Overview of verb release

The verb release has 10 senses

• let go of, let go, release, relinquish -- (release, as from one's grip; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall")


• free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose -- (grant freedom to; free from confinement)


• turn, release -- (let (something) fall or spill from a container; "turn the flour onto a plate")


• publish, bring out, put out, issue, release -- (prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish a magazine or newspaper")


• exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release -- (eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas")


• secrete, release -- (generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream")


• free, release -- (make (information) available for publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners")


• release, relinquish, resign, free, give up -- (part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne")


• release, free, liberate -- (release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition)


• unblock, unfreeze, free, release -- (make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account")

Overview of adj releasing

The adj releasing has 1 sense

• cathartic, releasing -- (emotionally purging (of e.g. art))