discharge :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. any recognized accomplishment; "they admired his performance under stress"; "when Roger Maris powered four home runs in one game his performance merits awe"

appearance

n. the act of appearing in public view; "the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period"; "it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America"

sack

n. the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter; "the sack of Rome"

dispatch, despatch, shipment

n. the act of sending off something

secretion, secernment

n. the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance

drift, impetus, impulsion

n. a force that moves something along

propel, impel

v. cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship"

discharge, muster out

v. release from military service

pour

v. cause to run; "pour water over the floor"

expel, throw out, kick out

v. force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country"

exert, exercise

v. put to use; "exert one's power or influence"

manumit, emancipate

v. free from slavery or servitude

rescue

v. take forcibly from legal custody; "rescue prisoners"

explode, burst

v. burst outward, usually with noise; "The champagne bottle exploded"

fire

v. bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery"

rail

v. fish with a handline over the rails of a boat; "They are railing for fresh fish"

dispatch, discharge, complete

v. complete or carry out; "discharge one's duties"

fill, fill up, make full

v. make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"

execute, put to death

v. kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment; "In some states, criminals are executed"

perform, execute, do

v. carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance"

fuel, fire

v. provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace"

perform

v. perform a function; "Who will perform the wedding?"

perform

v. give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"

play, spiel

v. replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully"

perform, execute, do

v. carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance"

happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place

v. come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"

realize, realise

v. expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass

produce, bring about, give rise

v. cause to happen, occur or exist; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor"; "the new President must bring about a change in the health care system"

cause, do, make

v. give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"

produce, bring about, give rise to

achieve, accomplish, attain, reach

v. to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

empty, discharge

v. become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied"

settle, settle down

v. settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground; "dust settled on the roofs"

end, stop, finish, terminate, cease

v. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"

play, spiel

v. replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully"

produce, bring forth

v. bring forth or yield; "The tree would not produce fruit"

propagate

v. multiply sexually or asexually

engender, breed, spawn

v. call forth

oust

v. remove and replace; "The word processor has ousted the typewriter"

eject, chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out

v. put out or expel from a place; "The unruly student was excluded from the game"

drop

v. give birth; used for animals; "The cow dropped her calf this morning"

discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away

v. throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"

secrete

v. place out of sight; keep secret; "The money was secreted from his children"

open, open up

v. cause to open or to become open; "Mary opened the car door"

situate, fix, posit, deposit

v. put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"

pitch

v. lead (a card) and establish the trump suit

garner

v. store grain

absolve, justify, free

v. let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"

defend, support, fend for

v. argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike"

excuse, relieve, let off, exempt

v. grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"

free, release

v. make (information) available for publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners"

remit

v. forgive; "God will remit their sins"

Synonyms (6)

put, set, place, pose, position, lay

v. put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

Antonyms (18)

fix

n. an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear; "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers"

charge

v. cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on; "charge a conductor"

fill, fill up

v. become full; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly"

flood

v. become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"

convict

v. find or declare guilty; "The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced"

sentence, condemn, doom

v. pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison"

condemn

v. appropriate (property) for public use; "the county condemned the land to build a highway"

impute

v. attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source; "The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness"

abstract

v. consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically

cloud

v. make milky or dull; "The chemical clouded the liquid to which it was added"

blame, charge

v. attribute responsibility to; "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience"

blame, find fault, pick

v. harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your little brother"

discharge

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