bestow, give, forego; exposure of a secret, revelation
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give away
v
1. give out freely [syn: distribute, give out, hand out]
2. make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "the auction house would not disclose the price at which the van gogh had sold"; "the actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her" [syn: disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, declare, divulge, impart, break, let out]
3. formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father
4. give away information about somebody; "he told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" [syn: denounce, tell on , betray, rat, grass, peach, shit, shop, snitch, stag]
let (a secret) become known I tried to stop her before she gave away my plans to go to Mexico for a holiday.
Verb
1. make a gift of; "She gave away her antique furniture"
(hypernym) give, gift, present
2. make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"
(synonym) disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, let out
(hypernym) tell
(hyponym) blackwash
(cause) break, get out, get around
(verb-group) break, get out, get around
(derivation) giveaway
3. formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father
(hypernym) hand over, fork over, fork out, fork up, turn in, get in, deliver, render
4. give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
(synonym) denounce, tell on, betray, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag
(hypernym) inform
(hyponym) sell out
