[let] vt let.ted ; letted or let ; let.ting [ME letten, fr. OE lettan to delay, hinder; akin to OHG lezzen to delay, hurt, OE laet late] (bef. 12c) archaic: hinder, prevent
[2]let n (12c) 1: something that impedes: obstruction
2: a shot or point in racket games that does not count and must be replayed [3]let vb let ; let.ting [ME leten, fr. OE laetan; akin to OHG lazzan to permit, and perh. to Lith lenas tranquil] vt (bef. 12c) 1: to cause to: make "~ me know"
2. a: to offer or grant for rent or lease "~ rooms" b: to assign esp. after bids "~ a contract" 3 a: to give opportunity to or fail to prevent "live and ~ live" "a break in the clouds ~ us see the summit" "~ the opportunity slip" b--used in the imperative to introduce a request or proposal "~ us pray" c--used as an auxiliary to express a warning "~ him try"
4: to free from or as if from confinement "~ out a scream" "~ blood"
5: to permit to enter, pass, or leave "~ them through" "~ them off with a warning"
6: to make an adjustment to "~ out the waist" ~ vi 1: to become rented or leased
2: to become awarded to a contractor syn see hire -- let alone : to leave undisturbed; also: to leave to oneself -- let fly : to hurl an object -- let go : to dismiss from employment "the firm let him go at the end of the month" -- let it all hang out : to reveal one's true feelings: act without dissimulation -- let one have it : to subject to vigorous assault -- let rip 1: to utter or release without restraint "let 'er rip"
2: to do or utter something without restraint "let rip at the press" -- let the cat out of the bag : to give away a secret