GIVE

give, spring, springiness

(noun) the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length

give

(verb) estimate the duration or outcome of something; “He gave the patient three months to live”; “I gave him a very good chance at success”

give, pay, devote

(verb) dedicate; “give thought to”; “give priority to”; “pay attention to”

give

(verb) allow to have or take; “I give you two minutes to respond”

give

(verb) guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion; “You gave me to think that you agreed with me”

give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote

(verb) give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; “She committed herself to the work of God”; “give one’s talents to a good cause”; “consecrate your life to the church”

give

(verb) manifest or show; “This student gives promise of real creativity”; “The office gave evidence of tampering”

give, throw

(verb) convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture; “Throw a glance”; “She gave me a dirty look”

give, pay

(verb) convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow; “Don’t pay him any mind”; “give the orders”; “Give him my best regards”; “pay attention”

give, render

(verb) bestow; “give homage”; “render thanks”

feed, give

(verb) give food to; “Feed the starving children in India”; “don’t give the child this tough meat”

give, yield

(verb) be flexible under stress of physical force; “This material doesn’t give”

render, yield, return, give, generate

(verb) give or supply; “The cow brings in 5 liters of milk”; “This year’s crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn”; “The estate renders some revenue for the family”

give, yield

(verb) cause to happen or be responsible for; “His two singles gave the team the victory”

establish, give

(verb) bring about; “The trompe l’oeil-illusion establishes depth”

hold, throw, have, make, give

(verb) organize or be responsible for; “hold a reception”; “have, throw, or make a party”; “give a course”

collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder

(verb) break down, literally or metaphorically; “The wall collapsed”; “The business collapsed”; “The dam broke”; “The roof collapsed”; “The wall gave in”; “The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice”

give

(verb) transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; “I gave her my money”; “can you give me lessons?”; “She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care”

give

(verb) leave with; give temporarily; “Can I give you my keys while I go in the pool?”; “Can I give you the children for the weekend?”

give, gift, present

(verb) give as a present; make a gift of; “What will you give her for her birthday?”

pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give

(verb) place into the hands or custody of; “hand me the spoon, please”; “Turn the files over to me, please”; “He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers”

give

(verb) convey or reveal information; “Give one’s name”

impart, leave, give, pass on

(verb) transmit (knowledge or skills); “give a secret to the Russians”; “leave your name and address here”; “impart a new skill to the students”

contribute, give, chip in, kick in

(verb) contribute to some cause; “I gave at the office”

give

(verb) cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense; “She gave him a black eye”; “The draft gave me a cold”

grant, give

(verb) bestow, especially officially; “grant a degree”; “give a divorce”; “This bill grants us new rights”

yield, give, afford

(verb) be the cause or source of; “He gave me a lot of trouble”; “Our meeting afforded much interesting information”

sacrifice, give

(verb) endure the loss of; “He gave his life for his children”; “I gave two sons to the war”

afford, open, give

(verb) afford access to; “the door opens to the patio”; “The French doors give onto a terrace”

give

(verb) emit or utter; “Give a gulp”; “give a yelp”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

give (third-person singular simple present gives, present participle giving, simple past gave, past participle given)

(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.

To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).

To make a present or gift of.

To pledge.

To provide (something) to (someone), to allow or afford.

To cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in.

To carry out (a physical interaction) with (something).

To pass (something) into (someone's hand, etc.).

To cause (a disease or condition) in, or to transmit (a disease or condition) to.

(ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).

(intransitive) To yield slightly when a force is applied.

(intransitive) To collapse under pressure or force.

(transitive) To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.

(intransitive) To lead (onto or into).

(transitive, dated) To provide a view of.

To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.

To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.

To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.

To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.

To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.

To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).

(dated) To grant power or permission to; to allow.

(reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).

(obsolete) To become soft or moist.

(obsolete) To shed tears; to weep.

(obsolete) To have a misgiving.

(slang) To be going on, to be occurring

Synonyms

• (transfer possession of): See Thesaurus:give

• (bend slightly when a force is applied): bend, cede, flex, move, yield

• (estimate or predict): estimate, guess, predict

• (provide)

Antonyms

• (transfer possession of): get, obtain, receive, take

• (bend slightly when a force is applied): not bend/cede/flex/give/move/yield, resist

Noun

give (uncountable)

The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it; a tendency to yield under pressure; resilence.

Etymology 2

Noun

give (plural gives)

Alternative form of gyve

Source: Wiktionary

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Give, v. t. [imp. Gave; p. p. Given; p. pr. & vb. n. Giving.] Etym: [OE. given, yiven, yeven, AS. gifan, giefan; akin to D. geven, OS. g, OHG. geban, Icel. gefa, Sw. gifva, Dan. give, Goth. giban. Cf. Gift, n.]

1. To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow. For generous lords had rather give than pay. Young.

2. To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of what we buy. What shall a man give in exchange for his soul Matt. xvi. 26.

3. To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and steel give sparks.

4. To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc.; to pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment, a sentence, a shout, etc.

5. To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission. It is given me once again to behold my friend. Rowe. Then give thy friend to shed the sacred wine. Pope.

6. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to show; as, the number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship.

7. To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply one's self; as, the soldiers give themselves to plunder; also in this sense used very frequently in the past participle; as, the people are given to luxury and pleasure; the youth is given to study.

