transitive. To let out, pour forth, emit; to allow to leave.

To allow the escape of (confined fluid); to shed (tears, blood); to emit (breath, sounds, etc.). Also, to discharge (a gun). to let blood (Surgery)…

To give egress to; to cause or allow to go out or escape by an opening, esp. through a doorway (also absol.); to set free, liberate; to release…

To carry off or drain away (water, etc.); to discharge or let out. Obsolete.

transitive (transferred and figurative). To give vent to, emit; to cause or allow to proceed from one.

(See quot. 1574.) Obsolete.

To discharge, eject, cast or pour out (liquid, smoke, etc.); to carry off or away; to drain in this way. Also with adverbs, as away, down, forth, out…

to give vent (with to or indirect object). To afford or provide with an outlet or means of escape; to cause or allow to issue or flow out.