Give

Definition: Give

Give

Noun

1. The elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length.

Verb

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

2. Be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information".

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

4. Convey or reveal information; "Give one's name".

5. Convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow; "Don't pay him any mind"; "give the orders"; "Give him my best regards"; "pay attention".

6. Organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception," "have, throw, or make a party", "give a course", etc.

7. Convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture; "Throw a glance"; "She gave me a dirty look".

8. Give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?".

9. Bring about; "His two singles gave the team the victory".

10. : as in the expressions "give thought to"; "give priority to", etc.

11. : give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family".

12. : tell or deposit (information) knowledge; "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here".

13. : bring about; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth".

14. : leave with; give temporarily: "Can I give you my keys while I go in the pool?" "Can I give you the children for the weekend?".

15. : emit or utter; "Give a gulp"; "give a yelp".

16. : endure the loss of; "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war".

17. : place into the hands or custody of; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers".

18. : give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause".

19. : give, as of medicine; "I gave him the drug".

20. : give or convey physically: "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose".

21. : bestow; "give hommage"; "render thanks".

22. : bestow, esp. officially; "grant a degree"; "give a divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights".

23. : move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd".

24. : give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat".

25. : contribute to some cause; "I gave at the office".

26. : break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice".

27. : estimate the duration or outcome of something; "He gave the patient three months to live"; "I gave him a very good chance at success".

28. : execute and deliver; "Give bond".

29. : deliver in exchange or recompense: "I'll give you three books for four CDs".

30. : afford access to; "the door opens to the patio"; "The French doors give onto a terrace".

31. : present to view; "He gave the sign to start".

32. : perform for an audience; "Pollini is giving another concert in New York".

33. : be flexible under stress of physical force; "This material doesn't give".

34. : propose as a toast.

35. : legal use: accord by verdict; "give a decision for the plaintiff".

36. : manifest or show; "This student gives promise of real creativity"; "The office gave evidence of tampering".

37. : offer in good faith; "He gave her his word".

38. : submit for consideration, judgment, or use; "give one's opinion"; 'give an excuse".

39. : guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion: "You gave me to think that you agreed with me".

40. : allow to have or take; "I give you two minutes to respond".

41. : inflict as a punishment; "She gave the boy a good spanking"; "The judge gave me 10 years".

42. : occur; "what gives?" (slang).

43. : consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man; "She gave herself to many men".

44. : proffer, as of a body part; "She gave her hand to her little sister".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "give" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Give \Give\ (g[i^]v), transitive verb. [imperfect Gave(g[=a]v); past participle Given(g[i^]v"'n); Giving.]. (references)

Tips from 1870

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Give

Discount

Verb: discount, bate; abate, rebate; reduce, price down, mark down take off, allow, give, make allowance; tax.

Heat

Heat. (make hot); recalesce; thaw, give.

Occasion

Verb: seize; (take) an opportunity, use; an opportunity, give; an opportunity, use an occasion; improve the occasion.

Softness

Bend, yield, relent, relax, give.

Crosswords: Give

Danish (accord, give).

Why don't I give you a spoon (American Pie 2; writing credit: Adam Herz; David H. Steinberg)

Next time I'll just have to give them a stronger dose (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

I would if it didn't give me a shock every time I come near it (Driving Miss Daisy; writing credit: Alfred Uhry)

We're willing to wipe the slate clean, give you a fresh start (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski.)

I'm going to give you the choice I never had. (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

I'll give you the time of your life (Give Me Just One Night (Una Noche); performing artist: 98 Degrees; writing credit: A. Bagge, A. Birgisson, C. Ogalde)

Don't give up (You Get What You Give; performing artist: New Radicals)

Give a little bit of your love to me (Give A Little Bit; performing artist: SUPERTRAMP)

That you give good love to me baby (You Give Good Love; performing artist: Whitney Houston)

Because I have nothing to give (Duck And Run; performing artist: 3 Doors Down)

I don't give a damn for man that can spell a word only one way. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Give a grateful man more than he asks. (references; author: Portuguese Proverb)

Give God what's right, not what's left! (references; author: unknown)

