give out

1 to make known openly or publicly that's information that I'm not prepared to give out Synonyms of give out advertise, annunciate, blare, blaze, blazon, broadcast, declare, enunciate, flash, announce, herald, placard, post, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish, release, sound, trumpetWords Related to give out 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 of give out 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 of give out cast, discharge, emanate, evolve, exhale, expel, expire [archaic], emit, irradiate, issue, radiate, release, send (out), shoot, throw out, ventWords Related to give out eliminate, evacuate, excrete, exude, ooze, secrete; eject, erupt, gush, jet, outpour, pour, spew, spout, spray, spurt, squirtNear Antonyms of give out 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 of give out break, break down, conk (out), crash, cut out, die, fail, stallWords Related to give out fizzle, sputter, wheeze; act up, malfunction; jamAntonyms of give out start (up)