Search Result for "give_away":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. make a gift of;
- Example: "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;
- Example: "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"
- Example: "The actress won't reveal how old she is"
- Example: "bring out the truth"
- Example: "he broke the news to her"
- Example: "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;
- Example: "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
[syn: denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

give away
    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]