Antonyms for give
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : giv |
| Phonetic Transcription : gɪv |
- advance
- be quiet
- build
- conceal
- cover
- deny
- destroy
- disagree
- disallow
- disapprove
- enlarge
- expand
- extend
- face
- fail
- fight
- finish
- forge
- grow
- hide
- hold
- hold up
- increase
- join
- keep
- lose
- meet
- neglect
- obscure
- pass
- put together
- receive
- refrain
- refuse
- reject
- repress
- retain
- rise
- ruin
- secret
- straighten
- strengthen
- stretch
- suppress
- take
- take back
- tighten
- win
- withhold
- withstand
Definition of give
Origin :- Old English giefan (W. Saxon) "to give, bestow; allot, grant; commit, devote, entrust," class V strong verb (past tense geaf, past participle giefen), from Proto-Germanic *gebanan (cf. Old Frisian jeva, Middle Dutch gheven, Dutch geven, Old High German geban, German geben, Gothic giban), from PIE *ghabh- "to take, hold, have, give" (see habit). It became yiven in Middle English, but changed to guttural "g" by influence of Old Norse gefa "to give," Old Danish givæ. Meaning "to yield to pressure" is from 1570s.
- Give in "yield" is from 1610s; give out is mid-14c., "publish, announce;" meaning "run out, break down" is from 1520s. Give up "surrender" is mid-12c. To give (someone) a cold seems to reflect the old belief that one could be cured of disease by deliberately infecting others. What gives? "what is happening?" is attested from 1940. Give-and-take (n.) is originally from horse racing (1769) and refers to races in which bigger horses were given more weight to carry, lighter ones less. General sense attested by 1778.
- verb contribute, supply, transfer
- verb communicate
- verb demonstrate, proffer
- verb yield, collapse
- verb perform action
- My very blood boiled in my veins, that such an one as he could give me pain.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Give your heart up to it, as a little child led by its mother's hand!
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- This cop that found me in a hallway, he says I must have been give a dose of Peter.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- I don't think it will, mind, but it's best to be prepared, so give me the key.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- “Master Headley will give us work, mayhap,” said Stephen, turning to Tibble.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- We'll use a part of them ourselves, and what we can't use I will give away.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- You'd better not tell him so, or he might give you a lesson in politeness.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- That's a scurvy welcome to give a nephew you haven't seen for eighteen years.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Would you mind selling it to me if I will give you money enough to buy a new one?
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- I'm going to stay to dinner with you, and you must give me something better than that.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
Synonyms for give
- accord
- address
- administer
- air
- allow
- announce
- ante up
- apply
- award
- be a source of
- bend
- bequeath
- bestow
- bow to
- break
- broadcast
- buckle down
- carry
- cause
- cave
- cede
- come across
- commit
- concede
- confer
- consign
- contract
- convey
- crumble
- crumple
- deed
- deliver
- devote
- direct
- dish out
- dispense
- display
- dispose of
- do
- dole out
- donate
- emit
- endow
- engender
- entrust
- evidence
- express
- extend
- fail
- fall
- flex
- fold
- fold up
- fork over
- furnish
- gift
- give way
- go
- grant
- hand down
- hand out
- hand over
- heap upon
- hold out
- impart
- indicate
- issue
- lavish upon
- lay upon
- lead
- lease
- lend
- let have
- make
- make over
- manifest
- minister
- notify
- occasion
- offer
- open
- parcel out
- part with
- pass down
- pass out
- permit
- pony up
- pose
- present
- produce
- pronounce
- provide
- publish
- put
- put on
- read
- recede
- relax
- relent
- relinquish
- remit
- render
- retire
- retreat
- return
- sag
- sell
- set forth
- shell out
- show
- shrink
- sink
- slacken
- state
- subsidize
- supply
- surrender
- tender
- throw
- throw in
- tip
- transfer
- transmit
- turn
- turn over
- utter
- vent
- ventilate
- vouchsafe
- weaken
- will
- yield
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