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Synonyms

[1] bestow, contribute, donate, present; also chip in, kick in, pitch in; award, confer, dole (out), endow; afford, furnish, provide; lavish, regale; aid, assist, benefit, help; administer, dispense, issue, impart, render; extend, offer, pay, proffer, tender; sacrifice

[4] cave, collapse, crumple, go, yield—more at COLLAPSE

[5] commend, commit, consign, delegate, deliver, entrust, hand over, leave, pass, transfer, transmit, trust, turn over, vest; also confer, grant; assign, deal (out), dispense, disperse, distribute, divide; release, relinquish, submit, surrender, turn in, yield; bequeath, hand down, will; advance, lend, loan; furnish, supply

Antonyms

hold, keep, retain

[6] extend, offer, proffer, tender—more at OFFER

[8] carry, mount, offer, present, stage—more at PRESENT

2give noun 1 : capacity or tendency to yield to force or strain

2 : the quality or state of being springy

give–and–take noun 1 : the practice of making mutual concessions : COMPROMISE

2 : a usu. good-natured exchange (as of remarks or ideas)

Synonyms

[1] accommodation, compromise, concession, negotiation—more at CONCESSION

[2] argument, colloquy, conference, deliberation, discourse, discussion, parley, talk—more at DISCUSSION

give·away noun 1 : an unintentional revelation or betrayal

2 : something given away free; especially : PREMIUM

give away verb 1 : to make a present of

2 : to deliver (a bride) ceremonially to the bridegroom at a wedding

3 : to reveal or make known sometimes unintentionally

Synonyms

bespeak, betray, demonstrate, display, evince, expose, manifest, reveal, show—more at SHOW

give in verb : to yield under insistence or entreaty : SUBMIT, SURRENDER

Synonyms

bow, budge, capitulate, concede, knuckle under, quit, submit, succumb, surrender, yield—more at YIELD

1given adjective 1 : having a tendency or inclination : INCLINED <~ to swearing>

2 : SPECIFIED, PARTICULAR

Synonyms

apt, inclined, prone—more at PRONE

accustomed, used, wont—more at ACCUSTOMED

2given preposition : CONSIDERING

given name noun : a name that precedes one's surname

give out verb 1 : EMIT

2 : BREAK DOWN

3 : to become exhausted : COLLAPSE

give up verb 1 : to yield control or possession of : SURRENDER

2 : to abandon (oneself) to a feeling, influence, or activity

3 : to cease doing or attempting something esp. as an admission of defeat : QUIT

Synonyms

[1] cede, deliver, hand over, leave, relinquish, render, surrender, turn over, yield—more at SURRENDER

[3] discontinue, drop, knock off, lay off, quit—more at QUIT

giz·mo also gis·mo noun, plural gizmos also gismos : an often small mechanical or electronic device with a practical use but often thought of as a novelty : GADGET

Synonyms

contraption, contrivance, gadget, gimmick, jigger—more at GADGET

giz·zard noun : the muscular usu. horny-lined enlargement of the alimentary canal of a bird used for churning and grinding up food

gla·cial adjective 1 : suggestive of ice: as

a : extremely cold

b : devoid of warmth and cordiality

2 : of or relating to glaciers

3 : being or relating to a past period of time when a large part of the earth was covered by glaciers

4 cap : PLEISTOCENE

5 : very slow

— gla·cial·ly adverb

Synonyms

[1a] arctic, bitter, cold, freezing, frigid, polar, raw, wintry—more at COLD

[1b] chill, chilly, cold, cold-blooded, cool, frigid, frosty, icy, unfriendly, unsympathetic, wintry—more at COLD

gla·ci·ate verb -at·ed; -at·ing 1 : to subject to glacial action

2 : to produce glacial effects in or on

— gla·ci·a·tion noun

gla·cier noun [ORIGIN: F, fr. MF dial. (Savoy), fr. glace ice, fr. L glacies]

: a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or spreading outward on a land surface

1glad adjective glad·der; glad·dest 1 : experiencing pleasure, joy, or delight

2 : PLEASED

3 : very willing

4 : PLEASANT, JOYFUL

5 : causing happiness and joy : CHEERFUL

— glad·ly adverb

Synonyms

[1] blissful, delighted, happy, joyful, pleased; also beaming,

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