English Dictionary

give

/ɡɪv/

verb

To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone). / To make a present or gift of. / To pledge. / To provide (something) to (someone), to allow or afford.

Can you give me a hand with this?

意味（1）

To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).

I gave him my coat.

意味（2）

To make a present or gift of.

I'm going to give my wife a necklace for her birthday.

意味（3）

To pledge.

I gave him my word that I'd protect his children.

意味（4）

To provide (something) to (someone), to allow or afford.

I gave them permission to miss tomorrow's class.

意味（5）

To cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in.

It gives me a lot of pleasure to be here tonight.

意味（6）

To carry out (a physical interaction) with (something).

I want to give you a kiss.

意味（7）

To pass (something) into (someone's hand, etc.).

Give me your hand.

意味（8）

To cause (a disease or condition) in, or to transmit (a disease or condition) to.

My boyfriend gave me chlamydia.

意味（9）

(transitive) To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.

They're giving my favorite show!

意味（10）

(ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).

I give it ten minutes before he gives up.

意味（11）

(intransitive) To yield or collapse under pressure or force.

A soldier noticed how earth gave as he walked over the shallow trenches.

意味（12）

(intransitive) To lead (onto or into).

The master bedroom gives onto a spacious balcony.

意味（13）

(transitive, dated) To provide a view of.

His window gave the park.

意味（14）

To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.

The number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship.

意味（15）

To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.

But there the duke was given to understand / That in a gondola were seen together / Lorenzo and his amorous Jessica.

意味（16）

To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.

Can do gives me a choice, while should do gives me a complex.

意味（17）

To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.

He can be bad-tempered, I'll give you that, but he's a hard worker.

意味（18）

To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.

I don't wonder at people giving him to me for a lover.

意味（19）

To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).

The umpire finally gave his decision: the ball was out.

意味（20）

(dated or religion) To grant power, permission, destiny, etc. (especially to a person); to allot; to allow.

These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the Lᴏʀᴅ God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.

意味（21）

(reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).

The soldiers give themselves to plunder.

意味（22）

(obsolete) To become soft or moist.

Some moyst weather hath‥caused the powder to give and danke.

意味（23）

(obsolete) To shed tears; to weep.

Whose eyes do never give / But through lust and laughter.

意味（24）

(obsolete) To have a misgiving.

My mind gives ye're reserv'd / To rob poor market women.

意味（25）

(slang) To be going on, to be occurring; Only used in what gives?

意味（26）

(slang) To exceed expectations.

Your outfit is giving!