[verb] 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" Synonyms:emit, give off
[verb] give out; "The teacher handed out the exams" Synonyms:distribute, hand out
[verb] prove insufficient; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought" Synonyms:fail, run out
[verb] 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" Synonyms:fail, go bad, give way, die, conk out, go, break, break down
