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give off

/ɡɪv ɒf/

give off verb: to emit; to produce and send forth; to come across in some manner.

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

give off meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Kannada

give off in Bengali

নিঃসরণ করা, উৎপন্ন করে বাইরে পাঠানো, হৈচৈ করা, ঘ্যানঘ্যান করা

give off in Kannada

ಹೊರಚೆಲ್ಲು, ಹೊರಸೂಸು, ಹೊರಕಳಿಸು

Synonyms of give off

Forms of give off

third-person singular presentgives off
present participlegiving off
pastgave off
past participlegiven off

Origin of give off

From give and off.

Questions about give off

What does give off mean?
Give off means to emit; to produce and send forth; to come across in some manner.
What is give off in Tamil?
Give off in Tamil is கொ. See Give off meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is give off?
Give off is a verb.
How do you pronounce give off?
Give off is pronounced /ɡɪv ɒf/.
What is the past tense of give off?
The past tense of give off is gave off.

Words near give off in the dictionary

  1. give me strength
  2. give name to
  3. give neck
  4. give notice
  5. give of oneself
  6. give off
  7. give one a yell
  8. give one's all
  9. give one's best
  10. give one's daughter away
  11. give one's eye-teeth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: give off (page history and authors); give off (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); give off (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); give off (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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