Results for give
Definitions of give:
part of speech: noun
part of speech: verb
To bestow; to confer; to pay, as a price; to grant without price or reward; to part; to grow moist; to soften; to resign or yield up; to render or utter.
part of speech: past tense
Gave.
part of speech: verb transitive
To bestow: to impart: to yield: to grant: to permit: to afford: to furnish: to pay or render, as thanks: to pronounce, as a decision: to show, as a result: to apply, as one's self: to allow or admit.
part of speech: past participle
part of speech: verb intransitive
To yield to pressure: to begin to melt: to grow soft:- pr. p. giving; pa. t. gave; pa. p. given. - GIVE CHASE, to pursue: GIVE FORTH, to emit, to publish: GIVE IN, to yield: GIVE OUT, to report, to emit: GIVE OVER, to cease: GIVE PLACE, to give way, to yield: GIVE UP, to abandon.
part of speech: verb transitive
To bestow; confer without price or reward; grant; yield; as, to give up a claim; deliver; to pay; to present; to utter; as, to give a cry; to produce; to impart.
part of speech: verb intransitive
To present gifts; yield to pressure; as, the lock began to give; surrender.
Usage examples for give:
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Give this to Mr. Ryder and tell him I cannot see him.
"The Lion and the Mouse A Story of an American Life", Charles Klein -
" Then give it away.
"Black Jack", Max Brand -
And I give this- no more.
"The Dynasts An Epic-Drama Of The War With Napoleon, In Three Parts, Nineteen Acts, And One Hundred And Thirty Scenes", Thomas Hardy -
Oh, please don't give him up!
"A Girl in Ten Thousand", L. T. Meade