give off

verb

1. tr, adverb to emit or discharge

   the mothballs gave off an acrid odour

Idioms and Phrases

Send out, emit, as in Certain chemical changes give off energy , or This mixture gives off a very strange odor . [Early 1800s]

Example Sentences

The researchers examined the thermal performance of a TCM reactor powered by strontium chloride, which gives off heat as it reacts with water vapor in the air.

From Science Daily

The gift suggestions here all have two things in common: They’re small enough to stow in a stocking, and they give off serious big California energy.

From Los Angeles Times

DR: We certainly do not want to give off the impression that we tolerate any bit of misinformation or harmful content or trivialize the impact it has, especially to those people that it does affect.

From Salon

They also noted that although the “reduced silica” slabs did indeed give off less crystalline silica when they were cut, the silica particles tended to be very fine.

From Los Angeles Times

And yet, apart from a couple of late scares, Liverpool gave off an air of control that is fast becoming a Slot hallmark.

From BBC

Related Words

• emanate
• emit
• exhale
• exude
• radiate