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verb
noun
- A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog.
- restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- (surfing) A leg rope.
- A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.
- (prosody) A kind of metrical construct in Skeltonics.
- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- a figurative restraint
verb
- release, as from one's grip
- be relaxed
- (intransitive, with of and transitive, with object before go) To release from one's grasp; to go from a state of holding on to a state of no longer holding on.
- (euphemistic, usually reflexively) To gain weight.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, go.
- To emotionally disengage or distract oneself from a situation.
- (transitive) To ignore (a comment, etc.).
- (euphemistic, transitive) To fail to maintain a standard of appearance, behavior, or performance.
- (euphemistic) To dismiss from employment.
verb
- release, as from one's grip
- grant freedom to; free from confinement
- prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
- let (something) fall or spill from a container
- make (information) available for publication
- generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
- release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
- part with a possession or right
- eliminate (a substance)
- make (assets) available
- (transitive, telephony) (of a call) To hang up.
- (biochemistry) To set free a chemical substance.
- (transitive) To let go of; to cease to hold or contain.
- (transitive) To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of.
- (transitive, law) To let go, quit (a legal claim); to discharge or relinquish a right to (lands or buildings) by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession.
- (transitive) To discharge.
- (transitive) To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
- (transitive) To free or liberate; to set free.
- (transitive) To make available to the public.
- (intransitive) To launch; to come out; to become available.
- (transitive, soccer) To set up; to provide with a goalscoring opportunity.
noun
- That which is released, untied or let go.
- a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
- the act of liberating someone or something
- the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
- (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone
- a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
- a process that liberates or discharges something
- a formal written statement of relinquishment
- the act of allowing a fluid to escape
- merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film)
- euphemistic expressions for death
- activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
- an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation
- (railways, historical) In the block system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be used at intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations.
- The catch on an electromagnetic circuit breaker for a motor, triggered in the event of an overload.
- Anything recently released or made available (as for sale).
- (phonetics, sound synthesis) The act or manner of ending a sound.
- (law) The giving up of a claim, especially a debt.
- (software) The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.
- The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
- Discharged semen
- The lever or button on a camera that opens the shutter to allow a photograph to be taken.
- Liberation from pain or suffering.
- A catch on a motor-starting rheostat, which automatically releases the rheostat arm and so stops the motor in case of a break in the field circuit.
- (biochemistry) The process by which a chemical substance is set free.
- (music) A kind of bridge used in jazz music.
- Orgasm.
verb
- release, as from one's grip
- (transitive) To let go (free, away), physically release.
- part with a possession or right
- turn away from; give up
- do without or cease to hold or adhere to
- (transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.
- (transitive) To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.
- (transitive) To accept to give up, withdraw etc.
verb
adj
- Unpredictable.
- Fluctuating; not constant.
- Not stable.
- (physics) Radioactive, especially with a short half-life.
- Fickle.
- (chemistry) Readily decomposable.
- Having a strong tendency to change.
- disposed to psychological variability
- highly or violently reactive
- suffering from severe mental illness
- subject to change; variable
- lacking stability or fixity or firmness
- affording no ease or reassurance
noun
- A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
- A mistake or error.
- A twig or shoot; a cutting.
- (engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
- (medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behavior after cure.
- A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
- (mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
- An outside covering or case.
- (nautical, aviation) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
- (cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)
- (marine insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwriters.
- Either side of the gallery in a theater.
- A fish, the sole.
- (nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
- (US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
- (ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
- A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.
- A slipdress.
- An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
- Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
- (electricity) The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
- A long, thin piece of something.
- A particular quantity of yarn.
- (nautical) A slipway.
- (crosswording) A newsletter produced by the setter of a cryptic clue-writing competition, containing a full list of winners and commentary on the clues.
- A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.
- An act or instance of slipping.
- (telecommunications) The positional displacement in a sequence of transmitted symbols that causes the loss or insertion of one or more symbols.
- (aviation) Clipping of sideslip.
- A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
- a place where a craft can be made fast
- a slippery smoothness
- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
- potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
- a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
- the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
- a young and slender person
- artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
- an unexpected slide
- a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
- a small sheet of paper
- a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
- a socially awkward or tactless act
verb
- (transitive) To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
- (intransitive, aviation, of an aircraft) Clipping of sideslip (“to fly with the longitudinal axis misaligned with the relative wind”).
- (transitive) To elude or evade by smooth movement.
- (transitive) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
- (transitive, hunting, falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
- (transitive) To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
- (intransitive) To err.
- (intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
- (transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
- (intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move down; to slide.
- (intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
- To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
- (intransitive) To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentionally.
- (transitive, business) To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.
- (transitive, cooking) To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily.
- fall to a lower standard
- move smoothly and easily
- move out of position
- pass out of one's memory
- cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion
- insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
- move stealthily
- to make a mistake or be incorrect
- pass on stealthily
- move easily
noun
- A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
- restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- (countable, nautical) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or to estimate velocity in knots.
- A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
- (medicine, in the plural) X-ray protective clothing lined with lead.
