give
IPA: gˈɪv
noun
- The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it; a tendency to yield under pressure; resilience.
- Alternative form of gyve [(literary) A shackle or fetter, especially for the leg.]
verb
- (ditransitive) 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 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)
- (transitive) To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
- (ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
- (intransitive) To yield or collapse under pressure or force.
- (intransitive) To lead (onto or into).
- (transitive, dated) To provide a view of.
- To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
- To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
- To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.
- To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.
- To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
- To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).
- (dated or religion) To grant power, permission, destiny, etc. (especially to a person); to allot; to allow.
- (reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).
- (obsolete) To become soft or moist.
- (obsolete) To shed tears; to weep.
- (obsolete) To have a misgiving.
- (slang, transitive) To give off (a certain vibe or appearance).
- (slang, intransitive) To exceed expectations.
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