to release
- verb
- /rɪˈliːs/
- The technician will release the steam from the valve slowly to avoid an explosion.
- release carbon dioxide
- release carbon
- release gas
Let us feel each of these muscles release tension and just sink.
- Let us feel each of these muscles release tension and just sink.
- And it's going to, you're going to be releasing oxytocin.
- And hoovering would release the painful tension that you feel.
- And their job is to release a substance called GLP one.
- And so leptin when it gets released makes us just say I'm good.
- Something comes, you release it, more of it comes.
- So some of them don't even they don't even release during sex.
- There is something that you're trying to release, release what's on the mind.
- But the best part about it is it releases this ever loving FOOM.
Examples
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The drug is held in microspheres and slowly released to prolong its activity.
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They start to eat protein and they start to release ammonia.
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So they might still just release them into the United States.
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Something comes, you release it, more of it comes.
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Then gently allow yourself to release it and let it go.
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Upon contact with the receiver, the bacteria release the DNA message to the destination.
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Fire is a natural disturbance process in many forest systems that releases carbon back to the atmosphere.
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A report on the findings of those analyses was released recently by the partnership.
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You bite into a pastry, the sugar melts in your mouth, releasing dopamine.
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Once it has melted, permafrost may release large amounts of mercury hidden in frozen soils and plants.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
Allow someone or something to leave a place
To suddenly let a strong feeling, power, or animal go free
To let liquid flow away from something
Push out a substance, for example gas from a body or container
Push a liquid or other substance out of something
Set something free from being held or controlled
Take people or things out of a vehicle by unloading
To remove gas or steam from a machine
Make and release a chemical like a hormone into the body
Release a gas or energy during a chemical reaction
Give off liquid slowly, often in drops
To release gas or energy during a chemical reaction
To remove air or gas from a container to make a vacuum
To release gas from a material when it is heated or in a vacuum
To come off a surface after something sticks to it, for example a gas or tiny particle
To come out freely, as a liquid, gas, or light
Remove air or gas from a liquid
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- Literature
Announcing official decisions to the public by press release before any internal discussion
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Etymology
Release comes from the parts re- 'back' and the French verb laisser 'to let'. This gives the simple idea of 'letting out', so to release a gas or hormone is to let it go into the air or body.