- (countable) A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.
- (UK, countable) An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
- Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
- (horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
- Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
- (electricity) The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
- (acting) The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
- (countable, mining) A lode.
- Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
- (nautical) The course of a rope from end to end.
- (US, journalism) The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
- (marketing) Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
- (business) The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc.
- (curling) The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
- (music) The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
- (uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
- (slang) Bullets; ammunition.
- (countable) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
- (countable) A channel of open water in an ice field.
- Hypothesis that has not been pursued
- (music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
- An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
- (music) A primary synth, often composed of square, sawtooth, triangle or sine waveforms.
- (baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
- (uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
- (music) In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor.
- (countable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
- (acting, theater) The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
- (uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
- (engineering) The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
- In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
- (electricity) The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
- (countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.
- (engineering) The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
- (civil engineering) The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
- an advantage held by a competitor in a race
- an actor who plays a principal role
- the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)
- evidence pointing to a possible solution
- the introductory section of a story
- (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
- the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge
- a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase ‘take the lead’)
- a news story of major importance
- (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning
- the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
- thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
- a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey
- mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To be a cause of. [with to]
- (intransitive) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.
- (transitive, climbing) To lead climb.
- (figuratively): To direct; to counsel; to instruct.
- To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.
- To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
- (transitive, card games, dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with
- Misspelling of led.
- (baseball) To step off base and move towards the next base.
- Used in phrasal verbs: lead off, lead on, lead out, lead to (“be the cause of, bring about”), lead up, lead up to.
- (intransitive) To have the highest interim score in a game.
- (intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain spatial direction, or to a certain place.
- (transitive) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
- To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure.
- (shooting) To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.
- (intransitive) To be more advanced in technology or business than others.
- (intransitive) To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
- (intransitive) To proceed in front of others; to go first.
- (transitive, usually with "life") To live or experience (a particular way of life).
- To influence towards a belief, a conclusion, etc.
- (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.
- (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
- To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
- lead, extend, or afford access
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
- cause to undertake a certain action
- take somebody somewhere
- tend to or result in
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- produce as a result or residue
- preside over
- be ahead of others; be the first
- be in charge of
- be conducive to
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- move ahead (of others) in time or space
noun
- restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- (figurative) The limit of one's abilities, resources, patience, etc.
- (nautical, sailing) A strong rope or line that connects a sailor's safety harness to the boat's jackstay.
- (figurative) An attachment to a place, time, entity or person.
- A rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement.
verb
num
verb
- release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
- keep away from others
- withdraw from active participation
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- take back what one has said
- cause to be returned
- lose interest
- retire gracefully
- break from a meeting or gathering
- make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
- pull back or move away or backward
- To stop taking an addictive drug or substance; to undergo withdrawal.
- To take back (a comment, something written, etc.); to recant, to retract.
- (specifically, military) Of soldiers: to leave a battle or position where they are stationed; to retreat.
- To take (one's eyes) off something; to look away.
- To cause or help (someone) to stop taking an addictive drug or substance; to dry out.
- To disregard (something) as belonging to a certain group.
- Chiefly followed by from: to leave a place, someone's presence, etc., to go to another room or place.
- Chiefly followed by from: to stop taking part in some activity; also, to remove oneself from the company of others, from publicity, etc.
- To stop talking to or interacting with other people and start thinking thoughts not related to what is happening.
- To take away or take back (something previously given or permitted); to remove, to retract.
- Of a man: to remove the penis from a partner's body orifice before ejaculation; to engage in coitus interruptus.
- To remove (a topic) from discussion or inquiry.
- To stop (a course of action, proceedings, etc.)
- To remove (someone or (reflexive, archaic) oneself) from a position or situation; specifically (military), to remove (soldiers) from a battle or position where they are stationed.
- To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.
- (banking, finance) To extract (money) from a bank account or other financial deposit.
noun
- Release from constraint, obligation, or a constrained position.
- (clothing) Additional space provided to allow greater movement.
- Freedom from financial effort or worry; affluence.
- Freedom from worry and concern; peace; sometimes (derogatory, archaic) indifference.
- Freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance, sometimes (derogatory, archaic) idleness, sloth.
- Freedom from embarrassment or awkwardness; grace.
- Freedom from effort; leisure, rest.
- Lack of difficulty; the ability to do something easily.
- Followed by of or from: release from or reduction of pain, hardship, or annoyance.
- a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state
- freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
- the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)
- freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
- freedom from constraint or embarrassment
verb
- (intransitive) To lessen in intensity.
- (transitive) To move (something) slowly and carefully.
- (transitive) To give respite to (someone).
- To reduce speed.
- (transitive) To alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain).
- (transitive) To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc.
- (transitive) To reduce the difficulty of (something).
- (intransitive) To proceed with little effort.
- (nautical, transitive) To loosen or slacken the tension on a line.
- lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate
- lessen the intensity of or calm
- move gently or carefully
- make easier
verb
- To be released in spite of constraints; to spill out.
