English Explanatory Dictionary

give

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).
To make a present or gift of.
To pledge.
To provide (something) to (someone), to allow or afford.
To cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in (the specified person, or the target, audience, etc).
To give off (a certain vibe or appearance). (Compare giving.)
To carry out (a physical interaction) with (something).
To pass (something) into (someone's hand, etc.).
To cause (a disease or condition) in, or to transmit (a disease or condition) to.
To provide or administer (a medication)
To present someone to an audience.

noun

The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it; a tendency to yield under pressure; resilience.

noun

Alternative form of gyve.

Pronunciation

gĭv /ɡɪv/ en-us-give.ogg En-uk-to give.ogg

Word forms

give gives giving gave given no-table-tags glossary givest gavest giveth giv

Etymology

Middle English given, from merger of Old English giefan (“to give”) and Old Norse gefa (“to give”), from Proto-Germanic *gebaną (“to give”). Displaced yive, from Middle English yiven, of the same origin, from influence of Old Norse gefa.

Synonyms

accord add assign award bestow bequeath confer contribute deliver do donate furnish give give away grant hand hand in hand over make over minister pass present provide render supply turn in turn over give way bend cede flex move yield allow concede

Antonyms

receive take get obtain resist

Related words

bestowal giver

Derived words

begive don't give me that don't give up the day job don't give up your day job foregive fore-give forgive forthgive gavel givable give 110% give a bad name give about give a bugger give a crap give a damn give a darn give a dog a bad name and hang him give a fig give a flying fuck give a flying shit give a fuck give against give a goddamn give a good account of oneself give a good damn give a good goddamn give a gun give a hang give a hoot give a hundred percent give a jackstraw give a knee give ale give a light give a loose give a man a fish 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-and-go give and take give-and-take give an eye-tooth give an inch give a rats give a rat's arse give a rat's ass give a rip give as good as one gets give a shit give a shite give a sneck posset give a stuff give a tinker's cuss give a tinker's damn give a tin shit give a toss give-away give away

Translations

Bulgarian: подда́вам Danish: give efter Dutch: meegeven Finnish: antaa periksi German: nachgeben Greek: υποχωρώ Macedonian: попушта Norwegian Bokmål: gi etter Portuguese: ceder Russian: поддава́ться Russian: подда́ться Spanish: ceder Spanish: hundirse Spanish: dar de sí Swedish: ge efter

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