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

All else equal, companies locking in longer-term paper and reloading cash reserves for M & A, capex and stock buybacks is equity-positive, at least as a background factor. —Michael Santoli, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025

Houston has been incredible at reloading its roster instead of rebuilding it over the last decade. —Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025

All four of those clubs made genuine attempts to reload before the year ended. —Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025

As always at Ohio State, the mission is reloading and retooling, not rebuilding. —Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 25 Aug. 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