Let Out

Definition: Let Out

Let Out

Verb

1. Express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand".

2. 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".

3. Bring out of some state, for example.

4. Make larger, of clothes; "Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Let Out

Attack

Let fly at, dash at, run a tilt at, rush at, tilt at, run at, fly at, hawk at, have at, let out at; make a dash, make a rush at; strike home; drive one hard; press one hard; be hard upon, run down, strike at the root of.

Disclosure

Divulge, reveal, break; squeal, tattle, sing, rat, snitch; let into the secret; reveal the secrets of the prison house; tell; (inform); breathe, utter, blab, peach; let out, let fall, let drop, let slip, spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag; betray; tell tales, come out of school; come out with; give vent, give utterance to; open the lips, blurt out, vent, whisper about; speak out; (make manifest); make public; unriddle; (find out) a; split.

Ejection

Verb: give exit, give vent to; let out, give out, pour out, squeeze out, send out; dispatch, despatch; exhale, excern, excrete; embogue; secrete, secern; extravasate, shed, void, evacuation; emit; open the sluices, open the floodgates; turn on the tap; extrude, detrude; effuse, spend, expend; pour forth; squirt, spirt, spurt, spill, slop; perspire; (exude); breathe, blow; (wind).

Be let out.

Length

Render long; Adjective: lengthen, extend, elongate; stretch; prolong, produce, protract; let out, draw out, spin out; drawl.

Liberation

Verb: liberate, free; set free, set clear, set at liberty; render free, emancipate, release; enfranchise, affranchise; manumit; enlarge; disband, discharge, disenthrall, disenthral, dismiss; let go, let loose, loose, let out, let slip; cast adrift, turn adrift; deliver; absolve; (acquit).

Nonassemblage Dispersion

Verb: disperse, scatter, sow, broadcast, disseminate, diffuse, shed, spread, bestrew, overspread, dispense, disband, disembody, dismember, distribute; apportion; blow off, let out, dispel, cast forth, draught off; strew, straw, strow; ted; spirtle, cast, sprinkle; issue, deal out, retail, utter; resperse, intersperse; set abroach, circumfuse.

Crosswords: Let Out

You let out one emotion, and all the rest will follow (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

Last night I let out a moan at the thought of nuclear war. (Cheers; writing credit: Isaac Cronin; Wayne Wang)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Small children waiting for their older brothers and sisters to be let out of school for lunch. Ledyard, Connecticut. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

It was old enough now, and dreary enough, for nobody lived in it but Scrooge, the other rooms being all let out as offices

It had a cock near the bottom to let out the water when it began to grow stale, and two servants could easily fill it in half an hour

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "let out": be let out ♦ let out a moan ♦ let out at smb. ♦ let out on bail ♦ let out on hire ♦ To let out. Additional references.

Albanian

zgjeroj (amplify, broaden, dilate, diversify, enlarge, enrich, expand, extend, fill out, widen), përhap (bruit, delate, develop, diffuse, dilate, disseminate, distribute, introduce, permeate, promulgate, propagate, radiate, slop, spread, start, Ted, transmit), nxjerr (belch, conclude, derive, discharge, discover, display, distil, distill, divulge, drag out, draw, educe, eject, elicit, emit, evolve, excrete, exhale, exhibit, exhume, expel, extract, extricate, extrude, feature, fish out, gain, generate, get off, get out, give away, give off, hatch, heave, hustle, incubate, infer, issue, lay out, leak, let off, liberate, lift out, make out, move out, obtrude, out, pan out, pop, puff, pull, pull out, raise, release, rip out, rout, run against, secrete, send, spit, stick, stick out, take out, tear off, turf out, turn away, uncase, unearth, utter, vomit, whiffle), jap me qira (demise, hire, lease, let, Lodge, rent, underlet), dal (appear, arise, beetle, brush off, come into being, come out, come up, creep out, develop, egress, emerge, erupt, exhaust, exit, flow out, get out, get out of, go out, leave, open, run out, sprout, stand out, stick up, turn out, turn up). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مكنه من الفرار, ‏وسع الثوب, ‏ضرب (batter, battery, beat, beat off, belabour, biff, buffet, chastise, connect, curry, description, drub, drubbing, fib, flap, flapping, form, galvanize, genre, go getter, grain, hit, hitting, impact, jabbing, kidney, kind, lace, lace into smb., lam, larrup, lock out, manner, multiplication, multiply, order, overtake, paddle, paste, pasting, patter, poke, pommel, pound, pummel, slash, slosh, sock, sort, stamp, strike, stripe, tan, tanning, thrash, thrashing, thresh, variety, wallop, whip). (various references)

