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RELEASING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does releasing mean? 

RELEASING (adjective)
  The adjective RELEASING has 1 sense:

1. emotionally purging (of e.g. art)play

  Familiarity information: RELEASING used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RELEASING (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Emotionally purging (of e.g. art)

Synonyms:

cathartic; releasing

Similar:

emotional (of more than usual emotion)

Domain category:

art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)


 Context examples 


A synthetic analog of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH).

(Buserelin, NCI Thesaurus)

An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called gonadotropin-releasing hormones.

(Buserelin, NCI Dictionary)

There, they snap into spicules, releasing both plasma and energy.

(Scientists Uncover Origins of the Sun’s Swirling Spicules, NASA)

Bacteria often engage in 'warfare' by releasing toxins or other molecules that damage or kill competing strains.

(Bacteria Can 'Divide and Conquer' to Vanquish Their Enemies, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This allele, which encodes caspase-1 protein, is involved in the cleavage of IL-1 beta releasing the active form of this cytokine.

(CASP1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

These glaciers already contribute significantly to sea level rise, releasing almost as much ice into the ocean annually as the entire Greenland Ice Sheet.

(West Antarctic Glacier loss appears unstoppable, NASA)

Bombesin-like peptide receptors include gastrin-releasing peptide receptor, neuromedin B receptor, and bombesin receptor subtype-3 (BRS3).

(Bombesin-like Receptor 3, NCI Thesaurus)

One of the key results of cAMP production is activation of protein kinase A. Gq-coupled receptors stimulate phospholipase C, releasing IP3 and diacylglycerol.

(Bioactive Peptide Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Acylamino-acid-releasing enzyme (732 aa, ~81 kDa) is encoded by the human APEH gene.

(Acylamino-Acid-Releasing Enzyme, NCI Thesaurus)

"Now," said he, releasing his under lip from a hard bite, "just hand me my whip; it lies there under the hedge."

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)



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