reload

verb

re·​load (ˌ)rē-ˈlōd 

reloaded; reloading

transitive + intransitive

: to load again: such as

a

: to put a charge or load into a weapon again

reloaded a pistol

… most competitive shooters reload their own ammunition.

—Craig Vaughn

This firearm will continuously load, fire, eject, reload, and fire again …

—William R. Dietrick

b

: to load or be loaded into a computer's memory or storage again

recorded the time the computer's operating system took to reload

The files are stored locally, so that whenever you access a Web site that you have accessed previously, the browser doesn't have to reload the entire page; it simply reads it from the cache.

—Terrance A. Rooney

c

: to put a renewed supply of funds or resources into an account

However, the new tickets can not be reloaded with credit like a standard smartcard.

—Benedict Brook

reloadable

(ˌ)rē-ˈlō-də-bəl 

adjective

a reloadable gift card

Examples of reload in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Prosecutors said Jose Menendez was struck five times, including in the back of the head, and Kitty Menendez crawled on the floor wounded before the brothers reloaded and fired a final, fatal blast. —Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2025

But there’s one huge difference between the two: Ohio State has been successfully reloading for more than 20 years. —Stewart Mandel, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025

Instead of just watching the elderly gentleman try to manually reload the wood himself, strangers began to get out of their cars left and right to assist. —Kendall Malinchock, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025

The attitude within the program, despite graduation losses, is to reload, not rebuild. —Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1620, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reload

• abode
• anode
• barcode
• bestowed
• boatload
• borrowed
• carload
• caseload
• cathode
• commode
• corrode
• crossroad