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

The New Moon in your sign is less interested in new beginnings than perfecting current circumstances, almost like reloading a video game’s previous save state to replay the same sequence again with the benefit of hindsight. —Jennifer Culp, Them, 15 July 2024

Once the card is reloaded at the beginning of the next month, the benefits are vulnerable to theft. —Kaitlyn Pohly, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2024

This means multi-window desktop configurations can be recovered and reloaded with just a keyword search. —Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 14 June 2024

Noem went back to her truck, reloaded, and blasted him again. —Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1620, in the meaning defined above