- (engineering) To pull the drill stem and bit out of the hole of an oil well drill, in order to access the borehole.
- (slang) To hallucinate or otherwise alter one's consciousness as a result of drugs.
- (idiomatic) To have as an image in one's mind.
- (slang) To have a fit, to become enraged or upset; to flip out.
- To go out with light steps.
- (electronics) To break a circuit in response to an overload.
- (slang) To enthuse, to respond with strong positive emotion; to get high (on)
- get high, stoned, or drugged
noun
- Something that releases a person from a requirement.
- The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege.
- (law) A legal document removing some requirement, such as waiving a right (giving it up) or a waiver of liability (agreeing to hold someone blameless).
- a formal written statement of relinquishment
verb
verb
- set free or release
- open the lock of
- become unlocked
- (transitive) To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.
- (transitive, mobile telephony) To configure (a mobile phone) so that it is not bound to any particular carrier.
- (transitive) To undermine something that has control over a situation; to find a way to counter or oppose.
- (transitive) To disclose or reveal previously unknown knowledge or potential.
- (transitive) To obtain access to something; to meet the requirements of a security or protection system.
- (transitive, figurative) To make available.
- (intransitive) To be or become unfastened or unrestrained.
noun
noun
- the act of releasing from an attachment or connection
- a small unit of troops of special composition
- coming apart
- avoiding emotional involvement
- the state of being isolated or detached
- (uncountable, military) The separation of a military unit from the main body for a particular purpose or special mission.
- (countable, military) The unit so dispatched.
- (uncountable) The action of detaching; separation.
- (countable) Any smaller portion of a main body separately employed.
- (uncountable) Absence of bias; impartiality; objectivity.
- (uncountable) The state of being detached or disconnected; insulation.
- (uncountable) Indifference to the concerns of others; disregard; nonchalance; aloofness.
- (countable, military) A permanent unit organized for special duties.
noun
- the act of releasing from an attachment or connection
- to break off a military action with an enemy
- (medicine, obstetrics) The emergence of the fetus from the birth canal.
- The release or separation of a chemical.
- (fencing) A circular movement of the blade that blocks an opponent's parry.
- (military, politics) Withdrawal from combat, confrontation, or the assertion of influence.
- Termination of an agreement to be married.
- Release or detachment from a physical situation or other involvement.
noun
- Release from confinement; liberation.
- (cricket) The event of a batsman getting out; a wicket.
- The act of sending someone away.
- Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.
- Removal from consideration; putting something out of one's mind, mentally disregarding something or someone.
- A written or spoken statement of such an act.
- (Christianity) The final blessing said by a priest or minister at the end of a religious service.
- (law) The rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim or charge made therein.
- permission to go; the sending away of someone
- a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial
- the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
- official notice that you have been fired from your job
noun
- the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord
- the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury
- The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals.
- An instance of plucking or pulling sharply.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, uncountable) Cheap wine.
- (informal, figurative, uncountable) Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.
verb
- sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
- look for and gather
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- pull or pull out sharply
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
- strip of feathers
- (intransitive) To pull or twitch sharply.
- (transitive) To play a string instrument pizzicato.
- (transitive) To remove feathers from (a bird).
- Of a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing.
- (transitive, music) To play (a single string on a musical instrument) by pulling and then releasing it, such as on a guitar.
- (transitive) To pull something sharply; to pull something out
- (transitive) To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation.
verb
- To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
- To fix a mistake made while preparing something, especially in cooking.
- (figuratively) To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
- (figuratively) To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.
- To adopt (an animal).
- To recover forcibly, especially from a siege.
- To salvage and restore something that has been discarded.
- (biology, genetics) To restore a particular trait in an organism that was lost or altered, especially where this loss was as the consequence of some experimental manipulation.
- To save from any violence, danger or evil.
- free from harm or evil
- take forcibly from legal custody
noun
- A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded.
- A liberation, freeing.
- A rescuee.
- The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril.
- (law, largely obsolete) The act of unlawfully freeing a person, or confiscated goods, from custody.
- An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
- recovery or preservation from loss or danger
verb
- To set free; to deliver; to release.
- (Australia, New Zealand, usually with up) To keep (a traveller) detained in order to rob them; to corner (a wild animal); loosely, to detain, hold up.
- (intransitive, informal) To fail to meet a commitment (to a person). [with on ‘someone’]
- (nautical, transitive) To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.
- To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
- To secure the head of a cow during milking.
- (Australia, New Zealand) To secure (a cow) by placing its head in a bail for milking.
- (law) To release a person under such guarantee.
- (law) To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.
- (nautical, transitive, intransitive) To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.
- (rare) To confine.
- (intransitive, slang) To leave or exit abruptly.
- release after a security has been paid
- secure the release of (someone) by providing security
- remove (water) from a vessel with a container
- deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period
- empty (a vessel) by bailing
noun
- (law, UK) Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
- A person who bails water out of a boat.
- A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.
- A hoop, ring, or other object used to connect a pendant to a necklace.
- A stall for a cow (or other animal) (usually tethered with a semi-circular hoop).
