To set (a person) free from bonds; to restore to personal liberty in this way. Also in figurative context.

To set free, liberate; also with complement, to let free, to let at large. Obsolete (but cf. to let loose at sense 19).

transitive. To allow the escape of (confined fluid); to shed (tears). Cf. let, v.1 7a.

To give egress to; to cause or allow to go out or escape by an opening, esp. through a doorway (also absol.); to set free, liberate; to release…

transitive. To let loose, set free; to release (a person, an animal, or their limbs) from bonds or physical restraint.

To let or set loose; to set free, release. Obsolete.

transitive. To set free or release from bonds or physical restraint. Obsolete exc. poetic (rare) and dialect.

to let go. transitive. To allow to escape; to set at liberty; to lose one's hold of; to relax (one's hold); to drop (an anchor).

transitive. To make or set free; to free from restraint, confinement, or captivity; (also) to liberate from pain, an obligation, etc.

transitive. To release (a person, animal, limb, etc.) from confinement or physical restraint; to free. Also (esp. in early use) in figurative…

transitive. To free from restraint or captivity by undoing a lock; to let out (a prisoner, captive, etc.), to liberate.

To loosen, unfasten, detach, release, set free. (literal and figurative.) archaic.

transitive. Chiefly Scottish. To set free, release. Now rare.

transitive. = unloose, v. (in various senses). Also intransitive (cf. unloose, v. 5).

to set at liberty: to set free, to liberate.

To set at large; to release from confinement or bondage. Somewhat archaic. Cf. French élargir.

To set free, liberate; also with complement, to let free, to let at large. Obsolete (but cf. to let loose at sense 19).

to let loose. To liberate, set free; now chiefly, a fierce animal or some destructive agency. Also, †to relax, loose (one's hold, control), slacken…

To set free (an animal) so that it is allowed to go loose; (in extended and figurative use) to free (a person or thing) from restraint, to allow (a…

To release from confinement; chiefly transferred or figurative. (Frequently in Shakespeare.)

transitive. Originally: to set free, turn loose (a person or animal). Subsequently: to discharge or release (a prisoner). Cf. main sense 27. Now rare…

= enfranchise, v.

transitive. To release (a dog or pack of dogs) from a kennel or other place of confinement, esp. in order to pursue a fox or other quarry…

To roll, twist, or turn back the wrapping, bandaging, or covering of (a body, etc.); to unwrap. Also, to untwine thread from (a bobbin); to free…

transitive. to cast loose: to unfasten or let loose with force or decisiveness, set adrift; said esp. of a boat, or the like; also to cast adrift…

transitive. To set free from confining walls; to release from imprisonment or confinement; to liberate.

transitive. To release from imprisonment or confinement; to set at liberty. Also figurative.

transitive. To let out of a cage or hamper.

To allow to go abroad; to permit or cause to ‘get about’. Obsolete.

To release, let go.

transitive. To set free from cloistered confinement and seclusion.

transitive. To liberate as from a cage; to discage, v.

transitive. To release or let out from, or as if from, a cage; to uncage.

transitive. = disimprison, v.

transitive. To release from confinement, set free. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To remove (a star, etc.) from its sphere. Also in figurative context.

transitive. To release or set free (the soul). Cf. mew, v.3

transitive. To extract from, or let out of, a bottle. Also figurative.

transitive. To let or take out of a cage. Also figurative.

transitive. To take or let out of a bag.

spec. transitive. To break (a person) out from confinement; to free.