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 aution 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}]