what does give off mean?
GIVE OFF as VERB
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- The big cities gave off so many wonderful American qualities
Hypernyms(s) give off is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- give off, send forth, or discharge
- as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.
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- The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits
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