1. [n]  the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
2. [v]  proffer, as of a body part; "She gave her hand to her little sister"
3. [v]  consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man; "She gave herself to many men"
4. [v]  occur; "what gives?" (slang)
5. [v]  estimate the duration or outcome of something; "He gave the patient three months to live"; "I gave him a very good chance at success"
6. [v]  as in the expressions"give thought to"; "give priority to"
7. [v]  inflict as a punishment; "She gave the boy a good spanking"; "The judge gave me 10 years"
8. [v]  allow to have or take; "I give you two minutes to respond"
9. [v]  guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion; "You gave me to think that you agreed with me"
10. [v]  submit for consideration, judgment, or use; "give one's opinion"; "give an excuse"
11. [v]  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"; "consecrate your life to the church"
12. [v]  offer in good faith; "He gave her his word"
13. [v]  manifest or show; "This student gives promise of real creativity"; "The office gave evidence of tampering"
14. [v]  convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture; "Throw a glance"; "She gave me a dirty look"
15. [v]  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"
16. [v]  bestow; "give hommage"; "render thanks"
17. [v]  legal use: accord by verdict; "give a decision for the plaintiff"
18. [v]  propose as a toast
19. [v]  give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"
20. [v]  be flexible under stress of physical force; "This material doesn't give"
21. [v]  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"
22. [v]  bring about; "His two singles gave the team the victory"
23. [v]  bring about; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"
24. [v]  perform for an audience; "Pollini is giving another concert in New York"
25. [v]  present to view; "He gave the sign to start"
26. [v]  organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course", etc.
27. [v]  move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"
28. [v]  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"
29. [v]  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"
30. [v]  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?"
31. [v]  give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?"
32. [v]  place into the hands or custody of; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
33. [v]  convey or reveal information; "Give one's name"
34. [v]  tell or deposit (information) knowledge; "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"
35. [v]  contribute to some cause; "I gave at the office"
36. [v]  give or convey physically; "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose"
37. [v]  give, as of medicine; "I gave him the drug"
38. [v]  cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense; "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold"
39. [v]  bestow, esp. officially; "grant a degree"; "give a divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights"
40. [v]  be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
41. [v]  endure the loss of; "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war"
42. [v]  afford access to; "the door opens to the patio"; "The French doors give onto a terrace"
43. [v]  deliver in exchange or recompense; "I'll give you three books for four CDs"
44. [v]  emit or utter; "Give a gulp"; "give a yelp"
45. [v]  execute and deliver; "Give bond"