Don't give up. Moses was once a basket case! (references; author: unknown)

Give me a stout heart to bear my own burdens. (references; author: unknown)

Give me the gift of a grip top sock: a drip-drape, ship-shape, tip-top sock. (references; author: unknown)

Give Mr. Snipa's wife's knife a swipe. (references; author: unknown)

Give papa a cup of proper coffee in a copper coffee cup. (references; author: unknown)

Never Give Up (1974)

Give to Get (1971)

We Give Pink Stamps (1965)

Something's Got to Give (1962)

Give Us Barabbas (1961)

Don’t Give In to Him (performing artist: Gary Pucket and the Union Gap)

Give Me The Night (performing artist: George Benson)

Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) (performing artist: George Harrison)

Give It To You (performing artist: Jordan Knight)

I'll Give All My Love To You (performing artist: Keith Sweat)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Undoing Depression: What Therapy Doesn't Teach You and Medication Can't Give You (reference)

• Give My Secrets Back: An Alison Kaine Mystery (reference)

• How to Give Her Absolute Pleasure: Totally Explicit Techniques Every Woman Wants Her Man to Know (reference)

• Give Yourself a Raise: Common Sense Principles to Help You Think, Act and Live More Abundantly (reference)

• Learning Outside the Lines : Two Ivy League Students with Learning Disabilities and ADHD Give You the Tools for Academic Success and Educational Revolution (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Give And Take (reference)

• Give Wired (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Dragon Tales - Don't Give Up (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Don't Give Up on Me (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• NBA Give 'N Go (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Wilton Armetale® Give Us This Day Bread Tray (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A scientist is instructing a highschool student in the procedure of "southern blotting". Single strands of DNA are transferred onto a nitrocellulose filter, exposed to a radioactive labelled probe, which then sticks, or hybridizes, to a specific DNA sequence. These hybridized sequences will then give off a radioactive signal that can be visualized by exposing the filter to x-ray film, a procedure known as autoradiography. Credit: John Crawford (photographer).

From a lateral view, one is able to identify the cellular components along the length of a T. pallidum bacterium, which give this spiral bacterium (spirochete) a unique cellular morphology, and mode of motility. Credit: CDC.

Crowd waiting for oral polio vaccine in 1962. Today CDC now recommends that we give only the injectable vaccine because of the very small chance that the oral dose can lead to a polio infection. Credit: CDC.

NASA's Servicing Mission 3B for the Hubble Space Telescope will give the orbiting observatory ... Credit: NASA.

Whistler's Anacapa Island engraving from a William B. McMurtrie sketch The seagulls were added to give life to an otherwise sterile landscape. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A Great Blue Heron trying valiantly to swallow a large fish. He finally had to give up. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Weddell Seals hauled out on the ice getting ready to give birth. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

A solar-powered Surface Automated Measurement (SAM) site. These are deployed to take measurements in and around severe weather. Tower instruments give wind direction and speed; rain gauge on left. White box houses temperature, relative humidity and pressure instruments. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL).

Lobate ctenophores are translucent and give off a bioluminescent glow. Bolinopsis infundibulum. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Maintaining Atlas TOGA-TAO buoys on the equatorial El Nino array. Personnel off the NOAA Ship KA'IMIMOANA. These buoys are instrumented to measure ocean temperature at varying depths and give forewarning of El Nino or La Nina events. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

We will immediately give up the son of Llywelyn and all the hostages of Wales, and the charters delivered to us as security for the peace. (reference)

The same law of nature, that does by this means give us property, does also bound that property too. (Second Treatise of Government)

Clause 4: The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States. (reference)

If an act of the legislature, repugnant to the constitution, is void, does it, notwithstanding its invalidity, bind the courts, and oblige them to give it effect? Or, in other words, though it be not law, does it constitute a rule as operative as if it was a law? (reference)

Nothing is easier than to give Christian asceticism a Socialist tinge. (reference)

In the latter case, the Debtor Clearing Office will give the grounds for the non-admission of debt. (reference)

I am glad to come to Westminster College this afternoon, and am complimented that you should give me a degree. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Since this country was founded, each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty. (reference)

So we have come to cash this check -- a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1935)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And, seriously, Miss Fairfax is naturally so pale, as almost always to give the appearance of ill health

You must give three oughts to one or two pictures, two oughts to three or four, and one ought to eight or nine

I mean to give him the same chance every year, whether he likes it or not, for I pity him.

