discharge
vb
to release or allow to go
the hospital discharged the patient
to dismiss from or relieve of duty, office, employment, etc
to fire or be fired, as a gun
to pour forth or cause to pour forth
the boil discharges pus
to remove (the cargo) from (a boat, etc); unload
to perform (the duties of) or meet (the demands of an office, obligation, etc)
he discharged his responsibilities as mayor
to relieve oneself of (a responsibility, debt, etc)
to lose or remove electric charge.to form an arc, spark, or corona in a gas.to take or supply electrical current from a cell or battery
to release (a prisoner from custody, etc)
to remove dye from (a fabric), as by bleaching
(of a dye or colour) to blur or run
to spread (weight) evenly over a supporting member.to relieve a member of (excess weight) by distribution of pressure
n
a person or thing that is discharged
dismissal or release from an office, job, institution, etc.the document certifying such release
the fulfilment of an obligation or release from a responsibility or liability
honourable discharge
the act of removing a load, as of cargo
a pouring forth of a fluid; emission
the act of firing a projectile.the volley, bullet, missile, etc, fired
a release, as of a person held under legal restraint.an annulment, as of a court order
the act or process of removing or losing charge or of equalizing a potential difference.a transient or continuous conduction of electricity through a gas by the formation and movement of electrons and ions in an applied electric field
the volume of fluid flowing along a pipe or a channel in unit time.the output rate of a plant or piece of machinery, such as a pump
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