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Definition of Give away
1. Verb. Make a gift of. "She gave away her antique furniture"
2. Verb. Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret. "They give away that there was a traffic accident "; "Unwrap the evidence in the murder case"
Specialized synonyms: Blackwash, Muckrake, Blow, Out, Come Out, Come Out Of The Closet, Out, Spring, Betray, Bewray, Confide, Leak, Babble, Babble Out, Blab, Blab Out, Let The Cat Out Of The Bag, Peach, Sing, Spill The Beans, Talk, Tattle, Reveal
Causes: Break, Get Around, Get Out
Related verbs: Break, Get Around, Get Out
Generic synonyms: Tell
Derivative terms: Disclosure, Discovery, Divulgement, Divulgence, Expose, Exposure, Giveaway, Revealing, Revelation
3. Verb. Formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father.
4. Verb. Give away information about somebody. "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
Generic synonyms: Inform
Specialized synonyms: Sell Out
Derivative terms: Betrayer, Rat, Ratter, Ratting, Shit, Shit, Snitch, Snitcher
Definition of Give away
1. Verb. (transitive) To make a gift of (something). ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To relinquish control over. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom; often by her father. ¹
4. Verb. (reflexive transitive) To unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To concede an advantage in weight, time, height etc. ¹
6. Verb. (sports) to concede ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Give Away
Literary usage of Give away
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1920)
"Every person who shall accept any such order, and in pursuance thereof shall
sell, barter, exchange, or give away any of the aforesaid drugs, shall preserve ..."
2. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1855)
"To Cheapside, about buying a piece of plate to give away to-morrow to Mrs.
Browne's child.1 29th. (King's birth-day.) Rose early, and having made myself ..."
3. History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent by George Bancroft (1854)
"Could he have continued as lavish, in the course of his reign he would have give:
away the world. ..."
4. The Analyst by Society of Public Analysts (Great Britain). (1881)
"Every person who, within the limits of this State, shall knowingly sell or give
away, or knowingly cause to be sold or given away, or knowingly manufacture ..."
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