- (furniture) Normally curved handle suspended between sockets as a drawer pull. This may also be on a kettle or pail.
- (countable, uncountable) Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
- (chiefly Australia and New Zealand) A frame to restrain a cow during milking or feeding.
- A hinged bar as a restraint for animals, or on a typewriter.
- (law, UK) The person providing such payment.
- (cricket) One of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket.
- A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket).
- the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial)
- (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
verb
- release or pull the trigger on
- put in motion or move to act
- (transitive) To fire (a weapon).
- (intransitive, especially electronics) To activate; to become active.
- (transitive) To cause, to precipitate, to bring (something) about in response or as a result.
- (transitive, figurative) To spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (a person).
noun
- lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun
- an act that sets in motion some course of events
- a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen
- (databases) An SQL procedure that may be initiated when a record is inserted, updated or deleted; typically used to maintain referential integrity.
- (psychology) An event, experience or other stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or a strong reaction in a person.
- An event that initiates others, or incites a response.
- (grammar) An argument whose semantic role determines the choice of a verbal affix, in certain Austronesian languages.
- A concept or image that upsets somebody by sparking a negative emotional response.
- (music) An electronic transducer allowing a drum, cymbal, etc. to control an electronic drum unit or similar device.
- (firearms) A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.
- (electronics) A pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component.
- A similar device used to activate any mechanism.
- (music) A device that manually lengthens (or sometimes shortens) the slide or tubing of a brass instrument, allowing the pitch range to be altered while playing.
adj
verb
- To release from restraint or inhibition.
- (transitive, military, euphemistic) To acquire from an enemy during wartime, used especially of cities, regions, and other population centers.
- (transitive, euphemistic) To acquire from another by theft or force: to steal, to rob.
- (chemistry) To release from chemical bonds or solutions.
- To release from servitude or unjust rule.
- To release from slavery: to manumit.
- grant freedom to; free from confinement
- give equal rights to; of women and minorities
- grant freedom to
- release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
noun
- A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or become loose, by relaxation of the hand.
- A mistake or error.
- A twig or shoot; a cutting.
- (engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an oar, through the water horizontally, or the difference between a vessel's actual speed and the speed it would have if the propelling instrument acted upon a solid; also, the velocity, relatively to still water, of the backward current of water produced by the propeller.
- (medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behavior after cure.
- A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
- (mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
- An outside covering or case.
- (nautical, aviation) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and the actual advance of the vessel.
- (cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the ball after being deflected from the bat; a fielder in that position (See first slip, second slip, third slip, fourth slip and fifth slip.)
- (marine insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It usually bears the broker's name and is initiated by the underwriters.
- Either side of the gallery in a theater.
- A fish, the sole.
- (nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
- (US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
- (ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
- A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed by the skirt or dress itself; a shift.
- A slipdress.
- An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
- Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
- (electricity) The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
- A long, thin piece of something.
- A particular quantity of yarn.
- (nautical) A slipway.
- (crosswording) A newsletter produced by the setter of a cryptic clue-writing competition, containing a full list of winners and commentary on the clues.
- A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field and the angular speed of its rotor, divided by the angular speed of the magnetic field.
- An act or instance of slipping.
- (telecommunications) The positional displacement in a sequence of transmitted symbols that causes the loss or insertion of one or more symbols.
- (aviation) Clipping of sideslip.
- A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.
- a place where a craft can be made fast
- a slippery smoothness
- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
- potter's clay that is thinned and used for coating or decorating ceramics
- a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
- the act of avoiding capture (especially by cunning)
- a young and slender person
- artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
- a woman's sleeveless undergarment
- an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
- an unexpected slide
- a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
- a small sheet of paper
- a flight maneuver; aircraft slides sideways in the air
- a socially awkward or tactless act
verb
- (transitive) To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
- (intransitive, aviation, of an aircraft) Clipping of sideslip (“to fly with the longitudinal axis misaligned with the relative wind”).
- (transitive) To elude or evade by smooth movement.
- (transitive) To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
- (transitive, hunting, falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
- (transitive) To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
- (intransitive) To err.
- (intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or escape as if by sliding.
- (transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
- (intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To move down; to slide.
- (intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
- To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
- (intransitive) To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentionally.
- (transitive, business) To cause (a schedule or release, etc.) to go, or let it go, beyond the allotted deadline.
- (transitive, cooking) To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly in boiling water, then transferring to cold water so that the skin peels, or slips, off easily.
- fall to a lower standard
- move smoothly and easily
- move out of position
- pass out of one's memory
- cause to move with a smooth or sliding motion
- insert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
- move stealthily
- to make a mistake or be incorrect
- pass on stealthily
- move easily
verb
- release, as from one's grip
- grant freedom to; free from confinement
- prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
- let (something) fall or spill from a container
- make (information) available for publication
- generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
- release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
- part with a possession or right
- eliminate (a substance)
- make (assets) available
- (transitive, telephony) (of a call) To hang up.
- (biochemistry) To set free a chemical substance.
- (transitive) To let go of; to cease to hold or contain.
