Verb: give out giv awt
- Give to several people
"The teacher gave out the exams";
- distribute, hand out, pass out
- Give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapour, etc.
"The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun gives out";
- emit, give off
- Stop operating or functioning
"The engine gave out on the way to town";
- fail, go bad, give way, die, conk out [informal], go, break, break down, pack up [Brit, informal], give up the ghost [informal]
- Prove insufficient
"Their supplies gave out after three days";
- fail, run out
Derived forms: given out, gave out, gives out, giving out
Type of: cease, change, distribute, end, finish, gift, give, present, spread, stop, terminate