Thou wilt have twice as much love, henceforward, as thy mother alone could give thee

Here it is necessary that we should give an exact idea of the dwelling of the Bishop of D__.

And belt was also to give a fellow a belt

When he opens his purse to give us our reward, thy conscience flies out.

It give him the shivers to write

She often took me out of my box at my own desire, to give me air and show me the country, but always held me fast by a leading string

It is never too late to give up our prejudices

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Give food a chance. (references)

Some schools will not give children medicine. (references)

Be sure to give all of the medicine to your child. (references)

Business

As with all bureaucracies, entities and persons give up powers reluctantly. (references)

This insurance can enable a company to give terms of up to 180 days to purchasers. (references)

Both semiconductors and microprocessors give historical evidence of Chinese policy. (references)

Children

India

In addition parents often give priority in health care and nutrition to male infants. (references)

East Timor

Training and vocational initiatives do not give attention to the needs of persons with disabilities. (references)

Indonesia

It requires companies employing over 100 persons to give 1 percent of their positions to persons with disabilities. (references)

Civil Liberties

Egypt

They also give greater prominence to human rights abuses than do state-run newspapers. (references)

Papua New Guinea

Police assert that they fear violence from unruly spectators and rarely give approval. (references)

Macau

Critics charge that they do not give equal attention to liberal and prodemocracy voices. (references)

Economic History

Ireland

Irish bankruptcy laws give creditors a strong degree of protection. (references)

Norway

The agent shall give the principal an account of all amounts received. (references)

Colombia

E-commerce will give the Colombian business community a new dimension. (references)

Human Rights

Belarus

The detainees refused to give testimony to the police. (references)

Malaysia

Islamic courts do not give equal weight to the testimony of women. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

Pregnant prisoners go to hospitals to give birth and then return to prison with their babies. (references)

Indigenous People

Australia

Human rights observers claim that socioeconomic conditions give rise to the common precursors of indigenous crime, for example, unemployment, homelessness, and boredom. (references)

Minorities

Bangladesh

However, schools and universities tend to give preference to Hindus when hiring teachers and professors. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

Some non-Muslims have opposed construction of mosques, such as the new mosque in Abidjan's Plateau district, because the Islamic duty to give alms daily may attract beggars to neighborhoods containing mosques. (references)

Political Economy

India

In India, enormous social diversity and democracy give rise to many voices of dissent. (references)

Sudan

In the event of a complaint, it can give a newspaper a warning or suspend it for up to 15 days. (references)

VENEZUELA

This requires foreign artists featured in these events to give stage time to national performers. (references)

Political Rights

Swaziland

Passage of legislation by Parliament requires the King's assent to become law, which he is not obliged to give. (references)

Bangladesh

In August leaders of both of the major political parties agreed in principle to parliamentary reforms intended to give a larger role to the opposition. (references)

Cameroon

The scheduled January 2002 municipal elections were postponed in early December, ostensibly to give the Observatory time to ensure free and fair elections. (references)

Trade

Switzerland

The new law will give WEKO more power and allow sanctions as of the first offense. (references)

Sri Lanka

Under DA terms, the supplier is expected to give credit for a maximum of ninety days. (references)

Morocco

The customs authorities will not give a binding ruling on customs classification in advance. (references)

Travel

Egypt

A few foreign firms come to Egypt and give up after a short stay. (references)

Yemen

Chewing qat is not obligatory but your host will be gratified if you give it a try. (references)

Romania

It is important to take business cards to meetings and to give a card to each person present. (references)

Women

Malaysia

The Guardianship of Women's and Infants Act was amended in 1999 to give mothers equal parental rights. (references)

Iran

Women who remarry are forced to give up to the child's father custody of children from earlier marriages. (references)

Dominican Republic

Some employers reportedly give pregnancy tests to women before hiring them, as part of a required medical examination. (references)

