(active, transitive) I let out/off/go/down; I drop / (active, transitive) I leave (something/someone) behind / (active, transitive) I release, unleash; free, set free, liberate; I remove / (active, transitive) I give up/back, quit / (active, transitive) I start, turn on, set in motion (TV, radio, machine, engine, apparatus, etc.) / (active, transitive, + short pronoun) let (me, it, etc.) go/be; redeem or deliver (me, it, etc.) from (illness, pain, teeth, fever, etc.) / (active, transitive, figurative, mainly 3rd pers.) (it/they) pulls(s), draw(s) out; spread(s) (around); create(s) / (active, transitive, figurative, mainly 3rd pers.) (it/they) shed(s) (tears), wheep(s), water(s) (when associated with liquids) / (active, transitive, figurative, mainly 3rd pers.) (it/they) discharge(s), emit(s), launch(es) (sound, smell, odor, smoke, fire, etc.) / (active, transitive, figurative, mainly 3rd pers.) blossom(s), open(s) up, germinate(s), spread(s) (flowers, trees, plants, roots)