give
give Lexical Profile
give Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To freely transfer the possession of something to someone; to hand over to.
"She decided to give her old collection of textbooks to a first-year student."
To provide or supply someone with something needed or wanted, such as information, support, or an opportunity.
"The professor agreed to give the students an extra week to complete their research papers."
To perform an action, make a physical gesture, or utter a sound.
"He paused at the doorway to give a warm smile before leaving the room."
To alter in shape under pressure rather than breaking; to yield or collapse under weight or force.
"If too many people stand on the old wooden floorboards at once, the beams might begin to give."
• noun
Capacity to bend or alter in shape under pressure; elasticity or adaptability.
"These new leather shoes have very little give in them right now, so they will need some time to break in."
• Rhymes for give
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'giefan', meaning to bestow or hand over, merged with and influenced by the hard 'g' pronunciation of Old Norse 'gefa', both tracing back to the Proto-Germanic root '*gebana'.