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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: 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" [syn: emit, give out, give off] [ant: absorb, take in]
2: give to several people; "The teacher handed out the exams" [syn: distribute, give out, hand out, pass out]
3: prove insufficient; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought" [syn: fail, run out, give out]
4: 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" [syn: fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down]

Merriam Webster's

verb Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. declare, publish <giving out that the doctor…required a few days of complete rest — Charles Dickens> b. to read aloud the words of (a hymn or psalm) for congregational singing 2. emit <gave out a constant hum> 3. issue <gave out new uniforms> intransitive verb 1. break down, fail 2. to become exhausted ; collapse

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you give out a number of things, you distribute them among a group of people. There were people at the entrance giving out leaflets. = hand out PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P 2. If you give out information, you make it known to people. He wouldn't give out any information... How often do you give your phone number out? PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P 3. If a piece of equipment or part of the body gives out, it stops working. All machines give out eventually... One of his lungs gave out entirely. PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P 4. see give off

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. (Active.) 1. Emit, send forth. 2. Proclaim, announce, report, publish. II. (Neuter.) 1. Fail, come short. 2. Be exhausted, spend one's strength.

Moby Thesaurus

accord, administer, afford, air, allot, allow, award, be consumed, be used up, bestow, bestow on, blow, break, break down, break it to, break the news, breathe, breathe out, broach, burn out, cave in, circulate, collapse, come across with, come apart, come out with, come unstuck, communicate, confer, confide, confide to, conk out, crack up, crumble, deal, deal out, decline, deliver, deliver over, disburse, dish out, disintegrate, dispense, disperse, display, dispose, distribute, divulgate, divulge, dole, dole out, donate, droop, drop, dry up, emit, evacuate, evulgate, excrete, exhale, exhaust, expire, extend, fade, fail, faint, fatigue, fizzle out, flag, fork out, fork over, forward, fume, gasp, get tired, gift, gift with, give, give freely, give in, give off, give over, give vent to, give way, go downhill, go haywire, go kaput, go soft, go to pieces, go wrong, grant, grow weary, hand, hand in, hand out, hand over, heap, help to, hit the skids, impart, issue, jade, lactate, languish, lavish, let get around, let have, let in on, let out, make known, make public, measure out, mete, mete out, offer, open the floodgates, open the sluices, open up, out with, pack up, pant, parcel out, pass, pass around, pass out, pass over, pay out, peg out, peter out, pine, play out, poop out, portion out, pour, present, produce, proffer, publish, puff, puff and blow, put out, rain, reach, reek, release, render, resign, reveal, run down, run dry, run out, secern, secrete, serve, shell out, shower, sink, slip, smoke, snow, spoon out, steam, succumb, surrender, tear, tell, tender, throw, throw off, tire, transfer, turn over, utter, vapor, vent, ventilate, vouchsafe, waste, water, weaken, wear away, wear thin, weary, weep, wheeze, wilt, yield