transitive verb gave, given giv′en, giving giv′·ing

1. to turn over the possession or control of to someone without cost or exchange; make a gift of
2. to hand or pass over into the trust or keeping of someone to give the porter a bag to carry, to give a daughter in marriage
3. to hand or pass over in exchange for something else; sell (goods, services, etc.) for a price or pay (a price) for goods, services, etc.
4. to relay; pass along to give regards to someone
5. to produce in a person or thing; cause to have; impart to give pleasure, to give someone a cold
6. to confer or assign (a title, position, name, etc.)
7. to act as host or sponsor of (a party, dance, etc.)
8. ☆ to put in communication with, as by telephone
9. to be the source, origin, or cause of; produce; supply cows give milk
10. 1. to part with for some cause; sacrifice to give one's life for a cause
    2. to devote to some occupation, pursuit, etc. to give one's life to art
11. to concede; yield to give a point in an argument
12. to offer or yield (oneself) to a man for sexual intercourse
13. to show; exhibit to give every indication of being a fool
14. to put forward for acceptance or rejection; offer; proffer to give a suggestion
15. 1. to perform to give a concert
    2. to introduce or present (a speaker, the subject of a toast, etc.)
16. to make (a gesture, movement, etc.) to give a leap
17. to perform (a physical act) to give someone a hug, kiss, etc.
18. to administer or dispense (medicine, etc.)
19. to utter, emit, or produce (words, sounds, etc.); put in words; state to give a reply
20. to inflict or impose (punishment, sentence, etc.)

Etymology: ME given (with g- < ON gefa, to give), yeven < OE giefan, akin to Ger geben < IE base *ghabh-, to grasp, take > L habere, to have: the special Gmc sense of this base results from its use as a substitute for IE *dō- (as in L dare, to give)

intransitive verb

1. to make gifts or donations; contribute
2. to bend, sink, move, break down, yield, etc. from force or pressure
3. to be springy; be resilient
4. to provide a view of, or a way of getting to, someplace; open: usually with on, upon, or onto the window gives on the park
5. Informal to occur; happen
   chiefly in the phrase what gives?
6. Slang to abandon a claim, fight, etc.; give in or give up

noun

1. a bending, moving, sinking, etc. under pressure
2. a tendency to be springy; resilience