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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.;
- Example: "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits"
[syn: emit, give out, give off]

2. give to several people;
- Example: "The teacher handed out the exams"
[syn: distribute, give out, hand out, pass out]

3. prove insufficient;
- Example: "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"
[syn: fail, run out, give out]

4. stop operating or functioning;
- Example: "The engine finally went"
- Example: "The car died on the road"
- Example: "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"
- Example: "The coffee maker broke"
- Example: "The engine failed on the way to town"
- Example: "her eyesight went after the accident"
[syn: fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

give out
    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]