To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
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 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 desist; to stop; to refrain.
To keep to oneself; to forbear to impart or give.
To save or gain, as by frugality; to reserve, as from some occupation, use, or duty.
To preserve (someone) from danger or punishment; to forbear to punish, injure, or harm (someone); to show mercy towards.
(to give up): To deprive oneself of, as by being frugal; to do without; to dispense with; to give up; to part with.
To refrain from killing (someone) or having (someone) killed.
To refrain from inflicting harm; to use mercy or forbearance.
To be frugal; to not be profuse; to live frugally; to be parsimonious.
Parsimony; frugal use.
An opening in a petticoat or gown; a placket.
A superfluous or second-best person.
The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.
assistant or extra hand (typically on buses and lorries)
A free period; a block of school during which one does not have a class.
The act of sparing; moderation; restraint.
A spare part, especially a spare tire.
The act of knocking down all remaining pins in second ball of a frame; this entitles the pins knocked down on the next ball to be added to the score for that frame.
That which has not been used or expended.
Not occupied or in current use.
Very angry; frustrated or distraught.
Scant; not abundant or plentiful.
Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; not spending much money.
Lean; lacking flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.