Definition of Give off

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

Generic synonyms: Feature, Have

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"
Exact synonyms: Emit, Give Out
Specialized synonyms: Effuse, Reflect, Shine, Spark, Sparkle, Radiate, Scintillate, Fume, Smoke, Reek, Shoot, Ray, Steam
Antonyms: Absorb
Derivative terms: Emission, Emitter

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
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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