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give out in WordNet English dictionaryverb- 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
- give to several people
"The teacher handed out the exams" distribute give out hand out pass out
- 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
- 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 - (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)
- (verb) to announce (a hymn) to be sung; to read out (the words) for the congregation to sing
- (verb) to send forth, emit; to cause to be sent forth. also, to put forth, utter (prayers)
- (verb) to issue; to distribute
- (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
- (verb) (Ireland, idiomatic). To complain, sulk, chastise.
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