"reload" meaning in English

See reload in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /riːˈləʊd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-reload.wav [UK] Forms: reload [canonical], reloads [third-person, singular], reloaded [past], reloaded [past, participle], reloading [present, participle]
Etymology: re- + load Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|re|load}} re- + load Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you reload something, you load it again.
    Sense id: simple-reload-en-verb-a5ojUGsw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with re-
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