Bulgarian 

пускам на свобода (uncage, unchain), пускам да излезе, изпускам (elide, emit, exhale, exhaust, exude, give off, heave, leave out, let fall, lose, muff, omit, ooze, pour, put forth, quit, release, run, shoot, throw out, utter, vent). (various references)

Chinese 

漏 (funnel, to divulge, to leak, to let out), �"� (to free, to let go, to let out, to place, to put, to release). (various references)

Czech

vypustit (deflate, drain, launch, let down, let off, release, run off), vypouštìt (exhale, give off), propustit (discharge, dismiss, displace, let off, relegate, remove, sack, turn away, turn off, unbend). (various references)

Dutch

uitlaat (delivery end, discharge end, end, head, outlet, unloading end). (various references)

Finnish

vapauttaa(vangittu)takuita vastaan (to let out on bail), hihkaista (let out a yell). (various references)

French

larguer, laisser échapper, faire échapper, déposer (leave, let me out), attaquer (lead), élargir. (various references)

German

herauslassen (let off, to let out). (various references)

Greek 

φαρδαίνω (widen). (various references)

Hebrew 

לפטר (discharge, dismiss, fire, remove). (various references)

Hungarian

szabadon bocsát (to let loose, to release, to unhand, unhand), kienged (deflate, let loose, outlet, surge, thaw out, to come loose, to deflate, to get loose, to let out, to release, to run off, to slacken, to unclasp, to uncoop, to unfold, to veer). (various references)

Irish

ligeann, ligean. (various references)

Italian

sfogare (come out, give vent to, relieve one's feelings, take it out, take one's fill, vent, wreak), mandare (commit, consign, despatch, dispatch, drive, drop, emit, forward, get, give off, send, send off, send out, sent, to send, transmit, utter), far uscire (push out, turn out), allargare (amplify, become wide, broaden, enlarge, extend, grow, splay, spread, widen). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

溜息�'漏らす (to let out a sigh), 声�'立てる (to let out a cry, to shout). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

�"え�'たてる (to let out a cry, to shout). (various references)

Manx

lhiggey magh (allocation, allocation work, assignation, discharge, emit, leak, leakage, pay out, rap out, utterance, veer, vent, venting), lhiggey ass. (various references)

Pig Latin

etlay outay.(various references)

Portuguese

deixar sair, alargar (amplify, broaden, ease, eke, enlarge, expand, extend, flare, loosen, slacken, splay, widen). (various references)

Romanian

lãsa sã treacã, lãsa sã iasã, lãsa sã curgã (stream forth), lãsa în libertate, lãrgi (amplify, broach, delocalize, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, fill, largen, splay, stretch, widen), scoate (abstract, banish, bring out, brood, chase away, concoct, deduce, delete, deliver, dig, discharge, dismiss, draw out, drive away, edit, elicit, emit, exhaust, expel, extort, extract, extrude, fabricate, get on, give out, gouge, gut, hatch, heave, issue, obtain, produce, publish, pull off, pull out, put off, put out, quarry, realize, remove, sap, save, scoop, strike out, strip, take off, take out, utter), goli (clean, clear, deplenish, deplete, drain, empty, evacuate, exhaust, relax, shoot, void), da drumul (discharge, dismiss, let go, loose hold). (various references)

