mechanism

Antonyms

to empty
179 1.0

To remove everything from a container or place

How Full

to top up
3 3.2
to refill
63 1.3
to reload
47 3.2
to restock
23 3.2
resupply
10 3.9

Surface Forms

reload infinitive
reloaded past
reloaded past participle
reloading present participle
reloads third person singular

Morphology

reload = load (transparent) = re + load

The meaning is a regular and easily understood repetition of the action 'load' with the prefix 're-'.

Etymology

Reload comes from the parts re- 'again' and load 'to put in', like putting more goods into a truck or bullets into a gun, so to reload is to put something back into a container or device after it has been used.