| VERB | weather | give out, emit, give off | give off, send forth, or discharge |
|---|---|---|---|
| possession | give out, distribute, hand out, pass out | give to several people | |
| change | give out, fail, run out | prove insufficient | |
| change | give out, fail, go bad, give way, die, conk out, go, break, break down | stop operating or functioning |
| Meaning | give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat / heat / heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | emit, give off | |
| Narrower | effuse | Give out or emit / emit (also metaphorically) |
| fume, smoke | emit a cloud of fine particles | |
| radiate | send out rays or waves | |
| ray | emit as rays | |
| reek | give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc. | |
| reflect, shine | Be bright by reflecting or casting light | |
| scintillate | give off | |
| shoot | emit / emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully | |
| spark, sparkle | emit or produce sparks | |
| steam | emit steam | |
| Opposite | absorb, take in | suck or take up or in |
| Spanish | despedir, emitir | |
| Catalan | emetre | |
| Meaning | Give to several people. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Synonyms | distribute, hand out, pass out | |
| Narrower | share, divvy up, portion out, apportion, deal | Give out as one's portion or share |
| Broader | give, gift, present | Give as a present |
| Spanish | dispensar, distribuir, entregar, pasar, repartir | |
| Catalan | dispensar, distribuir, repartir | |
| Meaning | prove insufficient. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonyms | fail, run out | |
| Spanish | acabarse, agotarse, fallar | |
| Catalan | acabar-se, esgotar-se, fallar | |
| Meaning | stop operating or functioning. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Model | These cars won't give out | |
| Synonyms | fail, go bad, give way, die, conk out, go, break, break down | |
| Narrower | blow out, burn out, blow | melt, break, or become otherwise unusable |
| crash, go down | stop operating | |
| malfunction, misfunction | fail to function or function improperly | |
| misfire | fail to fire or detonate | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Similar to | break | Render inoperable or ineffective |
| die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it | Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain / sustain life | |
| Spanish | averiarse, estropearse, fallar, morir, pararse, perecer, romper | |
| Catalan | avariar-se, espatllar-se, fallar, parar-se | |
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