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1: give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.; "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits" [syn: emit, give off] [ant: absorb]

2: give out; "The teacher handed out the exams" [syn: distribute, hand out]

3: prove insufficient; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought" [syn: fail, run out]

4: stop operating or functioning; "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" [syn: fail, go bad, give way, die, conk out, go, break, break down]

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