Antonyms for give away

Grammar : Verb

Spell : giv

Phonetic Transcription : gɪv

Definition of give away

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 reveal
verb unselfishly transfer

Example sentences :

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

I bought the five silk girdles, which I mean to give away, for three fl.
Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore

One could no more give away Rest than he could give away Laughter.
Extract from : « Pax Vobiscum » by Henry Drummond

And I'm sure that they give away even more than they receive.
Extract from : « Monday or Tuesday » by Virginia Woolf

It is too bad to take eggs from the birds to give away in exchange.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, October 19, 1880 » by Various

But he reflected that he had no right to do this—that the secret was not his own to give away.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

Will you give away all your wealth to make your 'boy' happy?
Extract from : « Victor's Triumph » by Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

Gorman was on his guard and determined to give away no information of any kind.
Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham

And twenty-five, twenty-five to give away—that seemed quite big.
Extract from : « The Trimming of Goosie » by James Hopper

You shall get nothing from me, because I have nothing of mine to give away now.
Extract from : « End of the Tether » by Joseph Conrad

Synonyms for give away

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