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Definition of Give off

1. Verb. Have as a by-product. "The big cities gave off so many wonderful American qualities"

2. Verb. Give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.. "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits"

Definition of Give off

1. Verb. (transitive) To emit. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Give Off

give in give into give it a shot give it a try give it a whirl give it one's best shot give it some welly give it the deep six give it the gun give it up

give lie to give me give me liberty or give me death give notice give of oneself give off (current term) give one's all give one's best give one's eye-teeth give one's notice

give one enough rope give oneself airs give or take give out give over give place give rise give rise to give some skin give somebody a hand

Literary usage of Give off

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law Reports by James Redfoord Bulwer (1872)
"They do not say that petroleum shall include such petroleum and its products as give off this vapour. .MELLOR, J. The sections include other tilings beside ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"much more stable than the ferrous, for it does not give off the gae on heating nor in a vacuum. The experiments of Weinland and Lauen- stein bave shown that ..."

3. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"They do not give off anything at 177° C., but at 199°, in a sealed tube, they melt and are converted into a black mixture of charcoal and ..."

4. The Chemistry of Common Life by James Finlay Weir Johnston, Arthur Herbert Church (1880)
"Relations to Its pores absorb carbonic acid, and give off oxygen gas.—Relations to the soil.—Plants affect peaty, sandy, loamy, or clayey soils. ..."

5. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1882)
"... brodeln, to bubble (whence to give off steam, confuse') ; G. brodel, brodem, vapour, allied to E. Breath (Scheler). ..."

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