give away

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verb

1. make a gift of (Freq. 3)
- She gave away her antique furniture
• Hypernyms:
give, gift, present
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret (Freq. 3)
- The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold
- The actress won't reveal how old she is
- bring out the truth
- he broke the news to her
- unwrap the evidence in the murder case
• Syn:
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal,
discover, expose, divulge, break, let out
• Derivationally related forms:
giveaway, divulgement (for: divulge), divulgence (for: divulge), exposure (for: expose), expose (for: expose), discovery (for: discover), revelation (for: reveal), revealing (for: reveal), disclosure (for: disclose)
• Hypernyms:
tell
• Hyponyms:
blackwash, muckrake, blow, out, come out of the closet,
come out, spring, betray, bewray, confide, leak,
spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach,
babble, sing, babble out, blab out, reveal
• Verb Group:
break, get out, get around
• Cause:
break, get out, get around
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- They give away that there was a traffic accident
3. formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage;
of a bride by her father
• Hypernyms:
hand over, fork over, fork out, fork up, turn in,
deliver, render
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
4. give away information about somebody
- He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam
• Syn:
denounce, tell on, betray, rat, grass,
shit, shop, snitch, stag
• Derivationally related forms:
snitch (for: snitch), snitcher (for: snitch), shit (for: shit), rat (for: rat), ratter (for: rat), ratting (for: rat), betrayer (for: betray)
• Hypernyms:
inform
• Hyponyms:
sell out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s PP (for: stag)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: snitch)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: shop)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: shit)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: grass)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: rat)