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LET OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make (clothes) larger
Example:
Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight
Synonyms:
let out; widen
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "let out" is one way to...):
alter; change; vary (become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
take in (make (clothes) smaller)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
Example:
The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings
Synonyms:
break; bring out; disclose; discover; divulge; expose; give away; let on; let out; reveal; uncover; unwrap
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "let out" is one way to...):
tell (let something be known)
Cause:
break; get around; get out (be released or become known; of news)
Verb group:
break; get around; get out (be released or become known; of news)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "let out"):
reveal (disclose directly or through prophets)
babble; babble out; blab; blab out; let the cat out of the bag; peach; sing; spill the beans; talk; tattle (divulge confidential information or secrets)
leak (tell anonymously)
confide (reveal in private; tell confidentially)
betray; bewray (reveal unintentionally)
spring (produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly)
come out; come out of the closet; out (to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality)
out (reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle)
blow (cause to be revealed and jeopardized)
muckrake (explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures)
blackwash (bring (information) out of concealment)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 3
Meaning:
Express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
Example:
He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand
Synonyms:
emit; let loose; let out; utter
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "let out"):
sibilate (utter a sibilant)
hiss; sibilate; siss; sizz (make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval)
cronk; honk (cry like a goose)
hoot (utter the characteristic sound of owls)
quack (utter quacking noises)
chirr (make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas)
churr; whirr (make a vibrant sound, as of some birds)
cheep; chirp; chirrup; peep (make high-pitched sounds)
bellow; roar (make a loud noise, as of animal)
baa; blat; blate; bleat (cry plaintively)
bark (make barking sounds)
howl; wrawl; yammer; yowl (cry loudly, as of animals)
growl; grumble; rumble (to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds)
groan; moan (indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure)
bray; hee-haw (braying characteristic of donkeys)
oink; squeal (utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs)
clack; click; cluck (make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens)
low; moo (make a low noise, characteristic of bovines)
cackle (squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens)
gobble (make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys)
neigh; nicker; whicker; whinny (make a characteristic sound, of a horse)
gargle (utter with gargling or burbling sounds)
caw (utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens)
mew (utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls)
haw (utter 'haw')
hem (utter 'hem' or 'ahem')
croak; cronk (utter a hoarse sound, like a raven)
sing (to make melodious sounds)
smack (press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating)
give (emit or utter)
call (utter in a loud voice or announce)
gibber (chatter inarticulately; of monkeys)
crow (express pleasure verbally)
crow (utter shrill sounds)
trumpet (utter in trumpet-like sounds)
coo (cry softly, as of pigeons)
call; cry; holler; hollo; scream; shout; shout out; squall; yell (utter a sudden loud cry)
miaou; miaow (make a cat-like sound)
tsk; tut; tut-tut (utter 'tsk,' 'tut,' or 'tut-tut,' as in disapproval)
echo; repeat (to say again or imitate)
call (utter a characteristic note or cry)
shoot (utter fast and forcefully)
gurgle (utter with a gurgling sound)
cry (utter a characteristic sound)
nasale (speak in a nasal voice)
bite out (utter)
sigh (utter with a sigh)
troat (emit a cry intended to attract other animals; used especially of animals at rutting time)
lift (make audible)
pant (utter while panting, as if out of breath)
volley (utter rapidly)
break into (express or utter spontaneously)
heave (utter a sound, as with obvious effort)
chorus (utter in unison)
splutter; sputter (utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage)
deliver (utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.))
hoot (to utter a loud clamorous shout)
grunt (issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise)
wolf-whistle (whistle or howl approvingly at a female, of males)
snort (indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose)
spit; spit out (utter with anger or contempt)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Bring out of a specific state
Synonyms:
bring out; let out
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "let out" is one way to...):
let go; let go of; release; relinquish (release, as from one's grip)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
