give

To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.

I gave him my coat.

I gave my coat to the beggar.

To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.

I'm going to give my wife a necklace for her birthday.

She gave a pair of shoes to her husband for their anniversary.

To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.

I gave him my word that I'd protect his children.

To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.

I gave them permission to miss tomorrow's class.

Please give me some more time.

To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.

It gives me a lot of pleasure to be here tonight.

The fence gave me an electric shock.

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.

There is no give in his dogmatic religious beliefs.

Alternative form of gyve.