To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).
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.
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 close, liquidate or balance (an account) by payment, sometimes of less than is owed or due.
To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house, etc.
To silence, especially by force.
To colonize (an area); to migrate to (a land, territory, site, etc).
To conclude a lawsuit by agreement of the parties rather than a decision of a court.
To sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.
To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
To become stationary or fixed; to come to rest.
To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).
To become married, or a householder.
To cause to no longer be in a disturbed, confused or stormy; to quiet; to calm (nerves, waters, a boisterous or rebellious child, etc).
To kill.
To become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared.
Of an animal: to make or become pregnant.
To cause to sink down or to be deposited (dregs, sediment, etc).
To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.
To become compact due to sinking.
To place in(to) a fixed or permanent condition or position or on(to) a permanent basis; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish or fix.
To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement on matters in dispute.
To clear or purify (a liquid) of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink.
In particular, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, etc.
To be established in a profession or in employment.
To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place).
To conclude, to cause (a dispute) to finish.
In particular, to terminate (a lawsuit), usually out of court, by agreement of all parties.
To put into (proper) place; to make sit or lie properly.
To pay (a bill).
To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare settle down.)
To render compact or solid; to cause to become packed down.
To become clear due to the sinking of sediment. (Used especially of liquid. also used figuratively.)
To bring or restore (ground, roads, etc) to a smooth, dry, or passable condition.
To formally, legally secure (an annuity, property, title, etc) on (a person).