Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "give" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

get resist take take

Causes

have

Derived Terms

God doesn't give with both hands begive don't give me that don't give up the day job don't give up your day job fore-give foregive forgive forthgive gavel givable give 110% give a bad name give a bugger give a crap give a damn give a darn give a dog a bad name and hang him give a fig give a flying fuck give a flying shit give a fuck give a goddamn give a good account of oneself give a good damn give a good goddamn give a gun give a hang give a hoot give a hundred percent give a jackstraw give a knee give a light give a loose give a man a fish give a man a fish and you feed him for a day give a monkey's give a rat's arse give a rat's ass give a rats give a rip give a shit give a shite give a sneck posset give a stuff give a tin shit give a tinker's cuss give a tinker's damn give a toss give about give against give ale give an eye-tooth give an inch give and take give as good as one gets give away give away the farm give away the store give back give battle give birth give blood give brain give by give chance to give chase give credit give credit where credit is due give cry give curry give dap give dome give ear give face give forth give gray hair to give grey hair to give ground give hat give head give heed give in give into give it a break give it a rest give it large give it mouth give it one's all give it one's best shot give it socks give it some welly give it the big one give it the gun give it to someone give it up give it up for give lie to give life to give lip give me give me strength give name to give neck give notice give of oneself give off give on to give one a yell give one enough rope give one the lie in one's throat give one's all give one's best give one's daughter away give one's eye-teeth give one's head a shake give one's left nut give one's notice give one's right arm give one's word give oneself airs give or take give out give out stink give over give pause give paw give place give pursuit give rise to give some skin give somebody time give someone Hail Columbia give someone Jesse give someone Jessie give someone a bell give someone a bloody nose give someone a break give someone a buzz give someone a chance give someone a hand give someone a hard time give someone a jingle give someone a kiss give someone a lift give someone a piece of one's mind give someone a ring give someone a shout give someone a speaking to give someone an earful give someone an inch and someone will take a mile give someone ass cancer give someone beans give someone butt cancer give someone enough rope give someone enough rope and they'll hang themself give someone five give someone goss give someone gray hair give someone grey hair give someone grief give someone hell give someone his cards give someone his gruel give someone his hat give someone his head give someone his head on a plate give someone his head on a platter give someone line give someone one give someone something to think about give someone the air give someone the arm give someone the bag give someone the boot give someone the brush-off give someone the business give someone the chair give someone the cold shoulder give someone the creeps give someone the eye give someone the gears give someone the heave-ho give someone the lie in their throat give someone the mitten give someone the old heave-ho give someone the runaround give someone the shits give someone the slip give someone the time give someone the time of day give someone their cards give someone their flowers give someone time give someone to understand give someone what for give someone what-for give someone wood give something a go give something a miss give something a shot give something a try give something a whirl give something up as a bad job give stick give suck give thanks give the axe give the bird give the devil his due give the dirts give the elbow give the finger give the floor give the game away give the go-by give the lie give the lie to give the mitten to give the royal treatment give the sack give the stem give the store away give the time of day give the word give them an inch and they'll take a mile give them an inch and they'll take an ell give thought give to understand give toco give tongue give two fucks give two hoots give two shits give two squirts give two squirts of piss give up give up the ghost give vent to give voice give way give way sign give weight give what for give with one hand and take away with the other give your head a wobble give zero fucks give-and-go give-and-take give-away give-away shop givee given giveness givey it is better to give than to receive misgive not give much for someone's chances outgive overgive refer someone to the reply given in Arkell v Pressdram regive something's got to give stand up and give it to him teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime thanksgive ungive upgive what gives? would give a Jew's eye you only get what you give

Distinct From

receiving take

Etymologically Related To

yive

Context

law performing arts

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

accept accord act administer allot allow apply approximate bring down cater cerebrate change cogitate come about communicate compensate consent countenance create deal deal out direct dish out dispense distribute dole out drink elasticity emit employ estimate evince execute express fall out free furnish gauge give up go for go on grant guess hand hap happen impose indemnify inflict intercommunicate judge lead let let loose let out lot make mete out move occur offer parcel out pass pass off pass on perform permit pledge ply produce proffer provide reach recompense release relinquish render repair resign salute say shell out show snap state stretch submit supply take place tell think toast transfer turn over use utilise utilize utter visit wassail

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

afford allow bribe cede communicate consign devise distribute endow entrust help impart lavish leave lend offer part with pay return sacrifice shed spare spend tip vest yield

Type Of (IsA)

elasticity

Manner Of

accept accord administer communicate compensate distribute estimate execute express happen inflict lead make offer pass perform permit pledge show state stretch submit think toast transfer use utter

Related Terms

bestowal giver

Related Terms

act action afford allow amount and take bestow better better receiving better to broadcast carry out charitable charity charity action christmas concede contribute distribute distributing donate donation estimate generosity gesture gift gifts hand hand over handing handing gifts handing out have its its better kind kind act lead let let have like like gift misgiving move offer out over passing passing on passing out pledge possession predict present presents pressure provide receiving resilence service sharing shift slightly take taking transfer view yield

Similar Terms

abandon afford apply bequeath burst collapse commit consecrate dedicate devote establish generate give up impart leave pass on pay render return sacrifice will yield

Synonym Network

afford bend collapse contribute establish estimate feed grant hold impart move over pass render resilience sacrifice yield

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