"give off" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɡɪv ɒf/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-give off.wav [US] Forms: gives off [present, singular, third-person], giving off [participle, present], gave off [past], given off [participle, past]
Etymology: From give and off. Head templates: {{en-verb|give<,,gave,given> off}} 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. Tags: transitive Translations (to emit): emetre (Catalan), afgive (Danish), emisii (Esperanto), päästää (Finnish), émettre (French), emitir (Galician), emittieren (German), emettere (Italian), soltar (note: of smoke) (Portuguese), exalar (note: of odors and smells in general) (Portuguese), emitir (Portuguese), источать (istočatʹ) (Russian), испускать (ispuskatʹ) (Russian), emitir (Spanish), desprender (Spanish), avge (Swedish), yaymak [singular] (Turkish), saçmak [singular] (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-give_off-en-verb-RfEEgku7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off)

Inflected forms

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      "form": "gave off",
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    },
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        {
          "text": "The substance was giving off smoke."
        },
        {
          "text": "I left because she gave off a sense of impatience with me."
        }
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        "To emit; to produce and send forth; to come across in some manner."
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        [
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        [
          "send",
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        ],
        [
          "forth",
          "forth"
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        [
          "come across",
          "come across"
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        "(transitive) To emit; to produce and send forth; to come across in some manner."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to emit",
          "word": "emetre"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to emit",
          "word": "afgive"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to emit",
          "word": "emisii"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to emit",
          "word": "päästää"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to emit",
          "word": "émettre"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to emit",
          "word": "emitir"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to emit",
          "word": "emittieren"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to emit",
          "word": "emettere"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "note": "of smoke",
          "sense": "to emit",
          "word": "soltar"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "note": "of odors and smells in general",
          "sense": "to emit",
          "word": "exalar"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to emit",
          "word": "emitir"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "istočatʹ",
          "sense": "to emit",
          "word": "источать"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ispuskatʹ",
          "sense": "to emit",
          "word": "испускать"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to emit",
          "word": "emitir"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to emit",
          "word": "desprender"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to emit",
          "word": "avge"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to emit",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "yaymak"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to emit",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "saçmak"
        }
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          "text": "The substance was giving off smoke."
        },
        {
          "text": "I left because she gave off a sense of impatience with me."
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        "To emit; to produce and send forth; to come across in some manner."
      ],
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          "produce",
          "produce"
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          "forth",
          "forth"
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          "come across",
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        "(transitive) To emit; to produce and send forth; to come across in some manner."
      ],
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      ]
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to emit",
      "word": "emetre"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to emit",
      "word": "afgive"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to emit",
      "word": "emisii"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to emit",
      "word": "päästää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to emit",
      "word": "émettre"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to emit",
      "word": "emitir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to emit",
      "word": "emittieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to emit",
      "word": "emettere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "note": "of smoke",
      "sense": "to emit",
      "word": "soltar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "note": "of odors and smells in general",
      "sense": "to emit",
      "word": "exalar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to emit",
      "word": "emitir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "istočatʹ",
      "sense": "to emit",
      "word": "источать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ispuskatʹ",
      "sense": "to emit",
      "word": "испускать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to emit",
      "word": "emitir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to emit",
      "word": "desprender"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to emit",
      "word": "avge"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to emit",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "yaymak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to emit",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "saçmak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "give off"
}

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