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give

(gĭv)v.tr.

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.

a. To deliver in exchange or recompense; pay: gave five dollars for the book.

b. To let go for a price; sell: gave the used car away for two thousand dollars.

b. To convey by a physical action: gave me a punch in the nose.

c. To inflict as punishment: was given life imprisonment for the crime.

a. To bestow, especially officially; confer: The Bill of Rights gives us freedom of speech.

b. To accord or tender to another: Give him your confidence.

c. To put temporarily at the disposal of: gave them the cottage for a week.

d. To entrust to another, usually for a specified reason: gave me the keys for safekeeping.

e. To communicate, convey, or offer for conveyance: Give him my best wishes. Give us the latest news.

a. To endure the loss of; sacrifice: gave her son to the war; gave her life for her country.

b. To devote or apply completely: gives herself to her work.

c. To furnish or contribute: gave their time to help others.

d. To offer in good faith; pledge: Give me your word.

b. To bestow (a name, for example).

c. To attribute (blame, for example) to someone; assign.

8. To emit or utter: gave a groan; gave a muted response.

9. To submit for consideration, acceptance, or use: give an opinion; give an excuse.

10.

a. To proffer to another: gave the toddler my hand.

b. To consent to engage (oneself) in sexual intercourse with another person.

11.

b. To present to view: gave the sign to begin.

12.

a. To offer as entertainment: give a dinner party.

13.

a. To be a source of; afford: His remark gave offense. Music gives her pleasure.

b. To cause to catch or be subject to (a disease or bodily condition): The draft gave me a cold.

c. To guide or direct, as by persuasion or behavior. Used with an infinitive phrase: You gave me to imagine you approved of my report.

14.

b. To bring forth or bear: trees that give fruit.

c. To produce as a result of calculation: 5 × 12 gives 60.

15.

a. To manifest or show: gives promise of brilliance; gave evidence of tampering.

b. To carry out (a physical movement): give a wink; give a start.

16. To permit one to have or take: gave us an hour to finish.

17. To take an interest to the extent of: 'My dear, I don't give a damn'(Margaret Mitchell).

v.intr.

1. To make gifts or donations: gives generously to charity.

a. To yield to physical force: The sail gave during the storm.

b. To collapse from force or pressure: The roof gave under the weight of the snow.

c. To yield to change: Both sides will have to give on some issues.

3. To afford access or a view; open: The doors give onto a terrace.

1. Capacity or inclination to yield under pressure.

2. The quality or condition of resilience; springiness: 'Fruits that have some give ... will have more juice than hard ones'(Elizabeth Schneider).

Phrasal Verbs: give away

1. To offer or provide at no cost to the recipient: The radio station gave away six tickets to the rock concert. I bought my toddler a small bed and gave her crib away.

2. To reveal or make known: I avoid movie reviews that gives away plot twists. I stopped reading the book when my friend gave the ending away.

give back

give in

2. To cease opposition; yield.

give of

To devote or contribute: She really gave of her time to help. They give of themselves to improve the quality of education.

give off

To send forth; emit: chemical changes that give off energy.

give out

1. To allow to be known; declare publicly: gave out the bad news.

2. To send forth; emit: gave out a steady buzzing.

4. To stop functioning; fail.

5. To become used up or exhausted; run out: Their determination finally gave out.

give over

2. To devote to a particular purpose or use: gave the day over to merrymaking.

3. To surrender (oneself) completely; abandon: finally gave myself over to grief.

4. To cause an activity to stop: ordered the combatants to give over.

give up

1. To surrender: The suspects gave themselves up. To devote (oneself) completely: gave herself up to her work.

2. To cease to do or perform: gave up their search. To desist from; stop: gave up smoking.

3. To part with; relinquish: gave up the apartment; gave up all hope.

4. To lose hope for: We had given the dog up as lost. To lose hope of seeing: We'd given you up an hour ago.

6. To abandon what one is doing or planning to do: gave up on writing the novel.

Idioms:

give a good account of (oneself)

Giving In The Bible

give birth to

2. To be the origin of: a hobby that gave birth to a successful business.

give ground

give it toInformal

To punish or reprimand severely: My parents really gave it to me for coming in late.

give or take

Plus or minus a small specified amount: The chalet is close to the road, give or take a few hundred yards.

give rise to

give (someone) a piece of (one's) mind

To tell someone frankly what one thinks about something, especially when angry.

give (someone) a hard time

Vivino

2. To make fun of; tease.

give (someone) the eye

2. To look at with an expression of disapproval.

give the lie to

2. To accuse of lying.

give up the ghost

give way

2. To yield the right of way: gave way to an oncoming car.

3. To relinquish ascendancy or position: as day gives way slowly to night.

4. To collapse from or as if from physical pressure: The ladder gave way.

6. To abandon oneself: give way to hysteria.

[Middle English given, from Old English giefan and Old Norse gefa; see ghabh- in Indo-European roots.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

giving

(ˈɡɪvɪŋ) adj

affectionate and generous where one's feelings are concerned

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

Noun	1.	giving - the act of giving oblation, offering - the act of contributing to the funds of a church or charity; 'oblations for aid to the poor' bestowal, conferment, conferral, bestowment - the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift accordance of rights, accordance - the act of granting rights; 'the accordance to Canada of rights of access' endowment - the act of endowing with a permanent source of income; 'his generous endowment of the laboratory came just in the nick of time' charity - an activity or gift that benefits the public at large donation, contribution - act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity almsgiving, alms-giving - making voluntary contributions to aid the poor
2.	giving - the imparting of news or promises etc.; 'he gave us the news and made a great show of the giving'; 'giving his word of honor seemed to come too easily' impartation, imparting, conveyance - the transmission of information
3.	giving - disposing of property by voluntary transfer without receiving value in return; 'the alumni followed a program of annual giving' disposition, disposal - the act or means of getting rid of something
Adj.	1.	giving - given or giving freely; 'was a big tipper'; 'the bounteous goodness of God'; 'bountiful compliments'; 'a freehanded host'; 'a handsome allowance'; 'Saturday's child is loving and giving'; 'a liberal backer of the arts'; 'a munificent gift'; 'her fond and openhanded grandfather' bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, openhanded, freehanded, handsome, liberal, big generous - willing to give and share unstintingly; 'a generous donation'

giving

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

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