give-out

Verbs

  • (v) 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 off,
  • (v) give to several people
    • The teacher handed out the exams
    hand out, pass out, distribute,
  • (v) prove insufficient
    • The water supply for the town failed after a long drought
    run out, fail,
  • (v) 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
    conk out, go bad, break down, die, fail, give way, break, go,

Synonyms

emit give off hand out pass out distribute run out fail conk out go bad break down die give way break go

Antonyms

take in absorb

Words of close approximity

give off