Release (Verb)
Meaning 1
Eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas".
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Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
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- Bleed
- Ovulate
- Pass
- Cough Up
- Hemorrhage
- Abort
- Maturate
- Cough Out
- Ejaculate
- Breathe
- Spew
- Suppurate
- Pass Off
- Expectorate
- Eruct
- Blow
- Spew Out
- Spit Up
- Fester
- Eliminate
- Emit
- Egest
- Excrete
- Shed Blood
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Meaning 2
Make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 3
Let (something) fall or spill from a container; "turn the flour onto a plate".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 4
Generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream".
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Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
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Meaning 5
Grant freedom to; free from confinement.
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 6
Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish a magazine or newspaper".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 7
Make (information) available for publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 8
Release, as from one's grip; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- Loosen your grip on the steering wheel and let the car's cruise control take over.
- Release your hold on the rope, the instructor will catch you if you fall.
- The tightrope walker struggled to maintain her balance and was forced to release her grip on the bar.
- You're holding on too tightly; release the kitten's fur and let it climb away.
- Please release the pressure on the pipe by slowly turning the valve counterclockwise.
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Meaning 9
Part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 10
Release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition.
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Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.