To release from restraint or inhibition.
To release from chemical bonds or solutions.
To acquire from an enemy during wartime, used especially of cities, regions, and other population centers.
To release from servitude or unjust rule.
To release from slavery: to manumit.
To acquire from another by theft or force: to steal, to rob.
To drop someone off, or let them out of a vehicle.
To euthanize (an animal).
To make prices, or taxes, lower.
To pay.
To terminate a call; to hang up.
To give something as a reason for something else.
To add a name to a list.
To insult, belittle, or demean.
To halt, eliminate, stop, or squelch, often by force.
To land.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, down.
To execute (a person), especially extrajudicially.
To write (something).
To place a baby somewhere to sleep.
To cease, temporarily or permanently, reading (a book).