'Give' definitions:

Definition of 'give'

(from WordNet)
noun
The elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length [syn: give, spring, springiness]
verb
Cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense; "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold"
verb
Be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information" [syn: yield, give, afford]
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" [ant: take]
verb
Convey or reveal information; "Give one's name"
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" [syn: give, pay]
verb
Organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course" [syn: hold, throw, have, make, give]
verb
Convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture; "Throw a glance"; "She gave me a dirty look" [syn: give, throw]
verb
Give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?" [syn: give, gift, present]
verb
Cause to happen or be responsible for; "His two singles gave the team the victory" [syn: give, yield]
verb
Dedicate; "give thought to"; "give priority to"; "pay attention to" [syn: give, pay, devote]
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" [syn: render, yield, return, give, generate]
verb
Transmit (knowledge or skills); "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new skill to the students" [syn: impart, leave, give, pass on]
verb
Bring about; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth" [syn: establish, 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?"
verb
Emit or utter; "Give a gulp"; "give a yelp"
verb
Endure the loss of; "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war" [syn: sacrifice, 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" [syn: pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give]
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" [syn: give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote]
verb
Give (as medicine); "I gave him the drug"
verb
Give or convey physically; "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose" [syn: give, apply]
verb
Bestow; "give homage"; "render thanks" [syn: give, render]
verb
Bestow, especially officially; "grant a degree"; "give a divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights" [syn: grant, give]
verb
Move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd" [syn: move over, give way, give, ease up, yield]
verb
Give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat" [syn: feed, give] [ant: famish, starve]
verb
Contribute to some cause; "I gave at the office" [syn: contribute, give, chip in, kick in]
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" [syn: collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder]
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"
verb
Execute and deliver; "Give bond"
verb
Deliver in exchange or recompense; "I'll give you three books for four CDs"
verb
Afford access to; "the door opens to the patio"; "The French doors give onto a terrace" [syn: afford, open, give]
verb
Present to view; "He gave the sign to start"
verb
Perform for an audience; "Pollini is giving another concert in New York"
verb
Be flexible under stress of physical force; "This material doesn't give" [syn: give, yield]
verb
Propose; "He gave the first of many toasts at the birthday party"
verb
Accord by verdict; "give a decision for the plaintiff"
verb
Manifest or show; "This student gives promise of real creativity"; "The office gave evidence of tampering"
verb
Offer in good faith; "He gave her his word"
verb
Submit for consideration, judgment, or use; "give one's opinion"; "give an excuse"
verb
Guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion; "You gave me to think that you agreed with me"
verb
Allow to have or take; "I give you two minutes to respond"
verb
Inflict as a punishment; "She gave the boy a good spanking"; "The judge gave me 10 years"
verb
Occur; "what gives?"
verb
Consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man; "She gave herself to many men"
verb
Proffer (a body part); "She gave her hand to her little sister"

Definition of 'Give'

From: GCIDE
  • Give \Give\ (g[i^]v), v. t. [imp. Gave (g[=a]v); p. p. Given (g[i^]v"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Giving.] [OE. given, yiven, yeven, AS. gifan, giefan; akin to D. geven, OS. ge[eth]an, OHG. geban, G. geben, 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. [1913 Webster]
  • For generous lords had rather give than pay. --Young. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • What shall a man give in exchange for his soul ? --Matt. xvi. 26. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and steel give sparks. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission. [1913 Webster]
  • It is given me once again to behold my friend. --Rowe. [1913 Webster]
  • Then give thy friend to shed the sacred wine. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. (Logic & Math.) 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 9. To allow or admit by way of supposition. [1913 Webster]
  • I give not heaven for lost. --Mlton. [1913 Webster]
  • 10. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge. [1913 Webster]
  • I don't wonder at people's giving him to me as a lover. --Sheridan. [1913 Webster]
  • 11. To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain. [1913 Webster]
  • 12. To pledge; as, to give one's word. [1913 Webster]
  • 13. To cause; to make; -- with the infinitive; as, to give one to understand, to know, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • But there the duke was given to understand That in a gondola were seen together Lorenzo and his amorous Jessica. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 14. To afford a view of; as, his window gave the park. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • To give away, to make over to another; to transfer. [1913 Webster]
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • One that gives out himself Prince Florizel. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 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). [1913 Webster]
  • 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." [1913 Webster]
  • He has . . . given up For certain drops of salt, your city Rome. --Shak. (b) To make public; to reveal. [1913 Webster]
  • 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.
  • Usage: 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Give'

From: GCIDE
  • Give \Give\, v. i.
  • 1. To give a gift or gifts. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less rigid; as, the earth gives under the feet. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To become soft or moist. [Obs.] --Bacon . [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To move; to recede. [1913 Webster]
  • Now back he gives, then rushes on amain. --Daniel. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To shed tears; to weep. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Whose eyes do never give But through lust and laughter. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To have a misgiving. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • My mind gives ye're reserved To rob poor market women. --J. Webster. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. To open; to lead. [A Gallicism] [1913 Webster]
  • This, yielding, gave into a grassy walk. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • To give back, to recede; to retire; to retreat. [1913 Webster]
  • They gave back and came no farther. --Bunyan.
  • To give in, to yield; to succumb; to acknowledge one's self beaten; to cease opposition. [1913 Webster]
  • The Scots battalion was enforced to give in. --Hayward. [1913 Webster]
  • 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
  • To give 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • Rooms which gave upon a pillared porch. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'give'

From: GCIDE
  • Gyve \Gyve\ (j[imac]v), n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. W. gefyn, Ir. geibhionn, Gael. geimheal.] A shackle; especially, one to confine the legs; a fetter. [Written also give.] [1913 Webster]
  • Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • With gyves upon his wrist. --Hood. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'give'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Give'