Definition of Let out

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let out
v
1. express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "she let out a big heavy sigh"; "he uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" [syn: utter, emit, let loose ]


2. make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "the auction house would not disclose the price at which the van gogh had sold"; "the actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her" [syn: disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, declare, divulge, impart, break, give away]


3. bring out of some state, for example [syn: bring out]


4. make larger, of clothes; "let out that dress--i gained a lot of weight" [syn: widen]
[ant: take in]

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allow to be known, tell They let out the details of the restructuring plan late last night so we haven`t had time to talk about them yet.

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Verb
1. express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"
(synonym) utter, emit, let loose
(hyponym) call
2. make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"
(synonym) disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away
(hypernym) tell
(hyponym) blackwash
(cause) break, get out, get around
(verb-group) break, get out, get around
3. bring out of a specific state
(synonym) bring out
(hypernym) let go of, let go, release, relinquish
4. make (clothes) larger; "Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight"
(synonym) widen
(antonym) take in
(hypernym) change, alter, vary

(v.) To (accidentally) cause a mob (especially a high-powered one) to move from its normal spawn point to another area. "What scrub let out Dvinn?"