A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
The quantity which constitutes a full barrel: the volume or weight this represents varies by local law and custom.
The part of a clarinet which connects the mouthpiece and upper joint, and looks rather like a barrel (1).
A waste receptacle.
A round (cylindrical) vessel, such as a cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends (heads). Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.
The ribs and belly of a horse or pony.
A ceiling-mounted tube from which lights are suspended.
A solid drum, or a hollow cylinder or case
The hollow basal part of a feather.
A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment.
Any of the dark-staining regions in the somatosensory cortex of rodents, etc., where somatosensory inputs from the contralateral side of the body come in from the thalamus.
Such a cask of a certain size, holding one-eighth of what a tun holds. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)
A statistic derived from launch angle and exit velocity of a ball hit in play.
To put or to pack in a barrel or barrels.
To move quickly or in an uncontrolled manner.
To assume the shape of a barrel; specifically, of the image on a computer display, television, etc., to exhibit barrel distortion, where the sides bulge outwards.
The act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm.
The volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m³/s (cubic meters per second).
The process of flowing out.
Pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection or pathology.
The act of accomplishing (an obligation) or repaying a debt etc.; performance.
The act of expelling or letting go.
The act of releasing an inpatient from hospital.
The act of releasing an accumulated charge.
The act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service.
The process of unloading something.
To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).
To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
To release (an accumulated charge).
To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty.
To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.
To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument.
To unload a ship or another means of transport.
To give forth; to emit or send out.
To release (an inpatient) from hospital.
To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled.
To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process.
To release (a member of the armed forces) from service.
To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
To expel or let go.
To let fly; to give expression to; to utter.