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Give Out| Verb | 1. | give out - give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.; "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits"effuse - give out or emit (also metaphorically); "The room effuses happiness" shine, reflect - be bright by reflecting or casting light; "Drive carefully--the wet road reflects" spark, sparkle - emit or produce sparks; "A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark" radiate - send out rays or waves; "The sun radiates heat" scintillate - give off; "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes" fume, smoke - emit a cloud of fine particles; "The chimney was fuming" reek - give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.; "Marshes reeking in the sun" shoot - emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully; "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth" ray - emit as rays; "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky" steam - emit steam; "The rain forest was literally steaming" | | | 2. | give out - give out; "The teacher handed out the exams"gift, present, give - give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?" | | | 3. | give out - prove insufficient; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought" | | | 4. | give out - stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" break - render inoperable or ineffective; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!" decease, die, pass away, perish, expire, exit, go, pass - pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully" go down, crash - stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week" blow out, burn out, blow - melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew" misfire - fail to fire or detonate; "The guns misfired" | |
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