Give Off

Definitions: Give Off

Give Off

Verb

1. Have as a by-product: "The big cities gave off so many wonderful American qualities".

2. 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.".

3. Give out or emit; "The room effuses happiness".

4. Expel, as of gases and odors.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Give Off

Crosswords: Give Off

The rodent's words give off the stench of truth. (Beast Wars: Transformers; writing credit: Bob Forward; Lawrence G. DiTillio)

If you give off signals that you don't want to belong, people will make sure that you don't. (Pretty in Pink; writing credit: John Hughes)

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A scientist is instructing a highschool student in the procedure of "southern blotting". Single strands of DNA are transferred onto a nitrocellulose filter, exposed to a radioactive labelled probe, which then sticks, or hybridizes, to a specific DNA sequence. These hybridized sequences will then give off a radioactive signal that can be visualized by exposing the filter to x-ray film, a procedure known as autoradiography.Credit: John Crawford (photographer).

Lobate ctenophores are translucent and give off a bioluminescent glow. Bolinopsis infundibulum.Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

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Health

Some atoms give off radiation, which is energy that travels through space. (references)

Sulfites can give off a gas called sulfur dioxide, which the asthmatic inhales while eating the sulfited food. This irritates the lungs and can send an asthmatic into severe bronchospasm, a constriction of the lungs. (references)

This can be either a radioactive form of the element cobalt (Cobalt 60) or of the element cesium (Cesium 137). These substances give off high energy photons, called gamma rays, which can penetrate foods to a depth of several feet. These particular substances do not give off neutrons, which means they do not make anything around them radioactive. (references)

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Expressions using "give off": give off heat ♦ give off smoke ♦ To give off. Additional references.

Albanian

nxjerr (belch, conclude, derive, discharge, discover, display, distil, distill, divulge, drag out, draw, educe, eject, elicit, emit, evolve, excrete, exhale, exhibit, exhume, expel, extract, extricate, extrude, feature, fish out, gain, generate, get off, get out, give away, hatch, heave, hustle, incubate, infer, issue, lay out, leak, let off, let out, liberate, lift out, make out, move out, obtrude, out, pan out, pop, puff, pull, pull out, raise, release, rip out, rout, run against, secrete, send, spit, stick, stick out, take out, tear off, turf out, turn away, uncase, unearth, utter, vomit, whiffle), lëshoj (cede, concede, dart, depasture, discharge, ease, effuse, emit, exhale, fetch, fire, flop, get off, give, give out, give rise to, heave, heave a sigh, issue, let, let fall, let go, let loose, let off, pay, project, radiate, relieve, send, set on, shed, shoot, sluice, throw down, touch off, trip, unbrace, unbridle, uncork, uncouple, unleash, unmuzzle, unrein, untuck, utter). (various references)

Arabic 

‏خرج (exit, go, go away, go out, march out, ooze, out, pannier, party, step out), ‏أطلق (cast, cast off, divorce, draw, eject, emanate, enlarge, erupt, evolve, fire, generalize, liberate, loose, open, project, relax, release, shoot, slip, speed, spout, toss, touch off, unchain, unlock, utter), ‏أخرج (bring out, direct, dispossess, draw out, egress, eject, fetch, get, move out, obtrude, poke, produce, push along, quit, read out, realize, remove, set, shell off, subtract, take out, vomit). (various references)

Bulgarian 

освобождавам (discharge, disencumber, disengage, dispense, emancipate, enfranchise, exempt, extricate, free, let loose, liberate, loose, make free, manumit, redeem, release, remit, rescue, set free, turn off, unbar, unbind, unburden, uncork, unfasten, unhand, unloose, unpen, unshackle, vacate), пускам (admit, bleed, cast off, course, discharge, dismiss, drive, drop, float, fly, grow, issue, let, let fall, let go, let loose, mail, play, push out, put forth, put on, put out, release, rip out, run, send forth, slip, start, start up, throw in, turn out, uncork, unhand, unleash), излъчвам (beam, discharge, eradiate, exhale, exude, give out, irradiate, ooze, put out, radiate, reek, respire, scintillate, send out, shed, throw up), изпускам (elide, emit, exhale, exhaust, exude, heave, leave out, let fall, let out, lose, muff, omit, ooze, pour, put forth, quit, release, run, shoot, throw out, utter, vent). (various references)

