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| v. (weather) | 1. emit, give off, give out | 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" |
| ~ effuse | give out or emit (also metaphorically).; "The room effuses happiness" |
| ~ shine, reflect | be bright by reflecting or casting light.; "Drive carefully--the wet road reflects" |
| ~ spark, sparkle | emit or produce sparks.; "A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark" |
| ~ radiate | send out rays or waves.; "The sun radiates heat" |
| ~ scintillate | give off.; "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes" |
| ~ fume, smoke | emit a cloud of fine particles.; "The chimney was fuming" |
| ~ reek | give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc..; "Marshes reeking in the sun" |
| ~ shoot | emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully.; "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth" |
| ~ ray | emit as rays.; "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky" |
| ~ steam | emit steam.; "The rain forest was literally steaming" |
| v. (possession) | 2. distribute, give out, hand out, pass out | give to several people.; "The teacher handed out the exams" |
| ~ gift, present, give | give as a present; make a gift of.; "What will you give her for her birthday?" |
| ~ divvy up, portion out, apportion, share, deal | give out as one's portion or share. |
| v. (change) | 3. fail, give out, run out | prove insufficient.; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought" |
| v. (change) | 4. break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad | 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" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ break | render inoperable or ineffective.; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!" |
| ~ buy the farm, cash in one's chips, croak, decease, die, drop dead, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, expire, pop off, conk, exit, choke, go, pass | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" |
| ~ go down, crash | stop operating.; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week" |
| ~ blow out, burn out, blow | melt, break, or become otherwise unusable.; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew" |
| ~ misfire | fail to fire or detonate.; "The guns misfired" |
| ~ malfunction, misfunction | fail to function or function improperly.; "the coffee maker malfunctioned" |
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