(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
He claimed that his parents had ~ed him...
The road is strewn with ~ed vehicles.
VERB: V n, V-ed
2.
If you ~ an activity or piece of work, you stop doing it before it is finished.
The authorities have ~ed any attempt to distribute food...
= give up
? continue
VERB: V n
3.
If you ~ an idea or way of thinking, you stop having that idea or thinking in that way.
Logic had prevailed and he had ~ed the idea.
= give up
VERB: V n
4.
If you say that someone does something with ~, you mean that they behave in a wild, uncontrolled way and do not think or care about how they should behave.
He has spent money with gay ~...
N-UNCOUNT: usu with N disapproval
5.
see also ~ed
6.
If people ~ ship, they get off a ship because it is sinking.
PHRASE: v inflects