n. Function: verb
1 to provide gratuitously FF1C; gave their labor to rebuild the burned church FF1E;
Synonyms: bestow, devote, donate, give away, hand out, present; compare CONTRIBUTE 1
Related Words: 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 FF1C; he was given a diploma FF1E;
Synonyms: accord, award, confer, grant; compare GRANT 1
Related Words: 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 FF1C; gave the dog a drink of water FF1E;
Synonyms: deliver, dish out, dispense, feed, find, furnish, hand, hand over, provide, supply, transfer, turn over
Related Words: 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
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Synonyms: OFFER 1, extend, hold out, pose, present, proffer, tender
Related Words: bestow, confer, render; administer, dispense, issue
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Synonyms: EXPRESS 2, air, put, state, vent, ventilate
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Synonyms: ALLOT , admeasure, allocate, allow, apportion, assign, lot, mete (out)
7 to furnish as a result or product FF1C; 6 + 6 gives 12 FF1E;
Synonyms: produce, yield
Related Words: be, equal, make; afford, furnish, offer, supply
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Synonyms: SPEND 1, disburse, expend, fork (out), lay out, outlay, pay, shell out
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Synonyms: SELL 2, market, vend
10 to bestow or dispense by some action FF1C; gave him a punch in the nose FF1E;
Synonyms: administer, deal, deliver, inflict, strike
Related Words: bestow, dispense; fetch
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Synonyms: ADDRESS 3, apply, bend, buckle (down), devote, direct, throw, turn
12 to fail in response to physical stress FF1C; the bridge gave under the heavy load FF1E;
Synonyms: bend, break, cave, collapse, crumple, fold up, go, yield
Related Words: fail, relax, relent, slacken, weaken
Idioms: cave in, give way
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Synonyms: HAPPEN 1, befall, betide, break, chance, come, come off, fall out, go, hap