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let out
Overview of verb let-out
The verb let out has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) utter, emit, let out, let loose -- (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand")
2. (2) unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out -- (make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case")
3. bring out, let out -- (bring out of a specific state)
4. let out, widen -- (make (clothes) larger; "Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight")
Antonyms of verb let-out
1 of 4 senses of let out
Sense 4
let out, widen
Antonym of take in (Sense 17)
=>take in
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb let-out
4 senses of let out
Sense 1
utter, emit, let out, let loose
Sense 2
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
=> tell
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 3
bring out, let out
=> let go of, let go, release, relinquish
Sense 4
let out, widen
=> change, alter, vary
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb let-out
2 of 4 senses of let out
Sense 1
utter, emit, let out, let loose
=> call
=> gibber
=> crow
=> crow
=> trumpet
=> coo
=> shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall
=> miaou, miaow
=> tsk, tut, tut-tut
=> repeat, echo
=> call
=> shoot
=> gurgle
=> cry
=> nasale
=> bite out
=> sigh
=> troat
=> lift
=> pant
=> volley
=> break into
=> heave
=> chorus
=> sputter, splutter
=> deliver
=> hoot
=> grunt
=> wolf-whistle
=> snort
=> spit, spit out
=> groan, moan, sough
=> grumble, growl, rumble
=> howl, wrawl, yammer, yowl
=> bark
=> bleat, blate, blat, baa
=> bellow, roar
=> peep, twirp, cheep, chirp, chirrup
=> churr, whirr
=> chirr
=> meow, mew
=> quack
=> hoot
=> honk, cronk
=> hiss, siss, sizz, sibilate
=> sibilate
=> hee-haw, bray
=> squeal, oink
=> cluck, click, clack
=> moo, low
=> cackle
=> gobble
=> neigh, nicker, whicker, whinny
=> gargle
=> caw
=> mew
=> haw
=> hem
=> croak, cronk
=> sing
=> smack
=> give
Sense 2
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
=> blackwash
=> muckrake
=> blow
=> out
=> come out of the closet, out, come out
=> spring
=> betray, bewray
=> confide
=> leak
=> spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out
=> reveal
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb let-out
4 senses of let out
Sense 1
utter, emit, let out, let loose
Sense 2
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
=> tell
Sense 3
bring out, let out
=> let go of, let go, release, relinquish
Sense 4
let out, widen
=> change, alter, vary
'Cause To' of verb let-out
1 of 4 senses of let out
Sense 2
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
=> break, get out, get around
Derived Forms of verb let-out
Domain of verb let-out
Domain Terms of verb let-out
Familiarity of verb let-out
let out used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb let-out
4 senses of let out
Sense 1
utter, emit, let out, let loose
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something to somebody
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 3
bring out, let out
*> Somebody ----s somebody PP
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 4
let out, widen
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb let-out
3 of 4 senses of let out
Sense 2
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
> tell
=> digress, stray, divagate, wander
=> bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
=> unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
=> spill, talk
=> publicize, publicise, air, bare
=> repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell
=> propagandize, propagandise
=> announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald
=> impart, leave, give, pass on
Sense 3
bring out, let out
> let go of, let go, release, relinquish
=> discharge, muster out
=> unclasp
=> pop
=> toggle
=> unhand
=> bring out, let out
=> unleash
=> unleash, let loose, loose
=> unleash
=> disengage, withdraw
Sense 4
let out, widen
> change, alter, vary
=> alternate, jump
=> crackle
=> modulate
=> avianize, avianise
=> move
=> adapt, accommodate
=> let out, widen
=> take in
=> diversify, branch out, broaden
=> diversify, radiate
=> specialize, specialise, narrow, narrow down
=> honeycomb
=> break
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb let-out
Sense 1
utter, emit, let out, let loose
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Sense 2
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
=> tell
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Sense 3
bring out, let out
=> let go of, let go, release, relinquish
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Sense 4
let out, widen
=> change, alter, vary
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