Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To load again, as a gun, a ship, etc.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To load again, as a gun.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To load (something) again
  • verb computing To refresh a copy of a program in memory or of a web page on screen
  • verb firearms to make one's own cartridges using spent (or new) cases and new powder, primer, and bullet/shot.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb load anew
  • verb place a new load on

Etymologies

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re- +‎ load

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Examples

  • That seemed to be the problem the democrats had when Palin used the term reload.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

  • So I had to reload from a previous save, losing about 15 minutes worth of game.

    My first glitch in Shadow Complex pabba 2009

  • And being able to simply swap mags to reload is much easier than fumbling with loose rounds while wearing gloves, stumbling thru snow covered branches and all the while trying to keep focused on where you think your deer went down.

    Rifles of Interest, Vol. 1 2009

  • And being able to simply swap mags to reload is much easier than fumbling with loose rounds while wearing gloves, stumbling thru snow covered branches and all the while trying to keep focused on where you think your deer went down.

    Rifles of Interest, Vol. 1 2009

  • If I ran into a no-win situation - which should be rare - then I'd reload from a save slot before I got into the no-win.

    Genie, Give Me A Wish 2005

  • Or if it did, you could just reload from a backup.

    More than a common export format « Scripting News Annex 2005

  • If you die, you'll just reload from the last save point.

    My Childhood Was Full Of Monsters 2004

  • While no one knows for sure what drove Jared Loughner to commit this heinous act, we do know that the toxic political discourse in this country today- candidates talking about "second amendment remedies", news networks featuring anti-government conspiracy theorists, and national political figures like Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin describing themselves as "progressive hunters" and urging followers to "reload"- lays the groundwork for this kind of violence 1, 2, 3, 4.

    Harvey Milk and Gabrielle Giffords 2011

  • Open synaptic package manager -- > choose one repository near you -- > click "reload" -- > click "mark all updates" -- > click "apply"

    PCLinuxOS-Forums 2009

  • Open synaptic package manager -- > choose one repository near you -- > click "reload" -- > click "mark all updates" -- > click "apply"

    PCLinuxOS-Forums 2009

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