What is give?

More definitions of "give":

• (verb): Guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion.
  Example: "You gave me to think that you agreed with me"

• (verb): Deliver in exchange or recompense.
  Example: "I'll give you three books for four CDs"

• (verb): Legal use: accord by verdict.
  Example: "Give a decision for the plaintiff"

• (verb): Give as a present; make a gift of.
  Example: "What will you give her for her birthday?"
  Synonyms: gift, present

• (verb): Dedicate.
  Example: "Give thought to"; "give priority to"
  Synonyms: pay, devote

• (verb): Leave with; give temporarily.
  Example: "Can I give you my keys while I go in the pool?"; "Can I give you the children for the weekend?"

• (verb): Break down, literally or metaphorically.
  Synonyms: collapse, fall in, cave in, give way, break, founder

• (verb): Allow to have or take.
  Example: "I give you two minutes to respond"

• (verb): Bring about.
  Synonyms: bring about, yield

• (verb): Execute and deliver.
  Example: "Give bond"

• (verb): Afford access to.
  Example: "The French doors give onto a terrace"
  Synonyms: afford, open

• (noun): The elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length.
  Synonyms: spring, springiness

• (verb): Manifest or show.
  Example: "This student gives promise of real creativity"; "The office gave evidence of tampering"

• (verb): Present to view.
  Example: "He gave the sign to start"

• (verb): Bestow.
  Example: "Give hommage"
  Synonyms: render

• (verb): Submit for consideration, judgment, or use.
  Example: "Give one's opinion"; "give an excuse"

• (verb): Be flexible under stress of physical force.
  Example: "This material doesn't give"
  Synonyms: yield

• (verb): Convey or reveal information.
  Example: "Give one's name"

• (verb): Offer in good faith.
  Example: "He gave her his word"

• (verb): Give or supply.
  Synonyms: render, yield, return, generate

• (verb): Convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture.
  Synonyms: throw

• (verb): Be the cause or source of.
  Synonyms: yield, afford

• (verb): Consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man.
  Example: "She gave herself to many men"

• (verb): Cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense.
  Example: "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold"

• (verb): Organize or be responsible for.
  Example: "Give a course"
  Synonyms: hold, throw, have, make

• (verb): Give or convey physically.
  Synonyms: apply

• (verb): Give (as medicine).
  Example: "I gave him the drug"

• (verb): Tell or deposit (information) knowledge.
  Example: "Give a secret to the Russians"
  Synonyms: impart, leave, pass on

• (verb): Propose.
  Example: "He gave the first of many toasts at the birthday party"

• (verb): Bring about.
  Synonyms: establish

• (verb): Occur.
  Example: "What gives?"

• (verb): Emit or utter.
  Example: "Give a gulp"; "give a yelp"

• (verb): Move in order to make room for someone for something.
  Synonyms: move over, give way, ease up, yield

• (verb): Inflict as a punishment.
  Example: "She gave the boy a good spanking"; "The judge gave me 10 years"

• (verb): Give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause.
  Example: "Give one's talents to a good cause"
  Synonyms: dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote

• (verb): Proffer (a body part).
  Example: "She gave her hand to her little sister"

• (verb): Contribute to some cause.
  Synonyms: contribute, chip in, kick in

• (verb): Perform for an audience.
  Example: "Pollini is giving another concert in New York"

• (verb): Bestow, especially officially.
  Example: "Give a divorce"
  Synonyms: grant

• (verb): Endure the loss of.
  Synonyms: sacrifice

• (verb): Transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody.
  Example: "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care"

• (verb): Give food to.
  Example: "Don't give the child this tough meat"
  Synonyms: feed

• (verb): Estimate the duration or outcome of something.
  Example: "He gave the patient three months to live"; "I gave him a very good chance at success"

• (verb): Convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow.
  Example: "Give the orders"; "Give him my best regards"
  Synonyms: pay

Famous quotes containing the word give:

“Why can’t somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says, and another list of things that everybody says and nobody thinks.”
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–1894)

“To a maiden true he’ll give his hand,
Hey lillie, ho lillie lallie,
To the king’s daughter o’ fair England,
To a prize that was won by a slain brother’s brand,
I’ the brave nights so early.”
—Unknown. Earl Brand (l. 67–71)

“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.”
—George Washington (1732–1799)