GIVE OFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does give off mean? 

• GIVE OFF (verb)
  The verb GIVE OFF has 2 senses:

1. have as a by-product

2. give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.

  Familiarity information: GIVE OFF used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GIVE OFF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Have as a by-product

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

The big cities gave off so many wonderful American qualities

Hypernyms (to "give off" is one way to...):

feature; have (have as a feature)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

Synonyms:

emit; give off; give out

Context example:

The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "give off"):

effuse (give out or emit (also metaphorically))

reflect; shine (be bright by reflecting or casting light)

spark; sparkle (emit or produce sparks)

radiate (send out rays or waves)

scintillate (give off)

fume; smoke (emit a cloud of fine particles)

reek (give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.)

shoot (emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully)

ray (emit as rays)

steam (emit steam)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

A type of cigarette that is claimed to give off less tobacco tar than a regular cigarette when smoked.

(Light cigarette, NCI Dictionary)

During photosynthesis, water and carbon dioxide combine to form carbohydrates (sugars) and give off oxygen.

(Photosynthesis, NCI Dictionary)

The use of a special microscope to see objects that give off fluorescent light.

(Fluorescence microscopy, NCI Dictionary)

Many give off chemicals called toxins, which can damage tissue and make you sick.

(Bacterial Infections, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

This is a fantastic day, and you will feel the glow that this day will give off from one day earlier to one day later.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

They give off radio-frequency energy (RF), a form of electromagnetic radiation.

(Electromagnetic Fields, NIH: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)

A type of complementary and alternative medicine that uses plant oils that give off strong pleasant aromas (smells) to promote relaxation, a sense of well-being, and healing.

(Aromatherapy, NCI Dictionary)

Their study proposes that stars which give off sufficient ultraviolet (UV) light could kick-start life on their orbiting planets in the same way it likely developed on Earth, where the UV light powers a series of chemical reactions that produce the building blocks of life.

(Scientists identify exoplanets where life could develop as it did on Earth, University of Cambridge)

A type of complementary and alternative medicine that uses rubbing and kneading of the skin with plant oils that give off strong, pleasant aromas (smells) to promote relaxation, a sense of well-being, and healing.

(Aromatherapy massage, NCI Dictionary)