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1. \Give\ (g[i^]v), v. t. [imp. {Gave} (g[=a]v); p. p. {Given}
   (g[i^]v"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Giving}.] [OE. given, yiven,
   yeven, AS. gifan, giefan; akin to D. geven, OS. ge[eth]an,
   OHG. geban, G. geben, Icel. gefa, Sw. gifva, Dan. give, Goth.
   giban. Cf. {Gift}, n.]
   1. To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without
      compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as
      authority or permission; to yield up or allow.
            For generous lords had rather give than pay.
                                                  --Young.
   2. To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in
      exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of
      what we buy.
            What shall a man give in exchange for his soul ?
                                                  --Matt. xvi.
                                                  26.
   3. To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and
      steel give sparks.
   4. To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc.; to
      pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment,
      a sentence, a shout, etc.
   5. To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to
      license; to commission.
            It is given me once again to behold my friend.
                                                  --Rowe.
            Then give thy friend to shed the sacred wine.
                                                  --Pope.
   6. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to show;
      as, the number of men, divided by the number of ships,
      gives four hundred to each ship.
   7. To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply
      one's self; as, the soldiers give themselves to plunder;
      also in this sense used very frequently in the past
      participle; as, the people are given to luxury and
      pleasure; the youth is given to study.
   8. (Logic & Math.) To set forth as a known quantity or a
      known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; --
      used principally in the passive form given.
   9. To allow or admit by way of supposition.
            I give not heaven for lost.           --Mlton.
   10. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
             I don't wonder at people's giving him to me as a
             lover.                               --Sheridan.
   11. To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give
       offense; to give pleasure or pain.
   12. To pledge; as, to give one's word.
   13. To cause; to make; -- with the infinitive; as, to give
       one to understand, to know, etc.
             But there the duke was given to understand That in
             a gondola were seen together Lorenzo and his
             amorous Jessica.                     --Shak.
   {To give away}, to make over to another; to transfer.
            Whatsoever we employ in charitable uses during our
            lives, is given away from ourselves.  --Atterbury.
   {To give back}, to return; to restore. --Atterbury.
   {To give the bag}, to cheat. [Obs.]
            I fear our ears have given us the bag. --J. Webster.
   {To give birth to}.
       (a) To bear or bring forth, as a child.
       (b) To originate; to give existence to, as an enterprise,
           idea.
   {To give chase}, to pursue.
   {To give ear to}. See under {Ear}.
   {To give forth}, to give out; to publish; to tell. --Hayward.
   {To give ground}. See under {Ground}, n.
   {To give the hand}, to pledge friendship or faith.
   {To give the hand of}, to espouse; to bestow in marriage.
   {To give the head}. See under {Head}, n.
   {To give in}.
       (a) To abate; to deduct.
       (b) To declare; to make known; to announce; to tender;
           as, to give in one's adhesion to a party.
   {To give the lie to} (a person), to tell (him) that he lies.
   {To give line}. See under {Line}.
   {To give off}, to emit, as steam, vapor, odor, etc.
   {To give one's self away}, to make an inconsiderate surrender
      of one's cause, an unintentional disclosure of one's
      purposes, or the like. [Colloq.]
   {To give out}.
       (a) To utter publicly; to report; to announce or declare.
                 One that gives out himself Prince Florizel.
                                                  --Shak.
                 Give out you are of Epidamnum.   --Shak.
       (b) To send out; to emit; to distribute; as, a substance
           gives out steam or odors.
   {To give over}.
       (a) To yield completely; to quit; to abandon.
       (b) To despair of.
       (c) To addict, resign, or apply (one's self).
                 The Babylonians had given themselves over to
                 all manner of vice.              --Grew.
   {To give place}, to withdraw; to yield one's claim.
   {To give points}.
       (a) In games of skill, to equalize chances by conceding a
           certain advantage; to allow a handicap.
       (b) To give useful suggestions. [Colloq.]
   {To give rein}. See under {Rein}, n.
   {To give the sack}. Same as {To give the bag}.
   {To give and take}.
       (a) To average gains and losses.
       (b) To exchange freely, as blows, sarcasms, etc.
   {To give time}
       (Law), to accord extension or forbearance to a debtor.
             --Abbott.
   {To give the time of day}, to salute one with the compliment
      appropriate to the hour, as ``good morning.'' ``good
      evening'', etc.
   {To give tongue}, in hunter's phrase, to bark; -- said of
      dogs.
   {To give up}.
       (a) To abandon; to surrender. ``Don't give up the ship.''
                 He has . . . given up For certain drops of
                 salt, your city Rome.            --Shak.
       (b) To make public; to reveal.
                 I'll not state them By giving up their
                 characters.                      --Beau. & Fl.
       (c) (Used also reflexively.)
   {To give up the ghost}. See under {Ghost}.
   {To give one's self up}, to abandon hope; to despair; to
      surrender one's self.
   {To give way}.
       (a) To withdraw; to give place.
       (b) To yield to force or pressure; as, the scaffolding
           gave way.
       (c) (Naut.) To begin to row; or to row with increased
           energy.
       (d) (Stock Exchange). To depreciate or decline in value;
           as, railroad securities gave way two per cent.
   {To give way together}, to row in time; to keep stroke.
   Syn: To {Give}, {Confer}, {Grant}.
   Usage: To give is the generic word, embracing all the rest.
          To confer was originally used of persons in power, who
          gave permanent grants or privileges; as, to confer the
          order of knighthood; and hence it still denotes the
          giving of something which might have been withheld;
          as, to confer a favor. To grant is to give in answer
          to a petition or request, or to one who is in some way
          dependent or inferior.
   

2. \Give\, v. i.
   1. To give a gift or gifts.
   2. To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less
      rigid; as, the earth gives under the feet.
   3. To become soft or moist. [Obs.] --Bacon .
   4. To move; to recede.
            Now back he gives, then rushes on amain. --Daniel.
   5. To shed tears; to weep. [Obs.]
            Whose eyes do never give But through lust and
            laughter.                             --Shak.
   6. To have a misgiving. [Obs.]
            My mind gives ye're reserved To rob poor market
            women.                                --J. Webster.
   7. To open; to lead. [A Gallicism]
            This, yielding, gave into a grassy walk. --Tennyson.
   {To give back}, to recede; to retire; to retreat.
            They gave back and came no farther.   --Bunyan.
   {To give in}, to yield; to succumb; to acknowledge one's self
      beaten; to cease opposition.
            The Scots battalion was enforced to give in.
                                                  --Hayward.
            This consideration may induce a translator to give
            in to those general phrases.          --Pope.
   {To give off}, to cease; to forbear. [Obs.] --Locke.
   {To give}
   {on or upon}.
      (a) To rush; to fall upon. [Obs.]
      (b) To have a view of; to be in sight of; to overlook; to
          look toward; to open upon; to front; to face. [A
          Gallicism: cf. Fr. donner sur.]
                Rooms which gave upon a pillared porch.
                                                  --Tennyson.
                The gloomy staircase on which the grating gave.
                                                  --Dickens.
   {To give out}.
      (a) To expend all one's strength. Hence:
      (b) To cease from exertion; to fail; to be exhausted; as,
          my feet being to give out; the flour has given out.
   {To give over}, to cease; to discontinue; to desist.
            It would be well for all authors, if they knew when
            to give over, and to desist from any further
            pursuits after fame.                  --Addison.
   {To give up}, to cease from effort; to yield; to despair; as,
      he would never give up.
   

3. \Give\, v. t.
   To afford a view of; as, his window gave the park.