(n) discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation

(n) the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context"

(n) a special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message"

(n) attention and management implying responsibility for safety; "he is in the care of a bodyguard"

(n) a impetuous rush toward someone or something; "the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary"; "the battle began with a cavalry charge"

(n) a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time; "this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains"

(n) heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield

(n) (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny"

(n) an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence; "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving"

(n) a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge's charge to the jury"

(n) request for payment of a debt; "they submitted their charges at the end of each month"

(n) the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"

(n) (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object; "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge"

(n) a person committed to your care; "the teacher led her charges across the street"

(n) the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons; "the battery needed a fresh charge"

(n) the price charged for some article or service; "the admission charge"

(n) financial liabilities (such as a tax); "the charges against the estate"

(v) saturate; "The room was charged with tension and anxiety"

(v) energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge; "I need to charge my car battery"

(v) cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on; "charge a conductor"

(v) set or ask for a certain price; "How much do you charge for lunch?"; "This fellow charges $100 for a massage"

(v) attribute responsibility to; "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience"

(v) instruct or command with authority; "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem"

(v) instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence

(v) impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"

(v) blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against; "he charged me director with indifference"

(v) make an accusatory claim; "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased"

(v) file a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"

(v) to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle; "he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork"

(v) direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me"

(v) fill or load to capacity; "charge the wagon with hay"

(v) provide with munition; "He loaded his gun carefully"

(v) place a heraldic bearing on; "charge all weapons, shields, and banners"

(v) cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"

(v) lie down on command, of hunting dogs

(v) move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"

(v) pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt; "Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?"

(v) demand payment; "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights"

(v) enter a certain amount as a charge; "he charged me $15"

(v) give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your baggage"

(v) cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"

(v) assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"

(n) the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication); "the joining of hands around the table"; "there was a connection via the internet"

(n) shifting from one form of transportation to another; "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta"

(n) an instrumentality that connects; "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers"

(n) the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; "conditioning is a form of learning by association"

(n) a supplier (especially of narcotics)

(n) (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship); "he has powerful connections"

(n) a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare"

(n) a connecting shape

(n) the state of being connected; "the connection between church and state is inescapable"

(n) someone who cooks food

(n) English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779)

(v) transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes"

(v) transform by heating; "The apothecary cooked the medicinal mixture in a big iron kettle"

(v) prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"

(v) prepare a hot meal; "My husband doesn't cook"

(v) fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"

(n) drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem; "the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem"

(n) the act of constructing or building something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats"

(n) the commercial activity involved in constructing buildings; "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades"

(n) a thing constructed; a complex construction or entity; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"

(n) the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought

(n) a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit; "I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner"

(n) an interpretation of a text or action; "they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct"

(v) give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"

(v) make an investment; "Put money into bonds"

(v) cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"

(v) confer a trust upon; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God"

(v) perform an act, usually with a negative connotation; "perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery"

(n) (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

(n) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species; "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey"

(n) a cross as an emblem of Christianity; used in heraldry

(n) a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece

(n) marking consisting of crossing lines

(n) any affliction that causes great suffering; "that is his cross to bear"; "he bears his afflictions like a crown of thorns"

(v) breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties; "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed"

(v) trace a line through or across; "cross your `t'"

(v) travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"

(v) meet and pass; "the trains crossed"

(v) fold so as to resemble a cross; "she crossed her legs"

(v) meet at a point

(v) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"

(v) to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rivers traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres"; "The novel spans three centuries"

(s) perversely irritable