■ verb
1》 demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied.
2》 formally accuse (someone) of something, especially an offence under law.
3》 entrust with a task or responsibility.
4》 store electrical energy in (a battery or battery-operated device).
5》 technical or formal load or fill (a container, gun, etc.) to the full or proper extent.
↘fill with a quality or emotion: the air was ~d with menace.
6》 rush forward in attack.
↘move quickly and forcefully.
7》 Heraldry place a ~ on.
■ noun
1》 a price asked.
↘a financial liability or commitment.
2》 a formal accusation made against a prisoner brought to trial.
3》 responsibility for care or control.
↘a person or thing entrusted to someone's care.
4》 the property of matter that is responsible for electrical phenomena, existing in a positive or negative form.
↘the quantity of this carried by a body.
↘energy stored chemically in a battery for conversion into electricity.
5》 a quantity of explosive to be detonated in order to fire a gun or similar weapon.
6》 a headlong rush forward, typically in attack.
7》 an official instruction given by a judge to a jury regarding points of law.
8》 Heraldry a device or bearing placed on a shield or crest.
Phrases
press (or prefer ) ~s accuse someone formally of a crime so that they can be brought to trial.
put someone on a ~ Brit. ~ someone with a specified offence.
Derivatives
~able adjective
~d adjective
Origin
ME, from OFr. ~r (v.), ~ (n.), from late L. carricare , carcare 'to load', from L. carrus 'wheeled vehicle'.