n. 25B6; verb
he gave them £2000 : PRESENT WITH, provide with, supply with, furnish with, let someone have; hand (over), offer, proffer; award, grant, bestow, accord, confer, make over; donate, contribute, put up.
can I give him a message? : CONVEY, pass on, impart, communicate, transmit; send, deliver, relay; tell.
a baby given into their care : ENTRUST, commit, consign, assign; formal commend.
he gave his life for them : SACRIFICE, give up, relinquish; devote, dedicate.
he gave her time to think : ALLOW, permit, grant, accord; offer.
this leaflet gives our opening times : SHOW, display, set out, indicate, detail, list.
they gave no further trouble : CAUSE, make, create, occasion.
garlic gives flavour : PRODUCE, yield, afford, impart, lend.
he gave a drinks party : ORGANIZE, arrange, lay on, throw, host, hold, have, provide.
Dominic gave a bow : PERFORM, execute, make, do.
she gave a shout : UTTER, let out, emit, produce, make.
he gave Harry a beating : ADMINISTER, deliver, deal, inflict, impose.
the door gave : GIVE WAY, cave in, collapse, break, fall apart; bend, buckle.
receive, take.
25B6; noun (informal) there isn't enough give in the jacket : ELASTICITY, flexibility, stretch, stretchiness; slack, play.
25A0; give someone away BETRAY, inform on; informal split on, rat on, peach on, do the dirty on, blow the whistle on, sell down the river; Brit. informal grass on, shop; N. Amer. informal rat out, finger; Austral./NZ informal dob on; English Law turn Queen's/King's evidence.
25A0; give something away REVEAL, disclose, divulge, let slip, leak, let out.
25A0; give in CAPITULATE, concede defeat, admit defeat, give up, surrender, yield, submit, back down, give way, defer, relent, throw in the towel/sponge.
25A0; give something off/out EMIT, produce, send out, throw out; discharge, release, exude, vent.
25A0; give out RUN OUT, be used up, be consumed, be exhausted, be depleted; fail, flag; dry up.
25A0; give something out DISTRIBUTE, issue, hand out, pass round, dispense; dole out, dish out, mete out; allocate, allot, share out.
25A0; give up . See give in .
25A0; give something up STOP, cease, discontinue, desist from, abstain from, cut out, renounce, forgo; resign from, stand down from; informal quit, kick, swear off, leave off, pack in, lay off; Brit. informal jack in.