to give off

Examples

• All

• The glowing embers gave off a comforting warmth as we sat around the campfire.

• That bubbling there is giving off a huge amount of oxygen gas.

• But she stood in front of the room and she gave off this incredible energy.

• Her body gives off a metallic scent.

  Running with Scissors (2006)

• I hope you know these bulbs are giving off a lot of heat.

  The Intruder (1962)

• The 50 globular clusters discovered give off an intense blue light, a signature of young stars.

  Academic text (1992)

• When you're being indecisive, it can give off an energy of weakness.

• I've rerouted the current so it gives off a negative magnetic field.

  The Apparition (2012)

• Old couples like him and Janice give off the musty smell of dead flowers.

  Fiction book (1990)

• A low-emissivity material, with a rating of 0.02, can get very hot without giving off much infrared radiation.

  Academic text (2000)

Synonyms

S

to smell

vsto give off

862 1.0

To give off a scent that is pleasant or bad

is the broader action of producing various outputs beyond just odors

E

to emit

vsto give off

91 4.4

Send out light, heat, sound or gas

is the common everyday way to produce or release such things

E

to emanate

vsto give off

60 6.5

To come out from a source, like a smell, sound, or feeling

is the general action of producing or letting such things be released

R

to radiate

vsto give off

• Specialized

33 4.3

Give off heat, light, or energy from a source

is the general act of producing outputs, not limited to central source patterns

G

to give out

vsto give off

8 2.9

To send out light, heat, sound or a smell

is the more informal, everyday way to produce or release those outputs

F

to fume

vsto give off

1 4.6

To give off visible smoke or gas from something

is the wider term for producing outputs, not focused only on visible smoke

G

to give forth

vsto give off

• Archaic

1 5.5

To send out a sound, light, or smell

is the informal everyday expression for making those things come out

P

to pass off

vsto give off

7.1

To release gas or a bad smell quietly

is the broader, neutral way to describe producing or emitting things

E

to effuse

vsto give off

9.1

To come out freely, as a liquid, gas, or light

describes the same release but without stressing abundance or flow

Antonyms

A

to absorb

217 3.0

To take in things such as liquid, light, or information

How Strong

to radiate

• Specialized

33 4.3

to exude

4 6.5

to emit

91 4.4

to give off

57 2.6

release

149 3.6

to produce

∞ 2.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology