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give out in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. 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"
    fail  go bad  give way  die  give out  conk out  go  break  break down 
  2. give to several people
    "The teacher handed out the exams"
    distribute  give out  hand out  pass out 
  3. 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"
    emit  give out  give off 
  4. prove insufficient
    "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"
    fail  run out  give out 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University


give out in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (verb) "transitive". to utter, publish; to announce, proclaim, report. "'to give (it) out:"' to profess, give it to be believed that. also, "'to give (a person) out"' to be (so and so)
  2. (verb) to announce (a hymn) to be sung; to read out (the words) for the congregation to sing
  3. (verb) to send forth, emit; to cause to be sent forth. also, to put forth, utter (prayers)
  4. (verb) to issue; to distribute
  5. (verb) "intransitive" of persons: to desist (in later use, to desist through exhaustion of strength or patience). of an implement, a limb, a machine, etc.: to break down, get out of order, fail. of a supply: to run short, come to an end
  6. (verb) (Ireland, idiomatic). To complain, sulk, chastise.
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