verb
- Give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc..
- usage: "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits"
- Give to several people.
- usage: "The teacher handed out the exams"
- synonyms: distribute, hand out, pass out
- Prove insufficient.
- usage: "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"
- Stop operating or functioning.
- usage: "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"
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