Czech

vyzařovat (emanate, emit, exude, give out, irradiate, stream), vypouštìt (exhale, let out), vydávat (dole out, emit, give out), sálat (blaze down, emanate, radiate). (various references)

Danish

lugte (give off an odour, reek, smell). (various references)

Dutch

geuren (give off an odour, reek, smell), ruiken (give off an odour, reek, smell, to smell), rieken (give off an odour, reek, smell), plaatselijk begrensde stroombronnen - transformatoren en elektromotoren - produceren slechts met het gevoel waarneembare warmte (point-localized sources - transformers and electric motors give off only sensible heat). (various references)

Esperanto

odori (give off an odour, reek, smell). (various references)

Faeroese

rúka (give off an odour, reek, smell), anga (give off an odour, reek, smell). (various references)

French

exhaler, dégager, émettre (give out). (various references)

German

verstrahlen (expose to radiation, make radioactive), verbreiten (bandy, blaze abroad, blazon, broadcast, broaden, bruit, circulate, circulation, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, hawk about, let off, peddle, promulgate, propagate, put about, radiate, shed, spread, spread about, spread around, to bandy, to bruit, to diffuse, to disseminate, utter, vulgarize), ausstrahlen (broadcast, diffuse, emanate, emit, emits, extend, irradiate, pipe, radiate, ray, send, send forth, send out, spread, to emanate, to emits, to ray, transmit), ausströmen (bleed away, emanate, emanation, emit, escape, exhaust, issue, leak, outpouring, pour out, radiate, release, sluice, stream out, to emanate, to sluice), ausstoßen (banish, bring out, discharge, disgorge, drive out, drop, ejaculate, eject, eliminate, emit, expel, extrude, fetch, fire, gush, heave, jet, jettison, let out, pour forth, produce, puff, puff out, put out, rap out, scream out, send out, spit out, spout, to churn out, to expel, to extrude, to jet, turn out, utter), ausdünsten (transpire), abscheiden (emit, pass away, precipitate, secrete, separate off, separation), abgeben (cast, chalk, check, come off, concede, deliver, dispense, emit, exhale, express, fire, get in, give away, give in, give up, hand in, hand over, leave, let go the colour, make, pass, put out, relinquish, render, resign, send out, submit, throw off, throw out, to deliver, to dispense). (various references)

Greek 

εκπέμπω (broadcast, emit, issue, radiate, send out, send out 1, send out 2, vent), αναδίνω μυρουδιά. (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"פריש (devote, discharge, exude, secrete, set aside). (various references)

Hungarian

kibocsát (emit, exhale, illuminate, launch, throw out, to deflate, to discharge, to emit, to evolve, to exhale, to give forth, to give off, to give out, to issue, to jet, to send forth, to send out, to throw out), fejleszt (ameliorate, develop, generate, to ameliorate, to cultivate, to give forth, to give off, to liberate). (various references)

Indonesian

berbau (be odorous, give off an odor, smell). (various references)

Italian

sprigionare (emanate, emit), spirare (expire, express, pass over), mandare (commit, consign, despatch, dispatch, drive, drop, emit, forward, get, let out, send, send off, send out, sent, to send, transmit, utter). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

匂わせる (to give off a scent, to hint at, to intimate, to smell of). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

におわせる (to give off a scent, to hint at, to intimate, to smell of). (various references)

Norwegian

lukte (give off an odour, reek, smell). (various references)

Papiamen

ole (give off an odour, reek, smell), hole (give off an odour, reek, smell). (various references)

