Adjective releasing has 1 sense
  1. cathartic, releasing - emotionally purging (of e.g. art)
    Antonym: unemotional (indirect, via emotional)
,Verb release has 9 senses
  1. 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"
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  2. free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose - grant freedom to; free from confinement
    Derived form: noun release2
    Sample sentence:
    They want to release the prisoners
  3. turn, release - let (something) fall or spill a container; "turn the flour onto a plate"
    --3 is one way to transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise
    Derived form: noun release9
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something PP
  4. discharge, expel, eject, release - eliminate (substances) from the body
    Derived form: noun release3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  5. publish, bring out, put out, issue, release - prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish a magazine or newspaper"
    --5 is one way to publicize, publicise, air, bare
    Derived form: noun release1
    Sample sentence:
    Sam and Sue release the movie
  6. secrete, release - generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream"
    --6 is one way to exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze
    Derived form: noun release3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  7. free, release - make (information) available publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners"
    --7 is one way to issue, supply
    Derived form: noun release1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  8. 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"
    --8 is one way to pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
    Derived forms: noun release10, noun release7
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something to somebody
  9. unblock, unfreeze, free, release - make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"
    --9 is one way to issue, supply
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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