Main Entry: give out

Function: verb

Date: 14th century

transitive verb

1 a : declare, publish <giving out that the doctor…required a few days of complete rest — Charles Dickens> b : to read aloud the words of (a hymn or psalm) for congregational singing
2 : emit <gave out a constant hum>
3 : issue <gave out new uniforms>intransitive verb 1 : break down, fail
2 : to become exhausted : collapse