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give away

 
Noun give away has 3 senses
  1. giveaway - a gift of public land or resources for the private gain of a limited group
    --1 is a kind of gift
  2. giveaway - an unintentional disclosure
    --2 is a kind of disclosure, revelation, revealing
    Derived form: verb give away2
  3. game show, giveaway - a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards
    --3 is a kind of broadcast, program, programme
    --3 has particulars: quiz program
Verb give away has 4 senses
  1. give away - make a gift of; "She gave away her antique furniture"
    --1 is one way to
    give, gift, present
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out - 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"
    --2 is one way to tell
    Derived form: noun giveaway2
    Sample sentence:
    They give away that there was a traffic accident
  3. give away - formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father
    --3 is one way to
    hand over, fork over, fork out, fork up, turn in, get in, deliver, render
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  4. denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag - give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
    --4 is one way to inform
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
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