gives

noun

The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it; a tendency to yield under pressure; resilience.

Alternative form of gyve. [(literary) A shackle or fetter, especially for the leg.]

verb

(ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.

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.

To cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in (the specified person, or the target, audience, etc).

(slang, transitive) To give off (a certain vibe or appearance). (Compare giving.)

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

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

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

To provide or administer (a medication)

To present someone to an audience.

To propose someone for a toast, used in standard formulations for toasts.

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

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

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

(intransitive) To lead (onto or into).

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

To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.

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

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

To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.

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

(reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).

(transitive, dated) To provide a view of.

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

(obsolete) To become soft or moist.

(obsolete) To shed tears; to weep.

(obsolete) To have a misgiving.

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