- (transitive) To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of.
- (transitive, law) To let go, quit (a legal claim); to discharge or relinquish a right to (lands or buildings) by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession.
- (transitive) To discharge.
- (transitive) To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
- (transitive) To free or liberate; to set free.
- (transitive) To make available to the public.
- (intransitive) To launch; to come out; to become available.
- (transitive, soccer) To set up; to provide with a goalscoring opportunity.
noun
- That which is released, untied or let go.
- a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
- the act of liberating someone or something
- the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
- (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone
- a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
- a process that liberates or discharges something
- a formal written statement of relinquishment
- the act of allowing a fluid to escape
- merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film)
- euphemistic expressions for death
- activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
- an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation
- (railways, historical) In the block system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be used at intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations.
- The catch on an electromagnetic circuit breaker for a motor, triggered in the event of an overload.
- Anything recently released or made available (as for sale).
- (phonetics, sound synthesis) The act or manner of ending a sound.
- (law) The giving up of a claim, especially a debt.
- (software) The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.
- The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
- Discharged semen
- The lever or button on a camera that opens the shutter to allow a photograph to be taken.
- Liberation from pain or suffering.
- A catch on a motor-starting rheostat, which automatically releases the rheostat arm and so stops the motor in case of a break in the field circuit.
- (biochemistry) The process by which a chemical substance is set free.
- (music) A kind of bridge used in jazz music.
- Orgasm.
noun
- A rope, leather strap, or similar device with which to lead an animal; a leash
- restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- (countable, nautical) A plummet or mass of lead attached to a line, used in sounding depth at sea or to estimate velocity in knots.
- A thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.
- (medicine, in the plural) X-ray protective clothing lined with lead.
- (countable) A thin cylinder of graphite used in pencils.
- (UK, countable) An insulated metallic wire for electrical devices and equipment.
- Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.
- (horology) The action of a tooth, such as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet.
- Information obtained by a news reporter about an issue or subject that allows him or her to discover more details.
- (electricity) The advance of the current phase in an alternating circuit beyond that of the electromotive force producing it.
- (acting) The actor who plays the main role; lead actor.
- (countable, mining) A lode.
- Information obtained by a detective or police officer that allows him or her to discover further details about a crime or incident.
- (nautical) The course of a rope from end to end.
- (US, journalism) The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article. (Sometimes spelled as lede for this usage to avoid ambiguity.)
- (marketing) Potential opportunity for a sale or transaction, a potential customer.
- (business) The person in charge of a project or a work shift etc.
- (curling) The player who throws the first two rocks for a team.
- (music) The announcement by one voice part of a theme to be repeated by the other parts.
- (uncountable, typography) Vertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.
- (slang) Bullets; ammunition.
- (countable) A roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
- (countable) A channel of open water in an ice field.
- Hypothesis that has not been pursued
- (music) A mark or a short passage in one voice part, as of a canon, serving as a cue for the entrance of others.
- An important news story that appears on the front page of a newspaper or at the beginning of a news broadcast
- (music) A primary synth, often composed of square, sawtooth, triangle or sine waveforms.
- (baseball) The situation where a runner steps away from a base while waiting for the pitch to be thrown.
- (uncountable) A heavy, pliable, inelastic metal element, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished; both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic number 82, symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum).
- (music) In a barbershop quartet, the person who sings the melody, usually the second tenor.
- (countable) The act of leading or conducting; guidance; direction, course
- (acting, theater) The main role in a play or film; the lead role.
- (uncountable, card games, dominoes) The act or right of playing first in a game or round; the card suit, or piece, so played
- (engineering) The axial distance a screw thread travels in one revolution. It is equal to the pitch times the number of starts.
- In a steam engine, the width of port opening which is uncovered by the valve, for the admission or release of steam, at the instant when the piston is at end of its stroke.
- (electricity) The angle between the line joining the brushes of a continuous-current dynamo and the diameter symmetrical between the poles.
- (countable) Precedence; advance position; also, the measure of precedence; the state of being ahead in a race; the highest score in an incomplete game.
- (engineering) The excess above a right angle in the angle between two consecutive cranks, as of a compound engine, on the same shaft.
- (civil engineering) The distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment.
- an advantage held by a competitor in a race
- an actor who plays a principal role
- the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)
- evidence pointing to a possible solution
- the introductory section of a story
- (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base
- an indication of potential opportunity
- a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire
- the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge
- a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase ‘take the lead’)
- a news story of major importance
- (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning
- the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine
- thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
- a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey
- mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To be a cause of. [with to]
- (intransitive) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.
- (transitive, climbing) To lead climb.
- (figuratively): To direct; to counsel; to instruct.
- To guide or conduct in a certain course, or to a certain place or end, by making the way known; to show the way, especially by going with or going in advance of; to guide somebody somewhere or to bring somebody somewhere by means of instructions.
- To guide or conduct with the hand, or by means of some physical contact connection.
- (transitive, card games, dominoes) To begin a game, round, or trick, with
- Misspelling of led.
