| liberation release freeing | the act of liberating someone or something |
| release tone ending | (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone |
release waiver
discharge | a formal written statement of relinquishment |
dismissal
dismission
discharge firing liberation release sack
sacking | the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) |
band aid
quick fix
quickie
quicky | hurried repair |
| quick march | marching at quick time |
spill
spillage
release | the act of allowing a fluid to escape |
release
outlet
vent | activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion, she had no other outlet for her feelings, he gave vent to his anger |
| axle | a shaft on which a wheel rotates |
| axle bar | an iron bar that serves as an axletree |
| dead axle | an axle that carries a wheel but without power to drive it |
live axle
driving axle | the axle of a self-propelled vehicle that provides the driving power |
| release | merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film), a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra |
| release button | a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism |
| wheel and axle | hoist so arranged that a rope unwinding from a wheel is wound onto a cylindrical drum or shaft coaxial with the wheel |
| quick | any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail) |
mental quickness
quickness
quick-wittedness | intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay |
acquittance
release | a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation |
handout
press release
release | an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation |
passing
loss departure
exit
expiration
going
release | euphemistic expressions for death, thousands mourned his passing |
irascibility
short temper
spleen
quick temper | a feeling of resentful anger |
| quick bread | breads made with a leavening agent that permits immediate baking |
quick study
sponge | someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily, she soaks up foreign languages like a sponge |
dog grass couch grass
quackgrass
quack grass
quick grass
witch grass witchgrass Agropyron repens | European grass spreading rapidly by creeping rhizomes, naturalized in North America as a weed |
fast buck
quick buck | quick or easy earnings, they are traders out to make a fast buck |
liquid assets
current assets
quick assets | assets in the form of cash (or easily convertible into cash) |
| release | a process that liberates or discharges something, there was a sudden release of oxygen, the release of iodine from the thyroid gland |
| axle grease | a thick heavy grease used to lubricate axles |
| quick time | a normal marching pace ofsteps per minute |
secrete
release | generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids, secrete digestive juices, release a hormone into the blood stream |
exhaust discharge
expel
eject
release | eliminate (a substance), combustion products are exhausted in the engine, the plant releases a gas |
unblock
unfreeze free release | make (assets) available, release the holdings in the dictator's bank account |
quick-freeze
flash-freeze | freeze rapidly so as to preserve the natural juices and flavors, quick-freeze the shrimp |
publish
bring out
put out
issue
release | prepare and issue for public distribution or sale, publish a magazine or newspaper |
| turn release | let (something) fall or spill from a container, turn the flour onto a plate |
let go of
let go
release
relinquish | release, as from one's grip, Let go of the door handle, please!, relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall |
| release free liberate | release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition |
release
relinquish resign free give up | part with a possession or right, I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest, resign a claim to the throne |
free
liberate release
unloose
unloosen
loose | grant freedom to, free from confinement |
| free release | make (information) available for publication, release the list with the names of the prisoners |
agile
nimble
quick
spry | moving quickly and lightly, sleek and agile as a gymnast, as nimble as a deer, nimble fingers, quick of foot, the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it |
| quick-witted | mentally nimble and resourceful, quick-witted debater, saved an embarrassing situation with quick-witted tact |
| quick-change(a) | adept at changing from one thing to another especially changing costumes, a quick-change artist |
| quick-drying | of a liquid substance that dries quickly |
sharp-eared
quick-eared | having keen hearing |
quick
warm | easily aroused or excited, a quick temper, a warm temper |
| double-quick | (of a marching cadence) very quick |
immediate
prompt
quick straightaway | performed with little or no delay, an immediate reply to my letter, a prompt reply, was quick to respond, a straightaway denial |
quick
speedy | accomplished rapidly and without delay, was quick to make friends, his quick reaction prevented an accident, hoped for a speedy resolution of the problem, a speedy recovery, he has a right to a speedy trial |
flash-frozen
quick-frozen
frozen | (used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value, frozen foods |