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Verb
S:
(v)
give off
(have as a by-product)
"The big cities gave off so many wonderful American qualities"
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S:
(v)
emit
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give out
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give off
(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"
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S:
(v)
effuse
(give out or emit (also metaphorically))
"The room effuses happiness"
S:
(v)
reflect
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shine
(be bright by reflecting or casting light)
"Drive carefully--the wet road reflects"
S:
(v)
resplend
(be resplendent or radiant; to shine brightly)
"The Queen's garments resplended in velvet and jewels"
S:
(v)
glare
(be sharply reflected)
"The moon glared back at itself from the lake's surface"
S:
(v)
opalesce
(reflect light or colors like an opal)
"Distant clouds opalesce like pale brocade"; "raindrops caught in a sunbeam seem to opalesce"
S:
(v)
luminesce
(be or become luminescent; exhibit luminescence)
S:
(v)
sparkle
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scintillate
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coruscate
(reflect brightly)
"Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside"
S:
(v)
spark
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sparkle
(emit or produce sparks)
"A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark"
S:
(v)
radiate
(send out rays or waves)
"The sun radiates heat"
S:
(v)
scintillate
(give off)
"the substance scintillated sparks and flashes"
S:
(v)
fume
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smoke
(emit a cloud of fine particles)
"The chimney was fuming"
S:
(v)
reek
(give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.)
"Marshes reeking in the sun"
S:
(v)
shoot
(emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully)
"The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"
S:
(v)
ray
(emit as rays)
"That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky"
S:
(v)
steam
(emit steam)
"The rain forest was literally steaming"
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