- (baseball) To step off base and move towards the next base.
- Used in phrasal verbs: lead off, lead on, lead out, lead to (“be the cause of, bring about”), lead up, lead up to.
- (intransitive) To have the highest interim score in a game.
- (intransitive) To tend or reach in a certain spatial direction, or to a certain place.
- (transitive) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among.
- To draw or direct by influence, whether good or bad; to prevail on; to induce; to entice; to allure.
- (shooting) To aim in front of a moving target, in order that the shot may hit the target as it passes.
- (intransitive) To be more advanced in technology or business than others.
- (intransitive) To be ahead of others, e.g., in a race.
- (intransitive) To proceed in front of others; to go first.
- (transitive, usually with "life") To live or experience (a particular way of life).
- To influence towards a belief, a conclusion, etc.
- (transitive, printing, historical) To place leads between the lines of.
- (transitive) To cover, fill, or affect with lead.
- To conduct or direct with authority; to have direction or charge of; to command, especially a military or business unit.
- lead, extend, or afford access
- travel in front of; go in advance of others
- cause to undertake a certain action
- take somebody somewhere
- tend to or result in
- cause something to pass or lead somewhere
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- produce as a result or residue
- preside over
- be ahead of others; be the first
- be in charge of
- be conducive to
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- move ahead (of others) in time or space
verb
noun
- A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog.
- restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- (surfing) A leg rope.
- A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.
- (prosody) A kind of metrical construct in Skeltonics.
- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- a figurative restraint
noun
- restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- (figurative) The limit of one's abilities, resources, patience, etc.
- (nautical, sailing) A strong rope or line that connects a sailor's safety harness to the boat's jackstay.
- (figurative) An attachment to a place, time, entity or person.
- A rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement.
verb
num
noun
- Release from constraint, obligation, or a constrained position.
- (clothing) Additional space provided to allow greater movement.
- Freedom from financial effort or worry; affluence.
- Freedom from worry and concern; peace; sometimes (derogatory, archaic) indifference.
- Freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance, sometimes (derogatory, archaic) idleness, sloth.
- Freedom from embarrassment or awkwardness; grace.
- Freedom from effort; leisure, rest.
- Lack of difficulty; the ability to do something easily.
- Followed by of or from: release from or reduction of pain, hardship, or annoyance.
- a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state
- freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
- the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)
- freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
- freedom from constraint or embarrassment
verb
- (intransitive) To lessen in intensity.
- (transitive) To move (something) slowly and carefully.
- (transitive) To give respite to (someone).
- To reduce speed.
- (transitive) To alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain).
- (transitive) To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc.
- (transitive) To reduce the difficulty of (something).
- (intransitive) To proceed with little effort.
- (nautical, transitive) To loosen or slacken the tension on a line.
- lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate
- lessen the intensity of or calm
- move gently or carefully
- make easier
noun
- Something that releases a person from a requirement.
- The act of waiving, or not insisting on, some right, claim, or privilege.
- (law) A legal document removing some requirement, such as waiving a right (giving it up) or a waiver of liability (agreeing to hold someone blameless).
- a formal written statement of relinquishment
verb
noun
- the act of releasing from an attachment or connection
- a small unit of troops of special composition
- coming apart
- avoiding emotional involvement
- the state of being isolated or detached
- (uncountable, military) The separation of a military unit from the main body for a particular purpose or special mission.
- (countable, military) The unit so dispatched.
- (uncountable) The action of detaching; separation.
- (countable) Any smaller portion of a main body separately employed.
- (uncountable) Absence of bias; impartiality; objectivity.
- (uncountable) The state of being detached or disconnected; insulation.
- (uncountable) Indifference to the concerns of others; disregard; nonchalance; aloofness.
- (countable, military) A permanent unit organized for special duties.
noun
- the act of releasing from an attachment or connection
- to break off a military action with an enemy
- (medicine, obstetrics) The emergence of the fetus from the birth canal.
- The release or separation of a chemical.
- (fencing) A circular movement of the blade that blocks an opponent's parry.
- (military, politics) Withdrawal from combat, confrontation, or the assertion of influence.
- Termination of an agreement to be married.
- Release or detachment from a physical situation or other involvement.
noun
- Release from confinement; liberation.
- (cricket) The event of a batsman getting out; a wicket.
- The act of sending someone away.
- Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.
- Removal from consideration; putting something out of one's mind, mentally disregarding something or someone.
- A written or spoken statement of such an act.
- (Christianity) The final blessing said by a priest or minister at the end of a religious service.
- (law) The rejection of a legal proceeding, or a claim or charge made therein.
- permission to go; the sending away of someone
- a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial
- the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
- official notice that you have been fired from your job
noun
- the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord
- the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury
- The lungs, heart with trachea and often oesophagus removed from slaughtered animals.
- An instance of plucking or pulling sharply.
- (African-American Vernacular, slang, uncountable) Cheap wine.
- (informal, figurative, uncountable) Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.
verb
- sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
- look for and gather
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- pull or pull out sharply
- pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion
- strip of feathers
- (intransitive) To pull or twitch sharply.
