Meaning & use

recharge

verb·Everyday

To restore the electrical charge of a battery, or to regain energy after being tired.

See it in a sentence

Please recharge your phone overnight so it has enough battery for tomorrow.

After the exhausting trip, she took a weekend at home to recharge.

A note on using this word

Recharge works both literally for devices and figuratively for a person's energy or motivation.

Words with a similar meaning

refuelreplenish

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Words with an opposite meaning

drain

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