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Vinony

release

verb

  1. let go
L1332 on Wikidata ↗

noun

  1. musical publication
  2. software version
  3. act of being liberated
  4. new book or record
L41860 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɹəˈliːs/ / /ɹɪˈliːs/ / /ɹiˈliːs/ / /ɹiːˈliːs/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re- Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg- Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-s-ós Latin laxus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin laxō Vulgar Latin *laxicāre Vulgar Latin *lassicāre Old French laschier Old French relaschier Old French relaisserbor. Middle English relesen English release From Middle English relesen, relessen, from Old French relaisser (variant of relascher).

  1. The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).

    “Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.”

  2. The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.
  3. Anything recently released or made available (as for sale).

    “The video store advertised that it had all the latest releases.”

  4. That which is released, untied or let go.

    “They marked the occasion with a release of butterflies.”

  5. The giving up of a claim, especially a debt.
  6. Liberation from pain or suffering.
  7. The process by which a chemical substance is set free.
  8. The act or manner of ending a sound.
  9. In the block system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be used at intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations.
  10. A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required.
  11. A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required.
  12. A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required.
  13. Orgasm.

    “She quivered in release.”

  14. Discharged semen

    “His hot release pouring into her, filling her and adding to the wettness within her”

  15. A kind of bridge used in jazz music.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English lease English release From re- + lease.

  1. To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.