give
/ˈɡɪv/ noun C2- The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it; a tendency to yield under pressure; resilience. · This chair doesn't have much give.
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- give about to distribute or circulate something
- give away To make a gift of (something).
- give back To return, restore (a thing to its original owner or loca...
- give in To collapse or fall.
- give off To emit; to produce and send forth; to come across in som...
- give out To utter, publish; to announce, proclaim, report.
- give over To entrust (something) to another.
- give up To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).
From the library
“I give you his very words; and if the marquis chooses to be candid, he will confess that they perfectly agree with what his majesty said to him, when he went six months ago to consult him upon the subject of your espousing his daughter.”
“Captain Leclere did not, before he died, give you a letter for me?”
“I was passing close to the door of the captain’s cabin, which was half open, and I saw him give the packet and letter to Dantès.”
“He did not speak to me of it,” replied the shipowner; “but if there be any letter he will give it to me.”
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