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English verb: give out | |||
| 1. | give out (weather) give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc. | ||
| Samples | The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits. | ||
| Synonyms | emit, give off | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | effuse, fume, radiate, ray, reek, reflect, scintillate, shine, shoot, smoke, spark, sparkle, steam | ||
| Antonyms | take in, absorb | ||
| 2. | give out (possession) give to several people | ||
| Samples | The teacher handed out the exams. | ||
| Synonyms | distribute, hand out, pass out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | gift, give, present | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | apportion, deal, divvy up, portion out, share | ||
| 3. | give out (change) prove insufficient | ||
| Samples | The water supply for the town failed after a long drought. | ||
| Synonyms | fail, run out | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| 4. | give out (change) stop operating or functioning | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Examples | These cars won't give out | ||
| Synonyms | break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give way, go, go bad | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blow, blow out, burn out, crash, go down, malfunction, misfire, misfunction | ||
| Verb group | break, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it | ||
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