give - verb

1. To make a gift of. bestow, hand out, present. See give.
2. To present as a gift to a charity or cause: bestow, contribute, donate, hand out. See give.
3. To relinquish to the possession or control of another: deliver, furnish, hand, hand over, provide, supply, transfer, turn over. See give.
4. To distribute (money) as payment: disburse, expend, lay out, outlay, pay(out), spend. Informal fork out or over or up, shell out. See save.
5. To provide as a remedy: administer, apply, dispense. See give.
6. To mete out by means of some action: administer, deal, deliver. See give.
7. To let have as a favor, prerogative, or privilege: accord, award, concede, grant, vouchsafe. See give.
8. To put in the charge of another for care, use, or performance. commend, commit, confide, consign, entrust, hand over, relegate, trust, turn over. See give.
9. To devote (oneself or one's efforts): address, apply, bend, buckle down, concentrate, dedicate, devote, direct, focus, turn. See collect. work.
10. To set aside or distribute as a share: admeasure, allocate, allot, allow, apportion, assign, lot, measure out, mete(out). See collect.
11. To produce on the stage: act(out), do, dramatize, enact, perform, present, put on, stage. See performing arts.
12. To organize and carry out (an activity): have, hold, stage. See control. planned.
13. To cause (a disease) to pass to another or others: carry, communicate, convey, pass, spread, transmit. See move.
14. To bring forth (a product): bear, produce, yield. See rich.
15. To discharge material, as vapor or fumes, usually suddenly and violently: emit, give forth, give off, give out, issue, let off, let out, release, send forth, throw off, vent. See free. move.
16. To be unable to hold up: bend. See help.
17. To fall in: buckle, cave in, collapse, crumple, go. See explosion.

give away - phrasal verb

1. To disclose in a breach of confidence: betray, blab, divulge, expose, let out, reveal, tell, uncover, unveil. Informal spill. Archaic discover. See show.

give back - phrasal verb

1. To put (someone) in the possession of a prior position or office: reinstate, replace, restore, return. See increase. keep.
2. To send, put, or carry back to a former location: restore, return, take back. See increase. keep.

give forth - phrasal verb

1. To discharge material, as vapor or fumes, usually suddenly and violently: emit, give, give off, give out, issue, let off, let out, release, send forth, throw off, vent. See free. move.

give in - phrasal verb

1. To cease opposition: concede, yield. See win.

give off - phrasal verb

1. To discharge material, as vapor or fumes, usually suddenly and violently: emit, give, give forth, give out, issue, let off, let out, release, send forth, throw off, vent. See free. move.

give out - phrasal verb

1. To discharge material, as vapor or fumes, usually suddenly and violently: emit, give, give forth, give off, issue, let off, let out, release, send forth, throw off, vent. See free. move.
2. To cease functioning properly: break down, fail. Slang conk out. See thrive.
3. To suddenly lose all health or strength: break(down), cave in, collapse, crack, drop, succumb. Informal crack up. Slang conk out. See health.
4. To lose so much strength and power as to become ineffective or motionless: burn out, run down. Slang poop out. See tired.
5. To make or become no longer active or productive: deplete, desiccate, dry up, play out, run out. See continue.
6. To prove deficient or insufficient: fail, run out. See excess.

give over - phrasal verb

1. To yield (oneself) unrestrainedly, as to a particular impulse: abandon, give up, surrender. See resist.
2. To cease consideration or treatment of: dismiss, drop, give up, skip. See keep.

give up - phrasal verb

1. To yield (oneself) unrestrainedly, as to a particular impulse: abandon, give over, surrender. See resist.
2. To cease trying to accomplish or continue: abandon, break off, desist, discontinue, leave off, quit, relinquish, remit, stop. Informal swear off. Slang lay off. See continue.
3. To desist from, cease, or discontinue (a habit, for example): break, cut out, leave off, stop. Slang kick. See continue.
4. To cease consideration or treatment of: dismiss, drop, give over, skip. See keep.
5. To lose all hope: despair, despond. See hope.

give - noun

1. The quality or state of being flexible: bounce, ductility, elasticity, flexibility, flexibleness, malleability, malleableness, plasticity, pliability, pliableness, pliancy, pliantness, resilience, resiliency, spring, springiness, suppleness. Obsolete flexure. See flexible.