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GIVE AWAY
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Give away information about somebody
Example:
He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam
Synonyms:
betray; denounce; give away; grass; rat; shit; shop; snitch; stag; tell on
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "give away" is one way to...):
inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "give away"):
sell someone out (give information that compromises others)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
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 newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings
Synonyms:
break; bring out; disclose; discover; divulge; expose; give away; let on; let out; reveal; uncover; unwrap
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "give away" is one way to...):
tell (let something be known)
Cause:
break; get around; get out (be released or become known; of news)
Verb group:
break; get around; get out (be released or become known; of news)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "give away"):
blackwash (bring (information) out of concealment)
muckrake (explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures)
blow (cause to be revealed and jeopardized)
out (reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle)
come out; come out of the closet; out (to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality)
spring (produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly)
betray; bewray (reveal unintentionally)
confide (reveal in private; tell confidentially)
leak (tell anonymously)
babble; babble out; blab; blab out; let the cat out of the bag; peach; sing; spill the beans; talk; tattle (divulge confidential information or secrets)
reveal (disclose directly or through prophets)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sentence example:
They give away that there was a traffic accident
Derivation:
giveaway (an unintentional disclosure)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Make a gift of
Example:
She gave away her antique furniture
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "give away" is one way to...):
gift; give; present (give as a present; make a gift of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "give away" is one way to...):
deliver; fork out; fork over; fork up; hand over; render; turn in (to surrender someone or something to another)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
