English verb: give away | |||
1. | give away (possession) make a gift of | ||
Samples | She gave away her antique furniture. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | gift, give, present | ||
2. | give away (communication) make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret | ||
Samples | The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold. The actress won't reveal how old she is. Bring out the truth. He broke the news to her. Unwrap the evidence in the murder case. | ||
Examples | They give away that there was a traffic accident | ||
Synonyms | break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | tell | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | babble, babble out, betray, bewray, blab, blab out, blackwash, blow, come out, come out of the closet, confide, leak, let the cat out of the bag, muckrake, out, out, peach, reveal, sing, spill the beans, spring, talk, tattle | ||
Cause | break, get around, get out | ||
Verb group | break, get around, get out | ||
3. | give away (possession) formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | deliver, fork out, fork over, fork up, hand over, render, turn in | ||
4. | give away (communication) give away information about somebody | ||
Samples | He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam. | ||
Synonyms | betray, denounce, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | inform | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | sell out | ||