give out   (TTS Sound)

The verb give out has 4 senses

• emit, give out, give off -- (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")


• distribute, give out, hand out, pass out -- (give to several people; "The teacher handed out the exams")


• fail, run out, give out -- (prove insufficient; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought")


• fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down -- (stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident")