Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word give. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in give.
Definitions and meaning of give
give
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishgiven, from Old Norsegefa(“to give”), from Proto-Germanic*gebaną(“to give”). Merged with native Middle English yiven, ȝeven, from Old Englishġiefan, from the same Proto-Germanic source (compare the obsolete inherited English doublet yive).
Pronunciation
enPR: gĭv, IPA(key): /ɡɪv/
Rhymes: -ɪv
Verb
give (third-person singular simple presentgives, present participlegiving, simple pastgave, past participlegiven)
(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).
Synonyms:see Thesaurus:give
Antonyms:get, obtain, receive, take
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).
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)
(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.
Synonyms:give way, bend, cede, flex, move, yield
Antonym:resist
(intransitive) To lead (onto or into).
(transitive, dated) To provide a view of.
His window gave the park.
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.
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.
Synonyms:allow, concede, grant
He can be bad-tempered, I'll give you that, but he's a hard worker.
To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).
(dated or religion) To grant power, permission, destiny, etc. (especially to a person); to allot; to allow.
(reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).
(obsolete) To become soft or moist.
(obsolete) To shed tears; to weep.
(obsolete) To have a misgiving.
c. 1608-1634, John Webster, Appius and Virginia, page 16
My mind gives ye're reserv'd / To rob poor market women.
(slang, transitive) To give off (a certain vibe or appearance). [2021?–]
(Can we verify(+) this sense?)(slang, intransitive) To exceed expectations. [2022?–]
Conjugation
Derived terms
See alsogiven, giverandgiving
Translations
Noun
give (uncountable)
The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it; a tendency to yield under pressure; resilience.
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
give (pluralgives)
Alternative form of gyve
References
“give”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Isaac Livingstone Asamoah (2016 June 23) Digestive Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs, Partridge Africa, →ISBN: “Give onto: If a window, door, or building gives onto a particular place, it leads to that place or you can see that place from it.”
Chinese
Etymology
Probably from clipping of Englishgive a shit.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /kɪf⁵⁵/
Verb
give
(Hong Kong Cantonese, neologism, chiefly in the negative) to give a shit; to care about; to pay attention to someone
Danish
Alternative forms
gi' (representing the spoken language)
Etymology
From Old Norsegefa, from Proto-Germanic*gebaną, cognate with Englishgive and Germangeben. The Germanic verbs go back to Proto-Indo-European*gʰebʰ-(“to give”) (hence Sanskritगभस्ति(gábhasti, “arm”)); rather than *gʰeh₁bʰ-(“to grab”) (whence Latinhabeō(“to have”)).