1. to make a present of: we gave her flowers for her birthday.
2. to place in the hands of; pass: give me the scissors.
3. to deliver in exchange or recompense; pay: gave five dollars for the book.
4. to let go for a price; sell: gave the used car away for two thousand dollars.
5. to administer: give him some cough medicine.
6. to convey by a physical action: gave me a punch in the nose.
7. to inflict as punishment: gave the child a spanking; was given life imprisonment for the crime.
8. law to accord by verdict: A decision was given for the plaintiff.
9. to bestow, especially officially; confer: the bill of rights gives us freedom of speech.
10. to accord or tender to another: give him your confidence.
11. to put temporarily at the disposal of: gave them the cottage for a week.
12. to entrust to another, usually for a specified reason: gave me the keys for safekeeping.
13. to convey or offer for conveyance: give him my best wishes.
14. law to execute and deliver. used especially in the phrase give bond.
15. to endure the loss of; sacrifice: gave her son to the war; gave her life for her country.
16. to devote or apply completely: gives herself to her work.
17. to furnish or contribute: gave their time to help others.
18. to offer in good faith; pledge: give me your word.
19. to allot as a portion or share.
20. to bestow (a name, for example).
21. to attribute (blame, for example) to someone; assign.
22. to award as due: gave us first prize.
23. to emit or utter: gave a groan; gave a muted response.
24. to submit for consideration, acceptance, or use: give an opinion; give an excuse.
25. to proffer to another: gave the toddler my hand.
26. to consent to engage (oneself) in sexual intercourse with a man.
27. to perform for an audience: give a recital.
28. to present to view: gave the sign to begin.
29. to offer as entertainment: give a dinner party.
30. to propose as a toast.
31. to be a source of; afford: his remark gave offense. music gives her pleasure.
32. to cause to catch or be subject to (a disease or bodily condition): the draft gave me a cold.
33. to guide or direct, as by persuasion or behavior. used with an infinitive phrase: you gave me to imagine you approved of my report.
34. to yield or produce: cows give milk.
35. to bring forth or bear: trees that give fruit.
36. to produce as a result of calculation: 5 × 12 gives 60.
37. to manifest or show: gives promise of brilliance; gave evidence of tampering.
38. to carry out (a physical movement): give a wink; give a start.
39. to permit one to have or take: gave us an hour to finish.
40. to take an interest to the extent of: "my dear, I don't give a damn” ( Margaret Mitchell).
41. to make gifts or donations: gives generously to charity.
42. to yield to physical force.
43. to collapse from force or pressure: the roof gave under the weight of the snow.
44. to yield to change: both sides will have to give on some issues.
45. to afford access or a view; open: the doors give onto a terrace.
46. slang to be in progress; happen: what gives?
47. capacity or inclination to yield under pressure.
48. the quality or condition of resilience; springiness: "fruits that have some give ... will have more juice than hard ones” ( Elizabeth Schneider).
49. give away to make a gift of.
50. give away to present (a bride) to the bridegroom at a wedding ceremony.
51. give away to reveal or make known, often accidentally.
52. give away to betray.
53. give back to return: gave me back my book.
54. give in to hand in; submit: she gave in her report.
55. give in to cease opposition; yield.
56. give of to devote or contribute: she really gave of her time to help. they give of themselves to improve the quality of education.
57. give off to send forth; emit: chemical changes that give off energy.
58. give out to allow to be known; declare publicly: gave out the bad news.
59. give out to send forth; emit: gave out a steady buzzing.
60. give out to distribute: gave out the surplus food.
61. give out to stop functioning; fail.
62. give out to become used up or exhausted; run out: their determination finally gave out.
63. give over to hand over; entrust.
64. give over to devote to a particular purpose or use: gave the day over to merrymaking.
65. give over to surrender (oneself) completely; abandon: finally gave myself over to grief.
66. give over to cause an activity to stop: ordered the combatants to give over.
67. give up to surrender: the suspects gave themselves up.
68. give up to devote (oneself) completely: gave herself up to her work.
69. give up to cease to do or perform: gave up their search.
70. give up to desist from; stop: gave up smoking.
71. give up to part with; relinquish: gave up the apartment; gave up all hope.
72. give up to lose hope for: we had given the dog up as lost.
73. give up to lose hope of seeing: we'd given you up an hour ago.
74. give up to admit defeat.
75. give up to abandon what one is doing or planning to do: gave up on writing the novel.
76. give a good account of (oneself) to behave or perform creditably.
77. give birth to to bear as offspring.
78. give birth to to be the origin of: a hobby that gave birth to a successful business.
79. give ground to yield to a more powerful force; retreat.
80. give it to informal to punish or reprimand severely: my parents really gave it to me for coming in late.
81. give or take plus or minus a small specified amount: the chalet is close to the road, give or take a few hundred yards.
82. give rise to to be the cause or origin of; bring about.
83. give (someone) a hard time to make life difficult for; harass.
84. give (someone) a hard time to make fun of; tease.
85. give (someone) the eye to look at admiringly or invitingly.
86. give the lie to to show to be inaccurate or untrue.
87. give the lie to to accuse of lying.
88. give up the ghost to cease living or functioning; die.
89. give way to retreat or withdraw.
90. give way to yield the right of way: gave way to an oncoming car.
91. give way to relinquish ascendancy or position: as day gives way slowly to night.
92. give way to collapse from or as if from physical pressure: the ladder gave way.
93. give way to yield to urging or demand; give in.
94. give way to abandon oneself: give way to hysteria.

