gave

For the verb: "to give"

Simple Past:	gave
Past Participle:	given

Multiple Entries:
  gave    give  

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gave/ɡeɪv/

past of give.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
give/ɡɪv/

▶verb (past gave; past part. given) (usu. give something to or give someone something)

• 1 freely transfer the possession of; cause to receive or have.

  ■ communicate or impart (a message).

  ■ commit, consign, or entrust.

  ■ cause to experience or suffer: you gave me a fright.

  ■ allot (a score) to.

• 2 yield as a product or result.

  ■ (give something off/out) emit odour, vapour, etc.

• 3 carry out (an action).

  ■ produce (a sound).

  ■ provide (a party or meal) as host or hostess.

• 4 state or put forward (information or argument).

  ■ pledge or assign as a guarantee.

  ■ deliver (a judgement) authoritatively.

• 5 present (an appearance or impression): he gave no sign of life.

• 6 alter in shape under pressure rather than resist or break.

  ■ yield or give way to pressure.

  ■ N. Amer. informal concede defeat; surrender.

• 7 (of an umpire or referee) declare whether or not (a player) is out or offside.

  ■ adjudicate that (a goal) has been legitimately scored.

• 8 concede or yield (something) as valid or deserved in respect of (someone).

▶noun capacity to bend or alter in shape under pressure.

– phrases
give oneself airs act pretentiously or snobbishly.
give and take mutual concessions and compromises.
give the game (or show) away inadvertently reveal something secret.
give or take —— informal

• 1 to within a specified amount.

• 2 apart from.

give rise to cause to happen.
give someone to understand inform someone in a rather indirect way.
give someone what for informal, chiefly Brit. punish or scold someone severely.
not give a damn (or hoot etc.) informal not care at all.
what gives? informal what's the news?

– phrasal verbs
give someone away

• 1 inadvertently reveal incriminating information about someone.

• 2 hand over a bride ceremonially to her bridegroom.

give something away

• 1 reveal something secret.

• 2 (in sport) concede a goal or advantage to the opposition.

give in cease fighting or arguing.
give on to (or into) Brit. overlook or lead into.
give out be completely used up.

■ stop functioning.

give over Brit. informal stop doing something.
give up cease making an effort; admit defeat.
give someone up deliver a wanted person to authority.
give something up

• 1 part with something that one would prefer to keep.

• 2 stop doing something.

give up on stop having faith or belief in.

– derivatives
giver noun.

– origin OE giefan, gefan, of Gmc origin.