verb

• (transitive) To make loose.
• (intransitive) To become loose.
• (transitive) To disengage (a device that restrains).
• (intransitive) To become unfastened or undone.
• (transitive) To free from restraint; to set at liberty.
• (transitive) To relieve (the bowels) from constipation; to promote defecation.
• (transitive, obsolete) To create a breach or rift between (two parties).
• (intransitive, obsolete) To sail away (from the shore).