gave

Meaning

simple past of give
(colloquial) past participle of give

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡeɪv/

From Middle English gaf, yaf, ȝaf, from Old English ġæf, ġeaf.

New

give

1. To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
2. To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
3. To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
4. To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
5. To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
6. (slang) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
7. To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
8. To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
9. To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
10. To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
11. To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
12. To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
13. To yield or collapse under pressure or force.
14. To lead (onto or into).
15. To provide a view of.
16. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
17. To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
18. To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.
19. To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.
20. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
21. To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).
22. To grant power, permission, destiny, etc. (especially to a person); to allot; to allow.
23. To devote or apply (oneself).
24. (obsolete) To become soft or moist.
25. (obsolete) To shed tears; to weep.
26. (obsolete) To have a misgiving.

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Sentences

An user

" You gave them everything I had !" the boy
👦

said .

An user

I gave it

to Jeeves to give it

to you .

An user

But that's what they gave me .

An user

It

gave a

peculiarly sharp cry
😢

.