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Verb give has 44 senses

give - cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense; "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold"
Sample sentences:
They give the food to the people
They give the people the food
yield, give, afford - be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
--₂ is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
give - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care"
--₃ is one way to transfer
Antonyms: take

Derived forms: noun giver₂, noun giving₃, noun giving₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
give - convey or reveal information; "Give one's name"
--₄ is one way to state, say, tell

Derived form: noun giving₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
give, pay - convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow; "Don't pay him any mind"; "give the orders"; "Give him my best regards"; "pay attention"
--₅ is one way to communicate, intercommunicate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
hold, throw, have, make, give - organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course"
--₆ is one way to direct
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
give, throw - convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture; "Throw a glance"; "She gave me a dirty look"
--₇ is one way to communicate, intercommunicate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody something
give, gift, present - give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?"

Derived forms: noun giver₂, noun giving₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
give, bring about, yield - bring about; "His two singles gave the team the victory"
--₉ is one way to make, create
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
give, pay, devote - dedicate; "give thought to"; "give priority to"; "pay attention to"
--₁₀ is one way to think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something PP
render, yield, return, give, generate - give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"
--₁₁ is one way to produce, make, create
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
impart, leave, give, pass on - tell or deposit (information) knowledge; "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"
--₁₂ is one way to tell

Derived form: noun giving₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
establish, give - bring about; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"
--₁₃ is one way to make, create
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
give - leave with; give temporarily; "Can I give you my keys while I go in the pool?"; "Can I give you the children for the weekend?"
--₁₄ is one way to pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody something
give - emit or utter; "Give a gulp"; "give a yelp"
--₁₅ is one way to utter, emit, let out, let loose
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
sacrifice, give - endure the loss of; "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war"
--₁₆ is one way to release, relinquish, resign, free, give up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give - place into the hands or custody of; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
--₁₇ is one way to transfer
Sample sentences:
They give the parcel to their parents
They give them the parcel
give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote - give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause; "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
--₁₈ is one way to use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
give - give (as medicine); "I gave him the drug"
--₁₉ is one way to administer, dispense
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
give, apply - give or convey physically; "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose"
--₂₀ is one way to distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
give, render - bestow; "give hommage"; "render thanks"
--₂₁ is one way to communicate, intercommunicate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
grant, give - bestow, especially officially; "grant a degree"; "give a divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
move over, give way, give, ease up, yield - move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"
--₂₃ is one way to move
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
feed, give - give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"
--₂₄ is one way to provide, supply, ply, cater

Derived form: noun giving₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
=> Somebody ----s somebody something
=> Somebody ----s something to somebody
contribute, give, chip in, kick in - contribute to some cause; "I gave at the office"
--₂₅ is one way to give

Derived forms: noun giving₃, noun giving₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder - break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
--₂₆ is one way to change
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
give - estimate the duration or outcome of something; "He gave the patient three months to live"; "I gave him a very good chance at success"
--₂₇ is one way to estimate, gauge, approximate, guess, judge
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody something
give - execute and deliver; "Give bond"
--₂₈ is one way to execute
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
give - deliver in exchange or recompense; "I'll give you three books for four CDs"
--₂₉ is one way to compensate, recompense, repair, indemnify
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
afford, open, give - afford access to; "the door opens to the patio"; "The French doors give onto a terrace"
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
give - present to view; "He gave the sign to start"
--₃₁ is one way to show
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
give - perform for an audience; "Pollini is giving another concert in New York"
--₃₂ is one way to perform
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
give, yield - be flexible under stress of physical force; "This material doesn't give"
--₃₃ is one way to stretch

Derived form: noun give₁
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
give - propose; "He gave the first of many toasts at the birthday party"
--₃₄ is one way to toast, drink, pledge, salute, wassail
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
give - legal use: accord by verdict; "give a decision for the plaintiff"
--₃₅ is one way to accord, allot, grant
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
give - manifest or show; "This student gives promise of real creativity"; "The office gave evidence of tampering"
--₃₆ is one way to express, show, evince
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
give - offer in good faith; "He gave her his word"
--₃₇ is one way to pledge

Derived form: noun giving₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
give - submit for consideration, judgment, or use; "give one's opinion"; "give an excuse"
--₃₈ is one way to submit, subject
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
give - guide or direct, as by behavior of persuasion; "You gave me to think that you agreed with me"
--₃₉ is one way to lead
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
give - allow to have or take; "I give you two minutes to respond"
--₄₀ is one way to permit, allow, let, countenance
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
give - inflict as a punishment; "She gave the boy a good spanking"; "The judge gave me 10 years"
--₄₁ is one way to inflict, bring down, visit, impose
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
give - occur; "what gives?"
--₄₂ is one way to happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
give - consent to engage in sexual intercourse with a man; "She gave herself to many men"
--₄₃ is one way to accept, consent, go for
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
give - proffer (a body part); "She gave her hand to her little sister"
--₄₄ is one way to offer, proffer
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something to somebody