1. to transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).
2. to make a present or gift of.
3. to yield slightly when a force is applied.
4. to estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
5. to collapse under pressure or force.
6. to provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
7. to lead (onto or into).
8. to pledge.
9. to provide (something) to (someone), to allow or afford.
10. to cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in.
11. to carry out (a physical interaction) with (something).
12. to pass (something) into (someone's) hand or the like.
13. to cause (a disease or condition) in, or to transmit (a disease or condition) to.
14. the amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it.

1. to give a gift or gifts.
2. to yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less rigid.
3. to become soft or moist.
4. to move; to recede.
5. to shed tears; to weep.
6. to have a misgiving.
7. to open; to lead.
8. 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.
9. to yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in exchange for something; to pay.
10. to yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit.
11. to communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc.; to pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment, a sentence, a shout, etc.
12. to grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission.
13. to exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to show.
14. to devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply one's self; ; also in this sense used very frequently in the past participle
15. 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.
16. to allow or admit by way of supposition.
17. to attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
18. to excite or cause to exist, as a sensation
19. to pledge.
20. to cause; to make; -- with the infinitive
21. to afford a view of.

1. to deliver, convey, or transfer to another for possession, care, keeping, or use.
2. to deliver or convey in exchange or for a consideration; deliver as an equivalent or in requital, recompense, or reward; pay: as, to give a good price; to give good wages.
3. to hand over for present use or for keeping; convey or present; place in the possession or at the disposal of another: as, to give a horse oats; to give one a seat; he gave me a book to read.
4. to deliver or convey, in various general or figurative senses.
5. to supply; furnish: as, to give aid or comfort to the enemy.
6. to impart; communicate: as, to give a twist to a rope; to give motion or currency to something; to give lessons in drawing; to give instruction in greek; to give an opinion; to give counsel or advice.
7. to accord; allow: as, to give one a hearty reception; to give the accused a fair trial, or the benefit of a doubt; to give permission.
8. to ascribe, attribute, or impute to.
9. to administer: as, to give one a blow; to give medicine
10. to yield.
11. to be a source, cause, or occasion of: as, to give offense or umbrage; to give trouble
12. to yield or concede; allow: as, to give odds in a game.
13. to yield or relinquish to another; surrender: as, to give ground; to give one's self up to justice; to give way.
14. to emit; utter: as, to give a sigh or a shout; to give the word to go.
15. to take or allow as granted; concede; permit; admit
16. to grant permission or opportunity to; give leave to; allow; enable.
17. to grant as a supposition; suppose; assume: as, let ab be given as equal to cd.
18. to devote; addict: as, to give one's self to study; to be much given to idleness.
19. to provide or supply, as something demanded, or obligatory, or required by the circumstances: as, to give bonds or bail; to give evidence in court; to give chapter and verse.
20. to show or put forth, hold forth, or present.
21. to present to the eye or mind; exhibit; manifest: as, to give promise of a good day; to give hope of success; to give evidence of ability.
22. to put forth, or present the appearance of putting forth, an effort resulting in; perform: as, the ship gave a lurch.
23. [in these and similar locutions in which give is followed by a noun, it corresponds in sense to a verb derived from that noun: thus, to give assent, attention, battle, chase, occasion, warning, etc., = to assent, attend, battle, chase, occasion, warn, etc.]
24. to cause; make; enable: as, give him to understand that I cannot wait longer.
25. to put; bestow or place; set: as, to give fire to a thing. see below.
26. to misgive.
27. to bear as a cognizance.
28. to grant an interview or a hearing: said of sovereigns, judges, and other persons in authority: as, to give audience to an envoy.
29. to cause or permit to be known; let out; betray: as, to give away a secret; to give the whole thing away.
30. to allow to be lost; lose by neglect.
31. to give the word to fire.
32. to resign; abandon; relinquish; give up: as, they gave off the voyage.
33. to despair of one's recovery; conclude one's self to be lost.
34. to resign or devote one's self.
35. to emit; send out: as, it gives out a bad odor.
36. to issue; assign; announce; publish; report: as, to give out the lessons for the day; it was given out that he was bankrupt.
37. to represent; represent as being; declare or pretend to be.
38. in music, to enunciate or play over; of a voice-part in a contrapuntal work, to enunciate (a theme); of an organist, to play over (a hymn-tune) before it is sung.
39. to abandon; relinquish.
40. to abandon all hope of.
41. to devote or addict.
42. to surrender; relinquish; cede: as, to give up a for-tress to an enemy; in this treaty the spaniards gave up Louisiana.
43. to deliver; make public; show up.
44. to despair of the recovery of; abandon hope in regard to: as, the doctors gave him up.
45. to yield assent; give permission.
46. to fail; yield to force; break or fall; break down: as, the ice gave way, and the horses were drowned; the scaffolding gave way; the wheels or axletree gave way.
47. nautical, to begin or resume rowing, or to increase one's exertions: chiefly in the imperative, as an order to a boat's crew.
48.
49. to transfer or impart gratuitously something valuable; transfer that which is one's own to another without compensation; make a gift or donation.
50. to yield, as from pressure, failure, softening, decay, etc.; fall away; draw back; relax; become exhausted.
51. to open, or afford an opening, entrance, or view; lead: with into, on, or upon.
52. to become moist, as dry salted fish when the salt deliquesces in a damp place.
53. see gyve.
54. capacity for yielding to pressure; yielding character or quality; yieldingness; elasticity.

1. convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture
2. allow to have or take
3. bestow, especially officially
4. give or convey physically
5. proffer (a body part)
6. emit or utter
7. estimate the duration or outcome of something
8. execute and deliver
9. bestow
10. propose
11. move in order to make room for someone for something
12. bring about
13. contribute to some cause
14. manifest or show
15. leave with; give temporarily
16. be the cause or source of
17. deliver in exchange or recompense