give off

English

Etymology

From give and off.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɪv ɒf/

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Verb

give off (third-person singular simple present gives off, present participle giving off, simple past gave off, past participle given off)

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.

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

Translations

to emit

• Catalan: emetre (ca)
• Chinese:

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• Danish: afgive (da)
• Esperanto: emisii
• Finnish: päästää (fi)
• French: émettre (fr)
• Galician: emitir (gl)
• German: emittieren (de)
• Ingrian: antaa
• Italian: emettere (it)
• Portuguese: soltar (pt) (of smoke), exalar (pt) (of odors and smells in general), emitir (pt)
• Russian: источать (ru) (istočatʹ), испускать (ru) (ispuskatʹ)
• Spanish: emitir (es), desprender (es)
• Swedish: avge (sv)
• Turkish: yaymak (tr) sg, saçmak (tr) sg