Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To emit; to produce and send forth; to come across in some manner.

    The substance was giving off smoke.

    I left because she gave off a sense of impatience with me.

    emittieren, abgeben

    источатьistočatʹ, испускатьispuskatʹ

  2. (Ireland, intransitive, slang)To fuss or whine.

More definitions
  • have as a by-product
  • give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.

Examples

74 sentences
  1. Do cell phones give off radiation?

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  2. Do mobile phones give off radiation?

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  3. This gas gives off a bad smell.

    ruУ этого газа неприятный запах.

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  4. I gave Tom Monday off.

    deIch habe Tom Montag frei gegeben.

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  5. Trees give off oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide.

    ruДеревья выделяют кислород и поглощают углекислый газ.

    deBäume geben Sauerstoff ab und nehmen Kohlendioxid auf.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to emit:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to emit:

Origin

From give and off.

From give and off.

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Forms

gives off, giving off, gave off, given off
Base formgive off · to give off
3rd person singulargives off
Present participlegiving off
Past simplegave off
Past participlegiven off

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygive off
he, she, itgives off

Past simpleLesson

all personsgave off

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave given off
he, she, ithas given off

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill give off

Phrasal verbs

11 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.:emitgive out

See also

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