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Definition of Give

1. Noun. The elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length.

2. Verb. Cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense. "They give the people the food"; "The draft gave me a cold"

3. Verb. Be the cause or source of. "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"

4. Verb. Transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody. "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care"

5. Verb. Convey or reveal information. "Give one's name"

6. Verb. Convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow. "Pay attention"

7. Verb. Organize or be responsible for. "Give a course"

8. Verb. Convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture. "She gave me a dirty look"

9. Verb. Give as a present; make a gift of. "What will you give her for her birthday?"

10. Verb. Cause to happen or be responsible for. "His two singles gave the team the victory"

11. Verb. Dedicate. "Pay attention to"

12. Verb. Give or supply. "The estate renders some revenue for the family"

13. Verb. Transmit (knowledge or skills). "They won't give the story "; "Impart a new skill to the students"

14. Verb. Bring about. "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"

15. Verb. Leave with; give temporarily. "Can I give you the children for the weekend?"

16. Verb. Emit or utter. "Give a yelp"

17. Verb. Endure the loss of. "I gave two sons to the war"

18. Verb. Place into the hands or custody of. "They give the parcel to their parents"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"

19. Verb. Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause. "Consecrate your life to the church"

20. Verb. Give (as medicine). "I gave him the drug"

21. Verb. Give or convey physically. "I gave him a punch in the nose"

22. Verb. Bestow. "Render thanks"

23. Verb. Bestow, especially officially. "This bill grants us new rights"

24. Verb. Move in order to make room for someone for something. "These cars won't give "; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"

25. Verb. Give food to. "They give the people the food"; "Don't give the child this tough meat"

26. Verb. Contribute to some cause. "I gave at the office"

27. Verb. Break down, literally or metaphorically. "The business is going to give "; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"

28. Verb. Estimate the duration or outcome of something. "I gave him a very good chance at success"

29. Verb. Execute and deliver. "Give bond"

30. Verb. Deliver in exchange or recompense. "I'll give you three books for four CDs"

31. Verb. Afford access to. "The French doors give onto a terrace"

32. Verb. Present to view. "He gave the sign to start"

33. Verb. Perform for an audience. "Pollini is giving another concert in New York"

34. Verb. Be flexible under stress of physical force. "This material doesn't give"

35. Verb. Propose. "He gave the first of many toasts at the birthday party"

36. Verb. Accord by verdict. "Give a decision for the plaintiff"

37. Verb. Manifest or show. "The office gave evidence of tampering"

38. Verb. Offer in good faith. "He gave her his word"

39. Verb. Submit for consideration, judgment, or use. "Give an excuse"

40. Verb. Guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion. "You gave me to think that you agreed with me"

41. Verb. Allow to have or take. "I give you two minutes to respond"

42. Verb. Inflict as a punishment. "The judge gave me 10 years"

43. Verb. Occur. "What gives?"

44. Verb. Consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man. "She gave herself to many men"

45. Verb. Proffer (a body part). "She gave her hand to her little sister"

Definition of Give

1. v. t. 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.

2. v. i. To give a gift or gifts.

3. v. t. To afford a view of; as, his window gave the park.

Definition of Give

1. Verb. (transitive) To transfer one's possession or holding of. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To make a present or gift of. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To yield slightly when a force is applied. ¹

4. Verb. (ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability for something). ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) To collapse under pressure or force. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) To provide, as, a service or a broadcast. ¹

7. Verb. (intransitive) To lead (onto or into). ¹

8. Verb. To pledge. ¹

9. Verb. (transitive) To provide (something) to someone, to allow or afford. ¹

10. Verb. To cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in. ¹

11. Verb. To carry out (a physical movement). ¹

12. Verb. (transitive) To pass (something) into someone's hand or the like. ¹

13. Verb. ¹

14. Noun. The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Give

1. to transfer freely to another's possession [v GAVE, GIVEN, GIVING, GIVES] : GIVEABLE [adj]

Medical Definition of Give

1. 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. 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. To give the bag, to cheat. "I fear our ears have given us the bag." (J. Webster) To give birth to. To bear or bring forth, as a child. To originate; to give existence to, as an enterprise, idea. To give chase, to pursue. To give ear to. See Ear. To give forth, to give out; to publish; to tell. To give ground. See Ground, 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 Head, To give in. To abate; to deduct. 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 Line. To give off, to emit, as steam, vapor, odour, 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. To give out. To utter publicly; to report; to announce or declare. "One that gives out himself Prince Florizel." (Shak) "Give out you are of Epidamnum." (Shak) To send out; to emit; to distribute; as, a substance gives out steam or odors. To give over. To yield completely; to quit; to abandon. To despair of. To addict, resign, or apply (one's self). "The Babylonians had given themselves over to all manner of vice." To give place, to withdraw; to yield one's claim. To give points. In games of skill, to equalize chances by conceding a certain advantage; to allow a handicap. To give useful suggestions. To give rein. See Rein, To give the sack . Same as To give the bag. To give and take. To average gains and losses. To exchange freely, as blows, sarcasms, etc. To give time, to accord extension or forbearance to a debtor. 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. To abandon; to surrender. "Don't give up the ship." "He has . . . Given up For certain drops of salt, your city Rome." (Shak) To make public; to reveal. "I'll not state them By giving up their characters." (Beau. & Fl) (Used also reflexively) To give up the ghost. See Ghost. To give one's self up, to abandon hope; to despair; to surrender one's self. To give way. To withdraw; to give place. To yield to force or pressure; as, the scaffolding gave way. 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. Synonym: 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. Origin: OE. Given, yiven, yeven, AS. Gifan, giefan; akin to D. Geven, OS. Gan, OHG. Geban, Icel. Gefa, Sw. Gifva, Dan. Give, Goth. Giban. Cf. Gift. 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. 4. To move; to recede. "Now back he gives, then rushes on amain." (Daniel) 5. To shed tears; to weep. "Whose eyes do never give But through lust and laughter." (Shak) 6. To have a misgiving. "My mind gives ye're reserved To rob poor market women." (J. Webster) 7. To open; to lead. "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. To give on or upon. To rush; to fall upon. To have a view of; to be in sight of; to overlook; to look toward; to open upon; to front; to face. "Rooms which gave upon a pillared porch." (Tennyson) "The gloomy staircase on which the grating gave." (Dickens) To give out. To expend all one's strength. Hence: 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: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Give

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giusted giusting giusto giusts giv'n give-and-go give-and-take give-away shop give-away shops give-up the ghost

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