Worker Rights

Spain

A strike in nonessential services is legal if its sponsors give 5 days' notice. (references)

Poland

The existing law does not give trade unions the freedom to exercise their right to organize all workers. (references)

Malaysia

The law contains a list of "essential services" in which unions must give advance notice of any industrial action. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "give": can you give me some small change? ♦ can you give me your light? ♦ condescend to give ♦ don't give in ♦ don't give me that! ♦ don't give up hope ♦ get smb. to give up ♦ give a baby prepared babyfoods ♦ give a bad name ♦ give a ball ♦ give a beating ♦ give a black eye ♦ give a blow ♦ give a bonus ♦ give a break ♦ give a bribe ♦ give a caption to ♦ give a cash discount ♦ give a chance ♦ give a child a cuddle ♦ give a clap ♦ give a clean bill of health ♦ give a cold shoulder to ♦ give a collect call ♦ give a color to ♦ give a command ♦ give a concert ♦ give a contract ♦ give a cough ♦ give a coup de gr_ce ♦ give a coupe de grace ♦ give a cry ♦ give a damn ♦ give a dance ♦ give a death rattle ♦ give a delicate hint ♦ give a description of smth. ♦ give a detailed account of smth. ♦ give a dinner ♦ give a discount ♦ give a dog a bad name and hang him ♦ give a dowry to ♦ give a false coloring ♦ give a fillip ♦ give a fillip to ♦ give a free range to one's fancy ♦ give a fresh impetus to ♦ give a fright ♦ give a glowing account of ♦ give a good account of oneself ♦ give a good hand/to ♦ give a good hiding ♦ give a good lesson ♦ give a great deal of trouble ♦ give a greeting ♦ give a grilling ♦ give a groan ♦ give a guarantee ♦ give a hand ♦ give a hand/to ♦ give a handle to calumny ♦ give a hearty welcome to ♦ give a hiding ♦ give a hint ♦ give a hoist ♦ give a holiday ♦ give a hoot ♦ give a horse his head ♦ give a horse the bridle ♦ give a horse the reins ♦ give a howl ♦ give a hug ♦ give a jerk ♦ give a joint interest ♦ give a jump ♦ give a kick ♦ give a kiss ♦ give a kiss to ♦ give a knee to ♦ give a laugh ♦ give a laxative to ♦ give a lecture ♦ give a lecture on ♦ give a leg up ♦ give a lesson ♦ give a lick ♦ give a lift ♦ give a loan ♦ give a look ♦ give a look at ♦ give a look full of hate ♦ give a loose to ♦ give a loose to indulgence ♦ give a loose to mirth ♦ give a loose to one's feelings ♦ give a loud laugh ♦ give a lurch ♦ give a mat finish to ♦ give a message ♦ give a message to smb. ♦ give a name. Additional references.

Beginning with "give": give-and-go, give-and-take, give-as-you-earn, give-away, give-aways, give-it-to-me-now, give-nothing-away, give-up, Give-us-a-meal, give-us-our, give-way.

Ending with "give": muftis-give.

Containing "give": come-on-fred-we-give-you-all-this-advertising-how-about-an-in-depth-profile, couldn't-give-a-stuff, don't-give-me-that, I-don't-give-a-damn.

Afrikaans

gee (accord), aangee (accord, accuse, denounce, pass, spend), begiftig (donate, endow). (various references)

Albanian

jap (accord, adjudge, administer, afford, allow, assign, award, bear, bestow, come through, concede, deliver, dish, dispense, furnish, get through, give in, hand in, impart, land, lend, pay, present, produce, provide, reach, throw, vouchsafe, yield). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كشف نفسه, ‏منح (accord, afford, allow, award, bestow, bless with, concede, confer, contribute to, donate, endow, endue, favor with, favour with, gift with, grant, granting, present, presentation), ‏وهب (bestow, donate, endow, endue, give away, yield), ‏خصص (allocate, allow, appropriate, assign, consign, designate, destine, detail, devote, earmark, particularize, spare, specify), ‏أعطي, ‏أعطى (afford, award, bear, bestow, deign, hand, mete, vouchsafe), ‏دفع (actuate, anticipate, bleed, boost, carry, crowd, dig, disburse, drive, eject, encourage, flog, galvanize, impulse, instigate, jog, jostle, motivate, nuzzle, pay, pay down, payment, plank, press, prompt, propel, propulsion, push, remit, render up, repulsion, roll, rouse, shove, spur, sweep, thrust, thrusting, waft, wheel). (various references)

