| release | |
| 1. n. The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms). | |
| 2. n. (software) The distribution of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product; the distribution can be either public or private. | |
| 3. n. Anything recently released or made available (as for sale). | |
| The video store advertised that it had all the latest releases. | |
| 4. n. That which is released, untied or let go. | |
| They marked the occasion with a release of butterflies. | |
| 5. n. The giving up of a claim. | |
| 6. n. Liberation from pain or suffering. | |
| 7. n. (biochemistry) The process by which a chemical substance is set free. | |
| 8. n. (phonetics, sound synthesis) The act or manner of ending a sound. | |
| 9. n. (railways, historical) In the block system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be used at intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations. | |
| 10. n. A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required. | |
| 11. n. 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. | |
| 12. n. The catch on an electromagnetic circuit breaker for a motor, triggered in the event of an overload. | |
| 13. v. To let go (of); to cease to hold or contain. | |
| He released his grasp on the lever. | |
| 14. v. To make available to the public. | |
| They released the new product later than intended. | |
| 15. v. To free or liberate; to set free. | |
| He was released after two years in prison. | |
| 16. v. To discharge. | |
| They released thousands of gallons of water into the river each month. | |
| 17. v. (telephone) (of a call) To hang up. | |
| If you continue to use abusive language, I will need to release the call. | |
| 18. v. (legal) To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder r | |
| 19. v. To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of. | |
| to release an ordinance | |
| 20. v. (soccer) To set up; to provide with a goal-scoring opportunity | |
| 21. v. (biochemistry) To set free a chemical substance. | |
| 22. v. To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back. | |
