|
  • Search Results
  • Advanced Search
  • List Builder
  • Random Word

give away

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: give away

1
 v
make a gift of
2
 v
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: give away
1

v make a gift of

“She gave away her antique furniture”
Type of:
gift, give, present
give as a present; make a gift of

v formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father

Type of:
deliver, fork out, fork over, fork up, hand over, render, turn in
to surrender someone or something to another
2

v make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

Synonyms:
break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap
break, get around, get out
be released or become known; of news
Types:
show 12 types...
hide 12 types...
blackwash
bring (information) out of concealment
muckrake
explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures
blow
cause to be revealed and jeopardized
out
reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle
come out, come out of the closet, out
to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
spring
produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly
betray, bewray
reveal unintentionally
confide
reveal in private; tell confidentially
leak
tell anonymously
babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattle
divulge confidential information or secrets
reveal
disclose directly or through prophets
relieve, unbosom
relieve oneself of troubling information
Type of:
tell
let something be known

v give away information about somebody

Synonyms:
betray, denounce, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on
Types:
sell out
give information that compromises others
Type of:
inform
impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to
Launch
WORD FAMILY
USAGE EXAMPLES