'To give way' definitions:
Definition of 'To give way'
From: GCIDE
- Way \Way\, n. [OE. wey, way, AS. weg; akin to OS., D., OHG., & G. weg, Icel. vegr, Sw. v[aum]g, Dan. vei, Goth. wigs, L. via, and AS. wegan to move, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. [root]136. Cf. Convex, Inveigh, Vehicle, Vex, Via, Voyage, Wag, Wagon, Wee, Weigh.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes; opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage; road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a way to the mine. "To find the way to heaven." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- I shall him seek by way and eke by street. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- The way seems difficult, and steep to scale. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The season and ways were very improper for his majesty's forces to march so great a distance. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way. [1913 Webster]
- And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A moving; passage; procession; journey. [1913 Webster]
- I prythee, now, lead the way. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of action; advance. [1913 Webster]
- If that way be your walk, you have not far. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- And let eternal justice take the way. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 5. The means by which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan. [1913 Webster]
- My best way is to creep under his gaberdine. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- By noble ways we conquest will prepare. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- What impious ways my wishes took! --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of expressing one's ideas. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of conduct; mode of dealing. "Having lost the way of nobleness." --Sir. P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
- Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. --Prov. iii. 17. [1913 Webster]
- When men lived in a grander way. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- 8. Sphere or scope of observation. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- The public ministers that fell in my way. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
- 9. Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as, to have one's way. [1913 Webster]
- 10. (Naut.) (a) Progress; as, a ship has way. (b) pl. The timbers on which a ship is launched. [1913 Webster]
- 11. pl. (Mach.) The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces, on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a table or carriage moves. [1913 Webster]
- 12. (Law) Right of way. See below. [1913 Webster]
- By the way, in passing; apropos; aside; apart from, though connected with, the main object or subject of discourse.
- By way of, for the purpose of; as being; in character of.
- Covert way. (Fort.) See Covered way, under Covered.
- In the family way. See under Family.
- In the way, so as to meet, fall in with, obstruct, hinder, etc.
- In the way with, traveling or going with; meeting or being with; in the presence of.
- Milky way. (Astron.) See Galaxy, 1.
- No way, No ways. See Noway, Noways, in the Vocabulary.
- On the way, traveling or going; hence, in process; advancing toward completion; as, on the way to this country; on the way to success.
- Out of the way. See under Out.
- Right of way (Law), a right of private passage over another's ground. It may arise either by grant or prescription. It may be attached to a house, entry, gate, well, or city lot, as well as to a country farm. --Kent.
- To be under way, or To have way (Naut.), to be in motion, as when a ship begins to move.
- To give way. See under Give.
- To go one's way, or To come one's way, to go or come; to depart or come along. --Shak.
- To go one's way to proceed in a manner favorable to one; -- of events.
- To come one's way to come into one's possession (of objects) or to become available, as an opportunity; as, good things will come your way.
- To go the way of all the earth or
- to go the way of all flesh to die.
- To make one's way, to advance in life by one's personal efforts.
- To make way. See under Make, v. t.
- Ways and means. (a) Methods; resources; facilities. (b) (Legislation) Means for raising money; resources for revenue.
- Way leave, permission to cross, or a right of way across, land; also, rent paid for such right. [Eng]
- Way of the cross (Eccl.), the course taken in visiting in rotation the stations of the cross. See Station, n., 7 (c) .
- Way of the rounds (Fort.), a space left for the passage of the rounds between a rampart and the wall of a fortified town.
- Way pane, a pane for cartage in irrigated land. See Pane, n., 4. [Prov. Eng.]
- Way passenger, a passenger taken up, or set down, at some intermediate place between the principal stations on a line of travel.
- Ways of God, his providential government, or his works.
- Way station, an intermediate station between principal stations on a line of travel, especially on a railroad.
- Way train, a train which stops at the intermediate, or way, stations; an accommodation train.
- Way warden, the surveyor of a road. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Street; highway; road.
- Usage: Way, Street, Highway, Road. Way is generic, denoting any line for passage or conveyance; a highway is literally one raised for the sake of dryness and convenience in traveling; a road is, strictly, a way for horses and carriages; a street is, etymologically, a paved way, as early made in towns and cities; and, hence, the word is distinctively applied to roads or highways in compact settlements. [1913 Webster]
- All keep the broad highway, and take delight With many rather for to go astray. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- There is but one road by which to climb up. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- When night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'To give way'
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]