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give in |
give it a try |
give it a whirl |
give it the deep six |
give notice |
give off
| give one's best
| give or take
| give out
| give over
| give rise
give off
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb give off has 2 senses
- give off(v = verb.stative) Array - have as a by-product; "The big cities gave off so many wonderful American qualities" is one way to feature, have
- give off(v = verb.weather) emit, give 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" Sample sentences:
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THESAURUS
give off
aerate, aerify, atomize, bleed, blow, breathe out, carbonate, chlorinate, discharge, distill, effuse, egest, eliminate, emit, etherify, etherize, evacuate, evaporate, excrete, exfiltrate, exhale, exhaust, expire, extravasate, exudate, exude, filter, filtrate, fluidize, fractionate, fume, fumigate, gasify, give out, give vent to, hydrogenate, issue, leach, let out, lixiviate, ooze, open the floodgates, open the sluices, oxygenate, pass, percolate, perfume, puff, reek, release, secrete, seep, send out, smoke, spray, steam, strain, sublimate, sublime, throw, throw off, transpire, transude, vapor, vaporize, void, volatilize, weep
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