give

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To transfer one's possession or holding of.
  2. Verb.  (transitive) To make a present or gift of.
  3. Verb.  (intransitive) To yield slightly when a force is applied.
  4. Verb.  (ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability for something).
  5. Verb.  (intransitive) To collapse under pressure or force.
  6. Verb.  (transitive) To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
  7. Verb.  (intransitive) To lead (onto or into).
  8. Verb.  To pledge.
  9. Verb.  (transitive) To provide (something) to someone, to allow or afford.
  10. Verb.  To cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in.
  11. Verb.  To carry out (a physical movement).
  12. Verb.  (transitive) To pass (something) into someone's hand or the like.
  13. Verb.  (rfdef, numerous missing senses and subsenses) .
  14. Noun.  (uncountable) The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.