- (transitive) To play a string instrument pizzicato.
- (transitive) To remove feathers from (a bird).
- Of a glacier: to transport individual pieces of bedrock by means of gradual erosion through freezing and thawing.
- (transitive, music) To play (a single string on a musical instrument) by pulling and then releasing it, such as on a guitar.
- (transitive) To pull something sharply; to pull something out
- (transitive) To take or remove (someone) quickly from a particular place or situation.
verb
noun
- A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog.
- restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- (surfing) A leg rope.
- A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.
- (prosody) A kind of metrical construct in Skeltonics.
- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- a figurative restraint
verb
- release, as from one's grip
- be relaxed
- (intransitive, with of and transitive, with object before go) To release from one's grasp; to go from a state of holding on to a state of no longer holding on.
- (euphemistic, usually reflexively) To gain weight.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see let, go.
- To emotionally disengage or distract oneself from a situation.
- (transitive) To ignore (a comment, etc.).
- (euphemistic, transitive) To fail to maintain a standard of appearance, behavior, or performance.
- (euphemistic) To dismiss from employment.
verb
- release, as from one's grip
- grant freedom to; free from confinement
- prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
- let (something) fall or spill from a container
- make (information) available for publication
- generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
- release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
- part with a possession or right
- eliminate (a substance)
- make (assets) available
- (transitive, telephony) (of a call) To hang up.
- (biochemistry) To set free a chemical substance.
- (transitive) To let go of; to cease to hold or contain.
- (transitive) To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of.
- (transitive, law) To let go, quit (a legal claim); to discharge or relinquish a right to (lands or buildings) by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession.
- (transitive) To discharge.
- (transitive) To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
- (transitive) To free or liberate; to set free.
- (transitive) To make available to the public.
- (intransitive) To launch; to come out; to become available.
- (transitive, soccer) To set up; to provide with a goalscoring opportunity.
noun
- That which is released, untied or let go.
- a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
- the act of liberating someone or something
- the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
- (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone
- a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
- a process that liberates or discharges something
- a formal written statement of relinquishment
- the act of allowing a fluid to escape
- merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film)
- euphemistic expressions for death
- activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
- an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation
- (railways, historical) In the block system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be used at intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations.
- The catch on an electromagnetic circuit breaker for a motor, triggered in the event of an overload.
- Anything recently released or made available (as for sale).
- (phonetics, sound synthesis) The act or manner of ending a sound.
- (law) The giving up of a claim, especially a debt.
- (software) The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.
- The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
- Discharged semen
- The lever or button on a camera that opens the shutter to allow a photograph to be taken.
- Liberation from pain or suffering.
- A catch on a motor-starting rheostat, which automatically releases the rheostat arm and so stops the motor in case of a break in the field circuit.
- (biochemistry) The process by which a chemical substance is set free.
- (music) A kind of bridge used in jazz music.
- Orgasm.
verb
- release, as from one's grip
- (transitive) To let go (free, away), physically release.
- part with a possession or right
- turn away from; give up
- do without or cease to hold or adhere to
- (transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.
- (transitive) To metaphorically surrender, yield control or possession.
- (transitive) To accept to give up, withdraw etc.
verb
adj
- Unpredictable.
- Fluctuating; not constant.
- Not stable.
- (physics) Radioactive, especially with a short half-life.
- Fickle.
- (chemistry) Readily decomposable.
- Having a strong tendency to change.
- disposed to psychological variability
- highly or violently reactive
- suffering from severe mental illness
- subject to change; variable
- lacking stability or fixity or firmness
- affording no ease or reassurance
verb
- release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
- keep away from others
- withdraw from active participation
- remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- take back what one has said
- cause to be returned
- lose interest
- retire gracefully
- break from a meeting or gathering
- make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
- pull back or move away or backward
- To stop taking an addictive drug or substance; to undergo withdrawal.
- To take back (a comment, something written, etc.); to recant, to retract.
- (specifically, military) Of soldiers: to leave a battle or position where they are stationed; to retreat.
- To take (one's eyes) off something; to look away.
- To cause or help (someone) to stop taking an addictive drug or substance; to dry out.
- To disregard (something) as belonging to a certain group.
- Chiefly followed by from: to leave a place, someone's presence, etc., to go to another room or place.
- Chiefly followed by from: to stop taking part in some activity; also, to remove oneself from the company of others, from publicity, etc.
- To stop talking to or interacting with other people and start thinking thoughts not related to what is happening.
- To take away or take back (something previously given or permitted); to remove, to retract.
- Of a man: to remove the penis from a partner's body orifice before ejaculation; to engage in coitus interruptus.
- To remove (a topic) from discussion or inquiry.
- To stop (a course of action, proceedings, etc.)
- To remove (someone or (reflexive, archaic) oneself) from a position or situation; specifically (military), to remove (soldiers) from a battle or position where they are stationed.
- To draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.
- (banking, finance) To extract (money) from a bank account or other financial deposit.
verb
- To be released in spite of constraints; to spill out.
