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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: make a gift of; "She gave away her antique furniture"
2: make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "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" [syn: unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out]
3: formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father
4: give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Date: 14th century 1. to make a present of 2. to deliver (a bride) ceremonially to the bridegroom at a wedding 3. a. betray b. disclose, reveal 4. to give (as weight) by way of a handicap

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you give away something that you own, you give it to someone, rather than selling it, often because you no longer want it. He was giving his collection away for nothing... We have six copies of the book to give away. ? keep PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron) 2. If someone gives away an advantage, they accidentally cause their opponent or enemy to have that advantage. We gave away a silly goal... = throw away PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P 3. If you give away information that should be kept secret, you reveal it to other people. She would give nothing away... They felt like they were giving away company secrets. PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron) 4. To give someone or something away means to show their true nature or identity, which is not obvious. Although they are pretending hard to be young, grey hair and cellulite give them away... PHRASAL VERB: V n P 5. In a Christian wedding ceremony, if someone gives the bride away, they officially present her to her husband. This is traditionally done by the bride's father. PHRASAL VERB: V n P

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

Transfer (without an equivalent), make over gratis, part with gratuitously.

Moby Thesaurus

abandon, abjure, arrange a match, babble, be indiscreet, be unguarded, bestow, betray, betray a confidence, blab, blabber, blurt, blurt out, break, break open, break up, burst, cast, cast aside, cast away, cast off, cede, chuck, come apart, come unstuck, couple, crack, deep-six, devote, discard, disclose, discover, disgorge, disintegrate, dispense with, dispose of, ditch, divulge, do without, donate, drop, dump, eighty-six, eliminate, fall to pieces, fissure, forgo, forswear, fracture, get along without, get quit of, get rid of, get shut of, give up, give way, hand out, have done with, hitch, inform, inform on, jettison, jilt, join, join together, kiss good-bye, leak, let drop, let fall, let slip, make a match, make a sacrifice, make one, marry, match, mouth, nuptial, part with, peach, present, quitclaim, rat, recant, reject, relinquish, remove, render up, renounce, resign, retract, reveal a secret, rupture, sacrifice, sing, slough, snap, spare, spill, spill the beans, splice, split, spring a leak, squeal, start, stool, surrender, swear off, talk, tattle, tattle on, tell, tell on, tell secrets, tell tales, throw away, throw out, throw over, throw overboard, throw up, toss overboard, unite, unite in marriage, vacate, waive, wed, yield