give out

1. 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”

   Synonymsemitgive off

   Narrowereffusereflectsparkradiatescintillatefumereekshootraysteam
2. 2.

   give to several people

   “The teacher handed out the exams”

   Synonymsdistributehand outpass out

   Broadergive

   Narrowershare
3. 3.

   prove insufficient

   “The water supply for the town failed after a long drought”

   Synonymsfailrun out
4. 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”

   Synonymsfailgo badgive waydieconk outgobreakbreak down

   Broaderchange

   Narrowercrashblow outmisfiremalfunction

Questions about give out

What does give out mean?

give out means "give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for give out?

Close synonyms include emit, give off, distribute, hand out, pass out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is give out a common word?

give out is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.