Noun has 12 senses

• release(n = noun.artifact) - merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film); "a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra"

Derived form verb release₄, verb release₇

• release(n = noun.act) freeing, liberation - the act of liberating someone or something;


Derived form verb release₂

• release(n = noun.process) - a process that liberates or discharges something; "the release of iodine from the thyroid gland"; "there was a sudden release of oxygen"


Derived form verb release₅, verb release₆

• release(n = noun.communication) handout, press release - an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation;


• release(n = noun.act) discharge, dismissal, dismission, firing, liberation, sack, sacking - the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart);



• release(n = noun.event) departure, exit, expiration, going, loss, passing - euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"



• release(n = noun.communication) acquittance - a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation;


Derived form verb release₈

• release(n = noun.artifact) button - a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism;


• release(n = noun.act) outlet, vent - activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion; "he gave vent to his anger"; "she had no other outlet for her feelings"


• release(n = noun.act) spill, spillage - the act of allowing a fluid to escape;

Derived form verb release₃

• release(n = noun.act) discharge, waiver - a formal written statement of relinquishment;


Derived form verb release₈

• release(n = noun.act) tone ending - (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone;

Verb has 10 senses

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

Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something

• release(v = verb.social) free, liberate, loose, unloose, unloosen - grant freedom to; free from confinement;

Derived form noun release₂
Sample sentence:
They want to %s the prisoners

• release(v = verb.contact) turn - let (something) fall or spill from a container; "turn the flour onto a plate"


Derived form noun release₁₀
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP

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


Derived form noun release₁
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue %s the movie

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

Derived form noun release₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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


Derived form noun release₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• release(v = verb.social) free - make (information) available for publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners"


Derived form noun release₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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


Derived form noun release₁₁, noun release₇
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

• release(v = verb.creation) free, liberate - release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition;


Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something