verb
1.
to provide gratuitously
gave their labor to rebuild the burned church
Synonyms: bestow, devote, donate, give away, hand out, present; compare contribute 1
Related Word: accord, award, confer, grant, hand; afford, contribute, furnish, provide; aid, assist, benefact, help
Contrasted words: keep, retain, withhold; lease, sell
2.
to provide by or as if by formal action
he was given a diploma
Synonyms: accord, award, confer, grant; compare grant 1
Related Word: bestow, hand over, present; allocate, appropriate, assign
Contrasted words: decline, refuse; hold back, withhold
3.
to put into the possession of another usually for use or consumption
gave the dog a drink of water
Synonyms: deliver, dish out, dispense, feed, find, furnish, hand, hand over, provide, supply, transfer, turn over
Related Word: administer, commit, offer; deal, disburse, disperse, distribute, divide, dole (out), lot (out); afford, lend
Contrasted words: have, hold, hold back, keep, keep back, reserve, retain, withhold
4.
Synonyms: offer 1, extend, hold out, pose, present, proffer, tender
Related Word: bestow, confer, render; administer, dispense, issue
5.
Synonyms: express 2, air, put, state, vent, ventilate
6.
Synonyms: allot , admeasure, allocate, allow, apportion, assign, lot, mete (out)
7.
to furnish as a result or product
6 + 6 gives 12
Synonyms: produce, yield
Related Word: be, equal, make; afford, furnish, offer, supply
8.
Synonyms: spend 1, disburse, expend, fork (out), lay out, outlay, pay, shell out
9.
Synonyms: sell 2, market, vend
10.
to bestow or dispense by some action
gave him a punch in the nose
Synonyms: administer, deal, deliver, inflict, strike
Related Word: bestow, dispense; fetch
11.
Synonyms: address 3, apply, bend, buckle (down), devote, direct, throw, turn
12.
to fail in response to physical stress
the bridge gave under the heavy load
Synonyms: bend, break, cave, collapse, crumple, fold up, go, yield
Related Word: fail, relax, relent, slacken, weaken
Idioms: cave in, give way
13.
Synonyms: happen 1, befall, betide, break, chance, come, come off, fall out, go, hap