Russian 

выбалтывать, выпускать (discharge, ease, emit, issue, let go, put out, release, relinquish, send forth, vent), освобождать (absolve, acquit, affranchise, clear, deallocate, deliver, disembarrass, dismiss, emancipate, enfranchise, enlarge, excuse, exonerate, free up, liberate, loosing, make free, make room, manumit, release, relieve, relinquish, rid, set at large, set free, unallocate, unbind, unchain, unfetter, uninstall, unshackle, vacate, vacated, vacating, vocate). (various references)

Scottish

leig (accord, admit, afford, allow, let, let go, let Irish léigim, permit). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pustiti na volju, pustiti (admit, allow, let, let go, let in, let loose, permit, release, run), proširiti (aggrandize, amplify, broaden, dilate, expand, extend, widen), otkriti (bare, descry, detect, disclose, discover, divulge, dog down, expose, expose smb., reveal, turn up, uncloak, uncover, unearth, unfold), ispuštati (blow off, give off, puff). (various references)

Spanish

desabrochar (unbutton, unclasp, undo, unfasten), alquilar (engage, hire, hire out, let, let off, rent, rent out, take), charlar con (clack, gibber, patter, rap, talk with, tattle), dar de escoger, dar de optar, dar salida, dar salir (let off), dar una carta, dar una opción, dar una revelación, decir (call, get in, go, mention, observe, pass over, put, put in, read, recite, say, saying, speak, tell, think, to say, voice, word), decir una revelación, dejar que se apague, acompañar (accompany, attach, attend, attend upon, enclose, escort, go along with, inclose, join, partner, play, see, see off, squire, string along with, take out, usher), dejar salir (let off, let on), vivir (be alive, breathe, do, exist, hang out, line, live, live on, live through, live up, reside, tough), echar al pasto, ensanchar (broaden, enlarge, expand, extend, stretch, widen), hacer libre (break, disengage, extricate, liberate, loose), hacer una proposición (proposition), meter en pasto, ofrecer (bargain, bid, come through with, come up with, extend, feature, give, hand around, hand round, hold, hold out, improve on, introduce, light, make an offer of, offer, offer up, present, present with, proffer, put on the stage, put up, sacrifice, team, tender, throw, throw up, tout, trade in, up, yield), poner en libertad (discharge), proponer (advance, bring forward, come through with, come up with, offer, posit, proffer, propose, propound, put forth, put forward, put up, suggest, tender), quedar salida, quedar salir, revelar (bring to light, come to light, develop, disclose, divulge, expose, give away, give out, manifest, process, publish, reveal, show, show up), soltar (come across with, come out with, disengage, drop, extricate, let down, loose, loosen, manumit, pay away, pay out, put down, release, set free, shoot, unclasp, unhand), dejar salida. (various references)

Swedish

lägga ut (expend, farm out, job out, lay out, outlay, plot, push off, put out, run out, subcontract), utstöta (ejaculate, emit, heave, set up, utter, vent), släppa ut (blow off, discharge, exhale, let off, pass, release, run off), släppa lös (let go, let loose, loosen, set free, unchain, unloose, unloosen), hyra ut (hack, lease, let, let off, rent), avslöja (betray, come clean, debunk, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, lay bare, let on, nail, open, relieve, reveal, spill out, tattle, unclose, uncover, unfold, unmask, unveil). (various references)

