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- verb To
release . - verb To allow to operate at higher speed by adjusting controls.
- verb of clothing To enlarge by adjusting one or more
seams . - verb informal Of sound, to
emit . - verb To
disclose .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb bring out of a specific state
- verb express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
- verb make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- verb make (clothes) larger
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synonyms (227)
Words with the same meaning
- air
- articulate
- ax
- bare
- betray
- bleed
- blow
- boot
- boot out
- bounce
- break
- break it to
- break the news
- break the seal
- breathe
- breathe out
- bring to light
- broach
- bump
- bust
- can
- cashier
- cast loose
- charter
- chime
- chorus
- come out with
- communicate
- confide
- confide to
- continue
- convey
- decant
- defrock
- degrade
- deliver
- demobilize
- demote
- deplume
- depose
- deprive
- develop
- disbar
- discharge
- disclose
- discover
- disemploy
- dismask
- dismiss
- displace
- displume
- divulgate
- divulge
- draft
- draft off
- drag out
- drain
- draw
- draw from
- draw off
- draw out
- draw the veil
- drop
- drum out
- elongate
- emit
- empty
- enunciate
- evacuate
- evulgate
- exhale
- exhaust
- expel
- expire
- expose
- express
- extend
- farm
- farm out
- fire
- fling off
- formulate
- fume
- furlough
- give
- give away
- give expression
- give off
- give out
- give out with
- give the ax
- give the gate
- give tongue
- give utterance
- give vent to
- give voice
- go bail for
- grant bail to
- hire
- hire out
- impart
- job
- kick
- kick upstairs
- lay bare
- lay off
- lay open
- lease
- lease out
- lease-back
- lease-lend
- lend-lease
- lengthen
- lengthen out
- let
- let blood
- let daylight in
- let get around
- let go
- let go free
- let in on
- let loose
- let off
- lip
- make known
- make redundant
- manifest
- milk
- mouth
- open
- open the floodgates
- open the sluices
- open up
- out with
- parole
- pension off
- phlebotomize
- phonate
- phrase
- pipette
- pour forth
- present
- produce
- prolong
- prolongate
- pronounce
- protract
- publish
- puff
- pull
- pump
- pump out
- put forth
- put in words
- put on parole
- raise
- raise the curtain
- read out of
- reek
- release
- remove
- rent
- rent out
- replace
- retire
- reveal
- sack
- say
- separate forcibly
- set forth
- show
- show up
- siphon off
- smoke
- sound
- spill
- spin out
- steam
- strain
- stretch
- stretch out
- string out
- strip
- strip bare
- sublease
- sublet
- suck
- suck out
- superannuate
- surplus
- suspend
- tap
- tauten
- tell
- tense
- terminate
- throw off
- tighten
- turn off
- turn out
- uncloak
- uncover
- underlet
- undrape
- unfold
- unfrock
- unfurl
- unhand
- unkennel
- unmask
- unpack
- unroll
- unscreen
- unsheathe
- unshroud
- unveil
- unwrap
- utter
- vapor
- venesect
- vent
- ventilate
- verbalize
- vocalize
- voice
- whisper
- word
hypernyms (7)
Words that are more generic or abstract
hyponyms (96)
Words more specific or concrete
- baa
- bark
- bellow
- bite out
- blat
- blate
- bleat
- bray
- break into
- cackle
- call
- caw
- cheep
- chirp
- chirr
- chirrup
- chorus
- churr
- clack
- click
- cluck
- coo
- croak
- cronk
- crow
- cry
- deliver
- echo
- gargle
- gibber
- give
- gobble
- groan
- growl
- grumble
- grunt
- gurgle
- haw
- heave
- hee-haw
- hem
- hiss
- holler
- hollo
- honk
- hoot
- howl
- lift
- low
- meow
- mew
- miaou
- miaow
- moan
- moo
- nasale
- neigh
- nicker
- oink
- pant
- peep
- quack
- repeat
- roar
- rumble
- scream
- shoot
- shout
- shout out
- sibilate
- sigh
- sing
- siss
- sizz
- smack
- snort
- spit
- spit out
- splutter
- sputter
- squall
- squeal
- troat
- trumpet
- tsk
- tut
- tut-tut
- volley
- whicker
- whinny
- whirr
- wolf-whistle
- wrawl
- yammer
- yell
- yowl
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