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32 Definitions of: give

    1. verb, to present or deliver voluntarily (something that is one's own) to the permanent possession of another or others
    2. verb, to transfer (something that is one's own, esp money) to the possession of another as part of an exchange
    3. verb, to place in the temporary possession of another
    4. verb, to grant, provide, or bestow
    5. verb, to administer
    6. verb, to award or attribute
    7. verb, to be a source of
    8. verb, to impart or communicate
    9. verb, to utter or emit
    10. verb, to perform, make, or do
    11. verb, to sacrifice or devote
    12. verb, to surrender
    13. verb, to concede or yield
    14. verb, to happen
    15. verb, to cause; lead
    16. verb, to value (something) at
    17. verb, to perform or present as an entertainment
    18. verb, to propose as a toast
    19. verb, to yield or break under force or pressure
    20. verb, give as good as one gets to respond to verbal or bodily blows to at least an equal extent as those received
    21. verb, give battle to commence fighting
    22. verb, give birth a) to bear (offspring) b) to produce, originate, or create (an idea, plan, etc)
    23. verb, give (a person) five or some skin slang to greet or congratulate (someone) by slapping raised hands
    24. verb, give ground to draw back or retreat
    25. verb, give it up for (someone) slang to applaud (someone)
    26. verb, give (someone) one slang to have sex with someone
    27. verb, give rise to to be the cause of
    28. verb, give me I prefer
    29. verb, give or take plus or minus
    30. verb, give way. See way
    31. verb, give (a person) what for to punish or reprimand (a person) severely
    32. noun, a tendency to yield under pressure; resilience ▷ See also give away ▷ See also, give in ▷ See also, give off ▷ See also, give onto ▷ See also, give out ▷ See also, give over ▷ See also, give up
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Synonyms: perform, communicate, consign, fall, evidence, publish, contribute, do, carry out, execute And more...
Antonyms: take
 

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