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GIVE OFF

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Have as a by-product

Example:

The big cities gave off so many wonderful American qualities

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "give off" is one way to...):

feature; have (have as a feature)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

emit; give off; give out

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "give off"):

effuse (give out or emit (also metaphorically))

reflect; shine (be bright by reflecting or casting light)

spark; sparkle (emit or produce sparks)

radiate (send out rays or waves)

scintillate (give off)

fume; smoke (emit a cloud of fine particles)

reek (give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.)

shoot (emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully)

ray (emit as rays)

steam (emit steam)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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