give

Definitions

1. Yield a very material without receiving in return a payment, often to like to the one who receives it.
2. Assume that one is in determinate situation.
3. The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it; a tendency to yield under pressure; resilience.
   uncountable
4. Grow well, prosper.
5. To return: gave me back my book.
6. Clash against something or strike.
7. To devote or contribute: She really gave of her time to help. They give of themselves to improve the quality of education.
8. To send forth; emit: chemical changes that give off energy.
9. To behave or perform creditably.
10. To yield to a more powerful force; retreat.
11. To punish or reprimand severely: My parents really gave it to me for coming in late.
12. Plus or minus a small specified amount: The chalet is close to the road, give or take a few hundred yards.
13. To be the cause or origin of; bring about.
14. To tell someone frankly what one thinks about something, especially when angry.
15. To cease living or functioning; die.

Equivalents

Examples

“This chair doesn't have⟳ much give⟳.”

“There is no give⟳ in his dogmatic religious beliefs.”

“The striker's job was onerous, too, because there was so little "give⟳" in the metal, and the perpetual jarring was indeed trying to the muscles.”

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