To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled.
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 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.
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.
The act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm.
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 put in a sack or sacks.
To discharge from a job or position; to fire.
To tackle the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage, especially before he is able to throw a pass.
To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.
The amount a sack holds; also, an archaic or historical measure of varying capacity, depending on commodity type and according to local usage; an old English measure of weight, usually of wool, equal to 13 stone (182 pounds), or in other sources, 26 stone (364 pounds).
A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.
One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.
Loot or booty obtained by pillage.
The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.
Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position, usually as give (someone) the sack or get the sack. See verb sense⁵ below.
A successful tackle of the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage. See verb sense⁴ below.
The scrotum.
Bed (either literally or figuratively); usually as hit the sack or in the sack. See also sack out.