8. (Logic & Math.)

Definition: To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; -- used principally in the passive form given.

9. To allow or admit by way of supposition. I give not heaven for lost. Mlton.

10. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge. I don't wonder at people's giving him to me as a lover. Sheridan.

11. To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain.

12. To pledge; as, to give one's word.

13. To cause; to make; -- with the infinitive; as, to give one to understand, to know, etc. But there the duke was given to understand That in a gondola were seen together Lorenzo and his amorous Jessica. Shak. To give away, to make over to another; to transfer. Whatsoever we employ in charitable uses during our lives, is given away from ourselves. Atterbury.

– To give back, to return; to restore. Atterbury.

– To give the bag, to cheat. [Obs.] I fear our ears have given us the bag. J. Webster.

– To give birth to. (a) To bear or bring forth, as a child. (b) To originate; to give existence to, as an enterprise, idea.

– To give chase, to pursue.

– To give ear to. See under Ear.

– To give forth, to give out; to publish; to tell. Hayward.

– To give ground. See under Ground, n.

– To give the hand, to pledge friendship or faith.

– To give the hand of, to espouse; to bestow in marriage.

– To give the head. See under Head, n.

– To give in. (a) To abate; to deduct. (b) To declare; to make known; to announce; to tender; as, to give in one's adhesion to a party.

– To give the lie to (a person), to tell (him) that he lies.

– To give line. See under Line.

– To give off, to emit, as steam, vapor, odor, etc.

– To give one's self away, to make an inconsiderate surrender of one's cause, an unintentional disclosure of one's purposes, or the like. [Colloq.] -- To give out. (a) To utter publicly; to report; to announce or declare. One that gives out himself Prince Florizel. Shak. Give out you are of Epidamnum. Shak. (b) To send out; to emit; to distribute; as, a substance gives out steam or odors.

– To give over. (a) To yield completely; to quit; to abandon. (b) To despair of. (c) To addict, resign, or apply (one's self). The Babylonians had given themselves over to all manner of vice. Grew.

– To give place, to withdraw; to yield one's claim.

– To give points. (a) In games of skill, to equalize chances by conceding a certain advantage; to allow a handicap. (b) To give useful suggestions. [Colloq.] -- To give rein. See under Rein, n.

– To give the sack . Same as To give the bag.

– To give and take. (a) To average gains and losses. (b) To exchange freely, as blows, sarcasms, etc.

– To give time (Law), to accord extension or forbearance to a debtor. Abbott.

– To give the time of day, to salute one with the compliment appropriate to the hour, as "good morning." "good evening", etc.

– To give tongue, in hunter's phrase, to bark; -- said of dogs.

– To give up. (a) To abandon; to surrender. "Don't give up the ship." He has . . . given up For certain drops of salt, your city Rome. Shak. (b) To make public; to reveal. I'll not state them By giving up their characters. Beau. & Fl. (c) (Used also reflexively.) -- To give up the ghost. See under Ghost.

– To give one's self up, to abandon hope; to despair; to surrender one's self.

– To give way. (a) To withdraw; to give place. (b) To yield to force or pressure; as, the scaffolding gave way. (c) (Naut.) To begin to row; or to row with increased energy. (d) (Stock Exchange). To depreciate or decline in value; as, railroad securities gave way two per cent.

– To give way together, to row in time; to keep stroke.

Syn.

– To Give, Confer, Grant. To give is the generic word, embracing all the rest. To confer was originally used of persons in power, who gave permanent grants or privileges; as, to confer the order of knighthood; and hence it still denotes the giving of something which might have been withheld; as, to confer a favor. To grant is to give in answer to a petition or request, or to one who is in some way dependent or inferior.

Give, v. i.

1. To give a gift or gifts.

2. To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less rigid; as, the earth gives under the feet.

3. To become soft or moist. [Obs.] Bacon .

4. To move; to recede. Now back he gives, then rushes on amain. Daniel.

5. To shed tears; to weep. [Obs.] Whose eyes do never give But through lust and laughter. Shak.

6. To have a misgiving. [Obs.] My mind gives ye're reserved To rob poor market women. J. Webster.

7. To open; to lead. [A Gallicism] This, yielding, gave into a grassy walk. Tennyson. To give back, to recede; to retire; to retreat. They gave back and came no farther. Bunyan.

– To give in, to yield; to succumb; to acknowledge one's self beaten; to cease opposition. The Scots battalion was enforced to give in. Hayward. This consideration may induce a translator to give in to those general phrases. Pope.

– To give off, to cease; to forbear. [Obs.] Locke.

– To give on or upon. (a) To rush; to fall upon. [Obs.] (b) To have a view of; to be in sight of; to overlook; to look toward; to open upon; to front; to face. [A Gallicism: cf. Fr. donner sur.] Rooms which gave upon a pillared porch. Tennyson. The gloomy staircase on which the grating gave. Dickens.

– To give out. (a) To expend all one's strength. Hence: (b) To cease from exertion; to fail; to be exhausted; as, my feet being to give out; the flour has given out.

– To give over, to cease; to discontinue; to desist. It would be well for all authors, if they knew when to give over, and to desist from any further pursuits after fame. Addison.

– To give up, to cease from effort; to yield; to despair; as, he would never give up.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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