- (engineering) To pull the drill stem and bit out of the hole of an oil well drill, in order to access the borehole.
- (slang) To hallucinate or otherwise alter one's consciousness as a result of drugs.
- (idiomatic) To have as an image in one's mind.
- (slang) To have a fit, to become enraged or upset; to flip out.
- To go out with light steps.
- (electronics) To break a circuit in response to an overload.
- (slang) To enthuse, to respond with strong positive emotion; to get high (on)
- get high, stoned, or drugged
verb
- set free or release
- open the lock of
- become unlocked
- (transitive) To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.
- (transitive, mobile telephony) To configure (a mobile phone) so that it is not bound to any particular carrier.
- (transitive) To undermine something that has control over a situation; to find a way to counter or oppose.
- (transitive) To disclose or reveal previously unknown knowledge or potential.
- (transitive) To obtain access to something; to meet the requirements of a security or protection system.
- (transitive, figurative) To make available.
- (intransitive) To be or become unfastened or unrestrained.
noun
verb
- To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
- To fix a mistake made while preparing something, especially in cooking.
- (figuratively) To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
- (figuratively) To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.
- To adopt (an animal).
- To recover forcibly, especially from a siege.
- To salvage and restore something that has been discarded.
- (biology, genetics) To restore a particular trait in an organism that was lost or altered, especially where this loss was as the consequence of some experimental manipulation.
- To save from any violence, danger or evil.
- free from harm or evil
- take forcibly from legal custody
noun
- A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded.
- A liberation, freeing.
- A rescuee.
- The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril.
- (law, largely obsolete) The act of unlawfully freeing a person, or confiscated goods, from custody.
- An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
- recovery or preservation from loss or danger
verb
- To set free; to deliver; to release.
- (Australia, New Zealand, usually with up) To keep (a traveller) detained in order to rob them; to corner (a wild animal); loosely, to detain, hold up.
- (intransitive, informal) To fail to meet a commitment (to a person). [with on ‘someone’]
- (nautical, transitive) To remove water from (a boat) by scooping it out.
- To secure the release of an arrested person by providing bail.
- To secure the head of a cow during milking.
- (Australia, New Zealand) To secure (a cow) by placing its head in a bail for milking.
- (law) To release a person under such guarantee.
- (law) To hand over personal property to be held temporarily by another as a bailment.
- (nautical, transitive, intransitive) To remove (water) from a boat by scooping it out.
- (rare) To confine.
- (intransitive, slang) To leave or exit abruptly.
- release after a security has been paid
- secure the release of (someone) by providing security
- remove (water) from a vessel with a container
- deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period
- empty (a vessel) by bailing
noun
- (law, UK) Release from imprisonment on payment of such money.
- A person who bails water out of a boat.
- A bucket or scoop used for removing water from a boat etc.
- A hoop, ring, or other object used to connect a pendant to a necklace.
- A stall for a cow (or other animal) (usually tethered with a semi-circular hoop).
- (furniture) Normally curved handle suspended between sockets as a drawer pull. This may also be on a kettle or pail.
- (countable, uncountable) Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.
- (chiefly Australia and New Zealand) A frame to restrain a cow during milking or feeding.
- A hinged bar as a restraint for animals, or on a typewriter.
- (law, UK) The person providing such payment.
- (cricket) One of the two wooden crosspieces that rest on top of the stumps to form a wicket.
- A hoop, ring or handle (especially of a kettle or bucket).
- the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial)
- (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
verb
- release or pull the trigger on
- put in motion or move to act
- (transitive) To fire (a weapon).
- (intransitive, especially electronics) To activate; to become active.
- (transitive) To cause, to precipitate, to bring (something) about in response or as a result.
- (transitive, figurative) To spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (a person).
noun
- lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun
- an act that sets in motion some course of events
- a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen
- (databases) An SQL procedure that may be initiated when a record is inserted, updated or deleted; typically used to maintain referential integrity.
- (psychology) An event, experience or other stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or a strong reaction in a person.
- An event that initiates others, or incites a response.
- (grammar) An argument whose semantic role determines the choice of a verbal affix, in certain Austronesian languages.
- A concept or image that upsets somebody by sparking a negative emotional response.
- (music) An electronic transducer allowing a drum, cymbal, etc. to control an electronic drum unit or similar device.
- (firearms) A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.
- (electronics) A pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component.
- A similar device used to activate any mechanism.
- (music) A device that manually lengthens (or sometimes shortens) the slide or tubing of a brass instrument, allowing the pitch range to be altered while playing.
adj
verb
- To release from restraint or inhibition.
- (transitive, military, euphemistic) To acquire from an enemy during wartime, used especially of cities, regions, and other population centers.
- (transitive, euphemistic) To acquire from another by theft or force: to steal, to rob.
- (chemistry) To release from chemical bonds or solutions.
- To release from servitude or unjust rule.
- To release from slavery: to manumit.
- grant freedom to; free from confinement
- give equal rights to; of women and minorities
- grant freedom to
- release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
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