Definition of Give away

1. Verb. Make a gift of. "She gave away her antique furniture"

Generic synonyms: Gift, Give, Present

2. Verb. Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret. "They give away that there was a traffic accident "; "Unwrap the evidence in the murder case"

3. Verb. Formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father.

4. Verb. Give away information about somebody. "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
Exact synonyms: Betray, Denounce, Grass, Rat, Shit, Shop, Snitch, Stag, Tell On
Generic synonyms: Inform
Specialized synonyms: Sell Out
Derivative terms: Betrayer, Rat, Ratter, Ratting, Shit, Shit, Snitch, Snitcher

Definition of Give away

1. Verb. (transitive) To make a gift of (something). ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To relinquish control over. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom; often by her father. ¹

4. Verb. (reflexive transitive) To unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To concede an advantage in weight, time, height etc. ¹

6. Verb. (sports) to concede ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Give Away

give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime
give a monkey's
give a person line
give a rat's arse
give a ring
give a sneck posset
give about
give against
give an eye-tooth
give and take
give as good as one gets
give away
give away the store
give back
give birth
give by
give care
give chase
give cry
give curry
give ear
give forth
give heed
give him enough rope and he'll hang himself

Literary usage of Give away

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1920)
"Every person who shall accept any such order, and in pursuance thereof shall sell, barter, exchange, or give away any of the aforesaid drugs, shall preserve ..."

2. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1855)
"To Cheapside, about buying a piece of plate to give away to-morrow to Mrs. Browne's child.1 29th. (King's birth-day.) Rose early, and having made myself ..."

3. History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent by George Bancroft (1854)
"Could he have continued as lavish, in the course of his reign he would have give: away the world. ..."

4. The Analyst by Society of Public Analysts (Great Britain). (1881)
"Every person who, within the limits of this State, shall knowingly sell or give away, or knowingly cause to be sold or given away, or knowingly manufacture ..."

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