Pig Latin

ivegay offay

Portuguese

submeter-se (bend, bow, lie upon, obfuscate, pull off, submit, truckle, vail, yield). (various references)

Romanian

emite (criticize, discharge, effuse, emit, express, flash, float, give, give forth, issue, reissue, release, send, stream, suggest, transmit, utter, vent). (various references)

Russian 

выделять (accentuate, allot, detail, emphasize, evolve, excrete, extract, exude, give out, highlight, isolate, liberate, mete, parcel out, secrete, segregate, show favor, show favour). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ispuštati (blow off, let out, puff). (various references)

Spanish

emitir (beam, broadcast, cast, emit, express, float, give, give out, issue, launch, release, return, send, send out, throw off, throw out, vent), despedir (abrogate, discard, discharge, dismiss, eject, fire, give notice, give out, order off, pay off, release, sack, see out, send off, send out, shoot off, shoot out, stand off, throw, throw off, throw out, turn away), dar (accord, be in, bear, begin, cause, deal, feed on, gift, give, go for, grow, hand, lecture, lend, matter, overlook, perform, play, present, produce, prolong, put on, say, shine, show, start, surrender, take, take to, teach, to give, turn on, yield), arrojar (belch, bring up, cast, cast out, catapult, chuck, disgorge, dump, emit, fling, give, give out, hawk, hawk up, heave, hurl, jerk, reject, release, result, shoot, skid, sling, slingshots, spew, tell off, throw, throw down, throw off, throw out, toss). (various references)

Sranan

smeri (aroma, flavour, give off an odour, odor, odour, reek, scent, smell, stench). (various references)

Swedish

utdunsta (perspire), avgiva (emit, give, give out), avge (emit, give, give out). (various references)

Thai

ปล่อยออกไป (โ�"ยเฉพาะของเหลว, แก๊ส, กลิ่น) (give out). (various references)

Turkish

yaymak (broadcast, bruit about, circulate, convey, deploy, diffract, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, dissipate, distribute, divulge, emit, evolve, exhale, extend, exude, fling off, float, give forth, give out, hawk, inspire, noise about, noise abroad, open out, promulgate, propagate, publish, put about, radiate, retail, rumor, rumour, send forth, send out, shed, sprawl out, spread, spread abroad, spread out, stretch, strew, throw out, transmit), kaçırmak (abduct, blow, chill, exude, flush, hijack, kidnap, ladder, let escape, let slip, lose, make off with, Miss, ooze, pass up, put off, rape, ravish, shuffle, slip, snatch, spirit away, spoil, whisk), çıkarmak (bare, belch, blank, bring out, bruit about, deduct, delete, derive, disconnect, dislocate, dislodge, dismantle, displace, divest, doff, draw off, draw out, drive out, drop, educe, eject, elicit, eliminate, emit, enact, enucleate, evolve, exclude, excogitate, excrete, exhale, exhaust, expel, expunge, extract, extricate, extrude, exude, foot, foot up, give forth, haul up, hawk, issue, let out, make out, omit, order off, order out, oust, out, pay off, present, print out, provoke, publish, pull off, put off, put out, put up, reject, remove, rest, rout out, rout up, rule out, scratch, shoot out, slip off, spew forth, spew out, spew up, spit, start, stick out, strike, strike off, strike through, strip, strip off, subtract, take, take from, take off, take out, throw off, throw out, tide over, touch off, uncase, unfix, vent, void, vomit, winkle out, wipe out, wipe up, work out, wreak). (various references)

Ukranian 

виділяти (accent, accentuate, apportion, appropriate, discriminate, evolve, excrete, exempt, exude, ooze, point out, secrete, signalize, single out, singularize, tab, throw off). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: fogie, ogive, vogie.

-3 letters: fief, fife, five, give.

-4 letters: eff, ego, fie, fig, foe, fog, gie, iff, off, veg, vie, vig, voe.

-5 letters: ef, go, if, oe, of.

+4 letters: overruffing.

+5 letters: overstaffing, overstuffing.

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