What is give?

More definitions of "give":

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

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

• (verb): Place into the hands or custody of.
  Synonyms: pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• (verb): Bring about.
  Synonyms: establish

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Famous quotes containing the word give:

“If a person goes to his job with a firm determination to give of himself the best of which he is capable, that job—no matter what it is—takes on dignity and importance.”
—Hortense Odlum (1892–?)

“I am a patient man—always willing to forgive on the Christian terms of repentance; and also to give ample time for repentance.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

“What would we not give for some great poem to read now, which would be in harmony with the scenery,—for if men read aright, methinks they would never read anything but poems. No history nor philosophy can supply their place.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)