give out

1 to make known openly or publicly that's information that I'm not prepared to give out Synonyms advertise, annunciate, blare, blaze, blazon, broadcast, declare, enunciate, flash, announce, herald, placard, post, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish, release, sound, trumpetRelated Words bark, call (off or out), cry; bill, billboard, bulletin, gazette [chiefly British]; knell, ring, toll; blurb, feature, pitch, plug, promote, puff; disseminate, spread; disclose, divulge, introduce, kithe [chiefly Scottish], manifest, report, reveal, show; advise, apprise, hand down, inform, notify; communicate, impart, intimateNear Antonyms conceal, hush (up), silence, suppress, withhold; recall, recant, retract, revoke

2 to throw or give off this heater gives out a funny smell sometimes Synonyms cast, discharge, emanate, evolve, exhale, expel, expire [archaic], emit, irradiate, issue, radiate, release, send (out), shoot, throw out, ventRelated Words eliminate, evacuate, excrete, exude, ooze, secrete; eject, erupt, gush, jet, outpour, pour, spew, spout, spray, spurt, squirtNear Antonyms absorb, inhale, soak (up), sponge, suck (up), take up

3 to stop functioning waiting for the fuel pump in my old car to give out Synonyms break, break down, conk (out), crash, cut out, die, fail, stallRelated Words fizzle, sputter, wheeze; act up, malfunction; jamAntonyms start (up)