v.
 (past gave; past part. given)
 
(
usu. give something to or give someone something)
        
- 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.
 - yield as a product or result. 
▸
(give something off/out)
 emit odour, vapour, etc.
 - carry out (an action). 
▸produce (a sound).
 ▸provide (a party or meal) as host or hostess.
 - state or put forward (information or argument). 
▸pledge or assign as a guarantee.
 ▸deliver (a judgement) authoritatively.
 - present (an appearance or impression):
 he gave no sign of life.
 - alter in shape under pressure rather than resist or break. 
▸yield or give way to pressure.
 ▸N. Amer. informal concede defeat; surrender.
 - (of an umpire or referee) declare whether or not (a player) is out or offside. 
▸adjudicate that (a goal) has been legitimately scored.
 - concede or yield (something) as valid or deserved in respect of (someone).
 
n.
 capacity to bend or alter in shape under pressure.
 
  Phrase
  
    - 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  - to within a specified amount.
 - 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? 
   
  Phrase verbal
  
    - give someone away
  - inadvertently reveal incriminating information about someone.
 - hand over a bride ceremonially to her bridegroom.
 
  - give something away
  - reveal something secret.
 - (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
  - part with something that one would prefer to keep.
 - stop doing something.
 
  - give up on
 stop having faith or belief in. 
   
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  OE giefan, gefan, of Gmc origin.