let out (English, verb)
expansion: let out (third-person singular simple present lets out, present participle letting out, simple past and past participle let out)
Senses:
glosses: To release.
tags: transitive
glosses: Of a school: to finish for the day or term, allowing the pupils to go home.
tags: Canada
US
intransitive
glosses: To allow to operate at higher speed by adjusting controls.
glosses: To rent out.
glosses: To enlarge by adjusting one or more seams.
raw_tags: of clothing
glosses: Of sound, to emit.
tags: informal
glosses: To disclose.
glosses: To begin to tell a story.
tags: transitive
glosses: To lay off or fire someone (from a job).
tags: dated
slang
transitive
Forms:
form: lets out
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: letting out
tags: participle
present
form: let out
tags: participle
past
form: let out
tags: past