0 past simple and past participle of release --
1 to give freedom or free movement to someone or something: --
Hormones are released from glands into the bloodstream.
Coal power stations release sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere.
She was arrested for shoplifting but was released on bail (= after paying a sum of money to the court).
He was released from prison after serving two years of a five-year sentence.
2 to allow something to be shown in public or to be available for use: --
Thus, elemental carbon was released from the electrodes during arcing.
If the patient was sufficiently early in pregnancy, she was usually released the day following the operation.
In 1966, the systemic fungicide ethirimol was released for the control of powdery mildew in cereals.
Here, macrophages incorporate iron, which is then released from haemoglobin and passed to transferrin.
As tumour growth progresses, parts of the tumour can become necrotic and soluble t u m o u r antigens are released.
Lack of a coordinated regional approach is not problematic in regions where the mechanisms for adaptation of newly released technologies are in place.
The majority of sentences were for perpetual imprisonment, but many of these were released a year or so later.
In this sense, the circulation about the aerofoil can be related to the vorticity released into the flow near the tips of the wing.
