verb
Meaning 1
To free from a leash, or as from a leash.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- He unleashed his dog in the park.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: leash, leash up
Standard Lemma guide
unleash
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ʌnˈliʃ/
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rhymes with -iːʃ
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 N L IY1 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To let go; to release.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- He unleashed his fury.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To precipitate; to bring about.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
release or vent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- unleash one's anger
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: let go of, let go, release, relinquish
Narrower terms: uncork
verb
Meaning 5
turn loose or free from restraint
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- let loose mines
- Loose terrible plagues upon humanity
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: let loose, loose
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: let go of, let go, release, relinquish
verb
Meaning 6
release from a leash
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- unleash the dogs in the park
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: let go of, let go, release, relinquish
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h2éntsder. Proto-Germanic *anda- Proto-West Germanic *anda- Old English and- Old English on- Middle English on- English un- English leash English unleash From un- + leash.
Across languages
Translations
49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: развързвам (razvǎrzvam) — to free from a leash
- Catalan: desfermar — to free from a leash
- Chinese Mandarin: 釋放 /释放 (shìfàng) — to free from a leash
- Chinese Mandarin: 放開 /放开 (fàngkāi) — to free from a leash
- Dutch: loslaten — to free from a leash
- Dutch: vrijlaten — to free from a leash
- Esperanto: deŝnuri — to free from a leash
- Finnish: päästää valloilleen — to free from a leash
- Finnish: päästää irti — to free from a leash
- Finnish: laskea irti — to free from a leash
- French: déchaîner — to free from a leash
- German: von der Leine lassen — to free from a leash
- German: loslassen — to free from a leash
- German: freilassen — to free from a leash
- German: freien Lauf lassen — to free from a leash
- Hebrew: הִתִּיר (hitír) — to free from a leash
- Italian: sguinzagliare — to free from a leash
- Japanese: 束縛を解く (sokubaku o toku) — to free from a leash
- Polish: spuścić — to free from a leash
- Portuguese: soltar — to free from a leash
- Portuguese: separar — to free from a leash
- Russian: спуска́ть с при́вязи (spuskátʹ s prívjazi) — to free from a leash
- Russian: спусти́ть с при́вязи (spustítʹ s prívjazi) — to free from a leash
- Serbo-Croatian: pustiti s lanca — to free from a leash
- Serbo-Croatian: razobručiti — to free from a leash
- Serbo-Croatian: odvezati — to free from a leash
- Spanish: desatar — to free from a leash
- Spanish: libertar — to free from a leash
- Bulgarian: пускам (puskam) — to release
- Bulgarian: отпускам (otpuskam) — to release
- Catalan: desencadenar — to release
- Dutch: ontketenen — to release
- French: soulever — to release
- German: loslassen — to release
- German: bewirken — to release
- German: freisetzen — to release
- Italian: scatenare — to release
- Latin: dimitto — to release
- Latin: emitto — to release
- Malay: lepas — to release
- Portuguese: desencadear — to release
- Russian: выпуска́ть (vypuskátʹ) — to release
- Russian: вы́пустить (výpustitʹ) — to release
- Spanish: desencadenar — to release
- Spanish: libertar — to release
- German: entfesseln — to precipitate; to bring about
- German: vom Zaun brechen — to precipitate; to bring about
- German: entfachen — to precipitate; to bring about
- Spanish: desencadenar — to precipitate; to bring about