Turkish

vermek (accord, adduce, adjudge, administer, allow, assign, award, bear, bestow, bring, bring in, cede, charter, come across with, confer, contribute, dedicate, deliver, deliver up, dispose of, distribute, donate, endow, extend, furnish, give, give away, give in, grant, hand, hand in, hand out, hand over, impart, inflict, inoculate, insert, instate, lend, let, offer, pass, pass in, place, present, produce, put up, reach, render, serve, tender, throw, yield), salmak (let off, release, unbind, unleash), salıvermek (affranchise, disengage, dismiss, extricate, free, leave off, let go, let go one's hold of, let loose, loose, release, release one's hold, set free, set loose, slip, unhand), kurtuluş (deliverance, escape, liberation, out, release, salvation), kiraya vermek (farm, farm out, hire out, job, lease out, let, let out on hire, rent), kaçış (bolt, escape, flight, getaway), ihale etmek (adjudicate, award, delegate, let, transfer), genişletmek (amplify, broaden, dilate, enlarge, expand, extend, widen), bollaştırmak, çıkmasına izin vermek, çıkarmak (bare, belch, blank, bring out, bruit about, deduct, delete, derive, disconnect, dislocate, dislodge, dismantle, displace, divest, doff, draw off, draw out, drive out, drop, educe, eject, elicit, eliminate, emit, enact, enucleate, evolve, exclude, excogitate, excrete, exhale, exhaust, expel, expunge, extract, extricate, extrude, exude, foot, foot up, give forth, give off, haul up, hawk, issue, make out, omit, order off, order out, oust, out, pay off, present, print out, provoke, publish, pull off, put off, put out, put up, reject, remove, rest, rout out, rout up, rule out, scratch, shoot out, slip off, spew forth, spew out, spew up, spit, start, stick out, strike, strike off, strike through, strip, strip off, subtract, take, take from, take off, take out, throw off, throw out, tide over, touch off, uncase, unfix, vent, void, vomit, winkle out, wipe out, wipe up, work out, wreak). (various references)

Ukrainian

розширяти (extend, splay), звільняти (absolve, acquit, affranchise, avoid, bag, cashier, clear, defecate, disband, disencumber, disengage, dismiss, ease, eject, emancipate, enfranchise, exempt, exonerate, free, loose, manumit, purify, release, remit, rescue, rid, set free, supersede, unfetter, unshackle, untie, vacate), проговоритися (blow the gab). (various references)

miseram, miserant, miserat, miserim, miseris, miserit, miseritis, miseritque, misero, miserunt, miseruntque, misi, misimus, misique, misissem, misissent, misisset, misisti, misistis, misit, misitque, missa, missae, missi, missis, misso, missum, missurus, missus, mittam, mittamus, mittant, mittantur, mittas, mittat, mittatis, mittatur, mitte, mittebam, mittebant, mittebantque, mittebantur, mittebat, mittebatque, mittemini, mittendas, mittendum, mittendus, mittens, mittensque, mittent, mittentem, mittentes, mittentis, mittentur, mittere, mitterem, mitterent, mitteret, mitteretur, mitteris, mittes, mittet, mittetis, mittetur, mitti, mittimus, mittis, mittit, mittite, mittitur, mitto, mittoque, mittunt, mittuntur. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: outlet.

-1 letter: lotte.

-2 letters: lout, lute, tole, tolu, tote, tout, tule.

-3 letters: let, leu, lot, ole, out, tel, tet, toe, tot, tut.

-4 letters: el, et, lo, oe, to, ut.

+1 letter: culotte, outfelt, outlets, outtell, toluate.

+2 letters: culottes, octuplet, outbleat, outleapt, outslept, outspelt, outtells, roulette, toluates.

+3 letters: autotelic, bottleful, mulattoes, multitone, octuplets, oubliette, outbleats, outhustle, outlasted, outlearnt, outtalked, postulate, rouletted, roulettes.

+4 letters: absolutest, autolysate, autolyzate, bluebottle, bottlefuls, buttonhole, buttonless, colatitude, contextual, courtliest, cuttlebone, elutriator, ethambutol, exultation, gluttonies, oubliettes, outbleated, outdatedly, outglitter, outhustled, outhustles, outplotted, outtelling, outwrestle, petrolatum, postulated, postulates, resolutest, rouletting, silhouette, staurolite, subtotaled, turtledove.