What is "give out"

vb. 1 (context transitive English) to utter, publish; to announce, proclaim, report. '''to give (it) out:''' to profess, give it to be believed that. also, '''to give (a person) out''' to be (so and so) 2 # (context transtive English) To announce (a hymn) to be sung; to read out (the words) for the congregation to sing 3 (context transitive English) To send forth, emit; to cause to be sent forth. 4 # To put forth, utter (prayers). 5 (context transitive English) To issue; to distribute. 6 (context intranstive English) To cease functioning in some way. 7 # (context intransitive of persons English) To desist. 8 # To desist through exhaustion of strength or patience. 9 # (context of an implement, a limb, a machine, etc. English) To break down, get out of order, fail. 10 # (context of a supply English) To run short, come to an end. 11 (context intransitive Ireland UK idiomatic English) To complain, sulk, chastise.

1. v. 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" [syn: emit, give off] [ant: absorb]

2. give out; "The teacher handed out the exams" [syn: distribute, hand out]

3. prove insufficient; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought" [syn: fail, run out]

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" [syn: fail, go bad, give way, die, conk out, go, break, break down]