give on
给予,给于,给,给与
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Definitions
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gave [geyv], /geɪv/, giv·en [giv-uhn], /ˈgɪv ən/, giv·ing.
- : to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- : to hand to someone: Give me that plate, please.
- : to place in someone's care: If you give me your coat, I'll put it in the closet.
- : to grant to someone: Give me a chance.
- : to impart or communicate: to give advice; to give a cold to someone.
- : to set forth or show; present; offer: He gave no reason for his lateness.
- : to pay or transfer possession to another in exchange for something: They gave five dollars for the picture. He gave me the car for $800.
- : to furnish, provide, or proffer: to give evidence; Let me give you my umbrella before you go out in this rain.
- : to provide as an entertainment or social function: to give a New Year's Eve party.
- : to deal or administer: to give a blow to someone; to give medicine to a patient.
- : to put forth, emit, or utter; issue: to give a cry; to give a command.
- : to assign or admit as a basis of calculation or reasoning: These facts being given, the argument makes sense.
- : to produce, yield, or afford: to give good results; 9 × 8 gives 72; The hen gave six eggs a week.
- : to make, do, or perform: to give a start; to give a lurch.
- : to perform or present publicly: to give a play; to give a concert.
- : to cause; be responsible for: They gave me to understand that you would be there.
- : to care about something to the value or extent of: I don't give a hoot about his opinion.
- : to relinquish or sacrifice: to give one's life for a cause.
- : to convey or transmit: Give Aunt Betty my love.
- : to assign or allot: Give every man a full ration of biscuits. They gave him the name of “Joseph.”
- : to bestow upon, as if by providence: Give me the wide open spaces anytime.
- : to be connected with, as by a telephone operator: Give me 235-7522.
- : to present to an audience, as an entertainer, speaker, or act: Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the governor of Texas.
- : to attribute or ascribe: to give the devil his due; After long study the critic gave the unsigned work to a minor impressionist.
- : to cause or occasion: She gives me a pain in the neck.
- : to apply fully or freely: He gives his free time to golf.
- : to award by verdict or after consideration: A decision was given for the defendant.
- : to inflict as a punishment on another; punish by; impose a sentence of: The judge gave him five years.
- : to pledge, offer as a pledge, or execute and deliver: He gave her his promise. Can you give bond?
- : to propose as the subject of a toast: Ladies and gentlemen, I give you our country.
- : to bear to a man; deliver: She gave him a beautiful baby boy.
- : to sire upon a woman; father: He gave her two children in the first five years of marriage.
- : to concede or grant, as a point in an argument.
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gave [geyv], /geɪv/, giv·en [giv-uhn], /ˈgɪv ən/, giv·ing.
- : to make a gift or gifts; contribute: to give to the United Way.
- : to yield somewhat, as to influence or force; compromise: We can't negotiate until each side is willing to give on some points.
- : to yield somewhat when subjected to weight, force, pressure, etc.: A horsehair mattress doesn't give much.
- : to collapse; break down; fall apart; fail: The antique chair gave when I sat on it.
- : to be warm and open in relationships with other persons: a withdrawn person who doesn't know how to give.
- : Informal. to divulge information: Okay now, give! What happened?
- : to afford a view or passage; face, open, or lead: The window gives on the sea. This door gives onto the hallway.
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- : the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
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- : give away, to give as a present; bestow.to present to the bridegroom in a marriage ceremony.to expose or betray.to reveal: That remark gave away his real feelings.
- : give back, to return, as to its owner; restore: You haven't given back the books you borrowed from me.
- : give birth to. birth.
- : give in, to acknowledge defeat; yield.to hand in; deliver: Please give in your timecards.
- : give of, to devote or contribute generously of: to give of oneself; to give of one's abundance.
- : give off, to put forth; emit: The gardenia gives off a very strong fragrance.
- : give out, to send out; emit.to make public; announce.to distribute; issue.to become exhausted.to become used up; fail: The fuel gave out.to do or express something, especially unrestrainedly or easily: to give out with a song.
- : give over, to put into the care of; transfer: She gave over all her property to her daughter.to put an end to; stop: They will never give over their impossible dreams.to indulge in without restraint: She gave herself over to tears.to devote to a specified activity: The day was given over to relaxing in the sun.
- : give up, to abandon hope; despair.to desist from; renounce: to give up smoking.to surrender; relinquish.to devote entirely to: She gave herself up to her job and seldom saw her old friends.South Midland U.S.to consider; deem: She's given up to be the kindest woman around here.
Phrases
- give a bad name to
- give a break
- give a damn
- give a good account of oneself
- give a hand
- give a hang
- give a hard time
- give a hoot
- give a leg up
- give and take
- give an inch and they'll take a mile
- give a pain
- give a piece of one's mind
- give as good as one gets
- give a shit
- give away
- give a wide berth
- give bad marks to
- give birth to
- give chase
- give color to
- give credit
- give free rein to
- give ground
- give in
- give it one's best shot
- give it to
- give me a break
- give notice
- given to
- give off
- give of oneself
- give one
- give oneself airs
- give oneself away
- give oneself up
- give one's eyeteeth
- give or take
- give out
- give over
- give pause
- give rein to
- give rise to
- give short shrift
- give someone
- give someone a break
- give someone a ring
- give someone heart failure
- give someone hell
- give someone his or her due
- give someone his or her head
- give someone the air
- give someone the evil eye
- give someone the once-over
- give someone enough rope
- give someone fits
- give something a whirl
- give thanks for small blessings
- give the back of one's hand
- give the benefit of the doubt
- give the business
- give the creeps
- give the devil his due
- give the eye
- give the finger
- give the go-ahead
- give the lie to
- give the shirt off one's back
- give the slip
- give the time of day
- give the word
- give the works
- give to understand
- give up
- give up the ghost
- give vent to
- give voice to
- give way
- give way to
- give what for
- hard time (give someone a)
- Indian giver
- never give a sucker an even break
- not care (give) a rap
- not give someone the time of day
- what's cooking (gives)
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
But give the Kingdom credit for its sense of mercy: The lashes will be administered only 50 at a time.
With chemotherapy, her doctors give her at least an 80 percent chance of survival.
One of the other cops fired three times and those who were still able to give chase did.
Our fans have seen all our sketches, so we wanted to give them something a little deeper about each character.
Could the (thus far) timid trembling give way to a full-on, grand mal seizure?
Bacteria, when present in great numbers, give a uniform cloud which cannot be removed by ordinary filtration.
Give a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour, and make a fat offering, and then give place to the physician.
Finally, let me ask the general reader to put aside all prejudice, and give both sides a fair hearing.
If you have any thoughts of influencing me or my men to join the regular Confederate army, you may as well give up the idea.
It was he who first said, If thine enemy hunger give him food, if he thirst give him drink.