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   give off
         v 1: have as a by-product; "The big cities gave off so many
               wonderful American qualities"
         2: 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 out}, {give
            off}] [ant: {absorb}, {take in}]

English Dictionary: give up by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
give up
v
  1. lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property"
    Synonym(s): forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego
    Antonym(s): arrogate, claim, lay claim
  2. give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex- husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"
    Synonym(s): abandon, give up
  3. give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"
    Synonym(s): drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge
    Antonym(s): enter, participate
  4. put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
    Synonym(s): discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
    Antonym(s): bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold
  5. give up what is not strictly needed; "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"
    Synonym(s): spare, give up, part with, dispense with
  6. part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
    Synonym(s): release, relinquish, resign, free, give up
  7. leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
    Synonym(s): vacate, resign, renounce, give up
  8. relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"
    Synonym(s): surrender, cede, deliver, give up
  9. give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered"
    Synonym(s): surrender, give up
    Antonym(s): hold out, resist, stand firm, withstand
  10. stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations"
    Synonym(s): abandon, give up
  11. allow the other (baseball) team to score; "give up a run"
    Synonym(s): give up, allow
  12. stop consuming; "kick a habit"; "give up alcohol"
    Synonym(s): kick, give up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
goof-off
n
  1. an idle worthless person [syn: goldbrick, goof-off, {ne 'er-do-well}, good-for-nothing, no-account, good-for- naught]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
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