release

noun releases

1. countable, uncountable The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms). Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
2. countable, uncountable The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.
3. countable, uncountable Anything recently released or made available (as for sale). The video store advertised that it had all the latest releases.
4. countable, uncountable That which is released, untied or let go. They marked the occasion with a release of butterflies.
5. countable, uncountable The giving up of a claim, especially a debt.
6. countable, uncountable Liberation from pain or suffering.
7. countable, uncountable The process by which a chemical substance is set free.
8. countable, uncountable The act or manner of ending a sound.
9. countable, historical, uncountable In the block system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be used at intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations.
10. countable, uncountable 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.
11. countable, uncountable The catch on an electromagnetic circuit breaker for a motor, triggered in the event of an overload.
12. countable, uncountable The lever or button on a camera that opens the shutter to allow a photograph to be taken.
13. countable, uncountable Orgasm. She quivered in release.
14. countable, uncountable Discharged semen His hot release pouring into her, filling her and adding to the wettness within her
15. countable, uncountable A kind of bridge used in jazz music.

Similar: quietus

verb releases · releasing · released

1. transitive To let go of; to cease to hold or contain. He released his grasp on the lever.
2. transitive To make available to the public. They released the new product later than intended.
3. transitive To free or liberate; to set free. He was released after two years in prison.
4. transitive To discharge. They released thousands of gallons of water into the river each month.
5. transitive (of a call) To hang up. If you continue to use abusive language, I will need to release the call.
6. transitive 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.
7. transitive To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of. punishments inflicted and released
8. transitive To set up; to provide with a goalscoring opportunity. With the Gunners far too lightweight in midfield, Mikel Arteta dropped back into a deeper-lying role. This freed Yossi Benayoun to go further forward, a move that helped forge a rare Arsenal chance on 30 minutes when the Israeli released Van Persie, only for the Dutchman's snap-shot to be tipped aro
9. To set free a chemical substance.
10. intransitive To launch; to come out; to become available. when the game releases

verb releases · releasing · released

1. transitive To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.