Aymara

churaña (to give). (various references)

Basque

emango (will give), eman (give to). (various references)

Blackfoot

a'pihka (to give). (various references)

Breton

rofec'h (you would give), reiñ (to give). (various references)

Bulgarian 

определям (allot, allow, assign, characterize, define, design, determine, fix, govern, identify, intend, lay, mark down, modify, name, nominate, pigeonhole, pitch, prescribe, qualify, set down, settle, spot, state), доставям (accommodate, afford, furnish, get, haul, heel, provide, purvey, rustle up, supply), издавам (betray, bring out, condemn, delate, denounce, disclose, divulge, emit, enact, give away, hand down, issue, leak, loose, proclaim, produce, publish, put forth, put out, send forth, spill, stick out, throw out, utter), изнасям (carry out, deliver, export, produce, remove), плащам (come across, compensate, cough up, defray, kick in, meet, part, pay, plank down, remunerate, set up, settle up, shell out, stand sam), поддавам (sag, subside, yield), подарявам (bestow, donate, gift, give away, grant, present), показвам (demonstrate, denote, dial, disclose, display, evince, exhibit, indicate, manifest, present, proclaim, protrude, read, register, show, show around, signify, stick, tell, trot, witness), посвещавам (consecrate, dedicate, devote, initiate, inscribe, vow), предавам (carry, convey, deliver, denounce, get through, give in, give over, give up, hand in, hand over, impart, pass along, pass in, pass round, put out, render, reproduce, resign, sell down the river, sell out, send, send on, send out, submit, transfuse, turn over, yield), еластичност (bounce, contractility, deflection, deflexion, ductility, elasticity, pliability, resilience, resiliency, spring, springiness, stretch, tension), давам (accommodate, accord, adduce, administer, afford, allow, award, bring forth, commit, confer, delegate, dig up, endow, gave, give in, given, grant, hand out, hold, hold out, kick in, pass, pay, present, produce, put up, render, send, set, show), нося (bear, bring, bring forth, bring round, carry, float, pack, sweep along, take), размяна на опит, омеквам (become soft, mellow, melt, relent, soften, unbend), огъвам се (hog, yield), оказвам (administer, administrate, do, lend, put up, render, show), отдавам (attach, devote, impute, pay, refer, render, set down, spend), отчитам (read, render an account, report), отстъпвам (accede to, backpedal, backslide, backtrack, comply, concede, defer, deliver, draw back, fall back, give back, give ground, give in, give up, give way to, knuckle under, part with, release, retire, retreat, retrocede, say uncle, stand aside, stand back, step back, submit, succumb, vail), осъждам на (sentence), вдигам наздравица (pledge, wassail), гъвкавост (elasticity, facility, flexibility, plasticity, pliability, pliancy, resilience, resiliency, suppleness, versatility), раждам (be confined, bear, beget, breed, bring forth, drop, fawn, give birth, have, labor, labour, lie in wait, mother, procreate, produce, spawn, throw, whelp), завещавам (bequeath, demise, devise, leave, legate, will). (various references)

Catalan

donar (accord, to give). (various references)

Chinese 

賞 (enjoy the beauty of), 發放 (grant, provide), 給予 (accord, show), 給以 (grant), 授予 (Awarded, Awarding, Vested, Vesting). (various references)

Cornish

rý (to give). (various references)

Croatian

dati. (various references)

Czech

dát (belt, hand, impart, issue, lay, lower, put, score, set, set by, to give). (various references)

Danish

give (accord). (various references)

Dutch

schenken (donate, pour, scatter, shed), geven (accord), geef (detur), cadeau geven (donate). (various references)

Esperanto

doni. (various references)

Estonian

anda. (various references)

Faeroese

geva gávu (donate), geva (accord). (