To grip or grasp tightly.
To unexpectedly or luckily succeed in a difficult activity.
To hatch.
To seize, as though with claws.
To win in a 1vX (one versus X) situation.
The claw of a predatory animal or bird.
An important or critical situation.
A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs.
A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car.
A fastener that attaches to the back of a tack pin to secure an accessory to clothing. (See Clutch (pin fastener).)
A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
A group or bunch (of people or things).
Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.
The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.
A difficult maneuver
Performing or tending to perform well in difficult, high-pressure situations.
To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of.
To set free a chemical substance.
To let go (of); to cease to hold or contain.
To make available to the public.
To set up; to provide with a goal-scoring opportunity
To free or liberate; to set free.
(of a call) To hang up.
To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit.
to come out; be out.
To discharge.
To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
The act or manner of ending a sound.
In the block system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be used at intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations.
The giving up of a claim, especially a debt.
Anything recently released or made available (as for sale).
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.
The catch on an electromagnetic circuit breaker for a motor, triggered in the event of an overload.
The lever or button on a camera that opens the shutter to allow a photograph to be taken
Orgasm.
A kind of bridge used in jazz music.
The distribution of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product; the distribution can be either public or private.
The process by which a chemical substance is set free.
The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
That which is released, untied or let go.
Liberation from pain or suffering.