Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Noun
S: (n) give, spring, springiness (the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length)
Verb
S: (v) give (cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense) "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold"
S: (v) yield, give, afford (be the cause or source of) "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
S: (v) give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody) "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care"
S: (v) give (convey or reveal information) "Give one's name"
S: (v) give, pay (convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow) "Don't pay him any mind"; "give the orders"; "Give him my best regards"; "pay attention"
S: (v) render, yield, return, give, generate (give or supply) "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"
S: (v) impart, leave, give, pass on (transmit (knowledge or skills)) "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new skill to the students"
S: (v) establish, give (bring about) "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"
S: (v) give (leave with; give temporarily) "Can I give you my keys while I go in the pool?"; "Can I give you the children for the weekend?"
S: (v) give (emit or utter) "Give a gulp"; "give a yelp"
S: (v) sacrifice, give (endure the loss of) "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war"
S: (v) pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give (place into the hands or custody of) "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers"
S: (v) give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote (give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause) "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
S: (v) use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ (put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose) "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"
S: (v) give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote (give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause) "She committed herself to the work of God"; "give one's talents to a good cause"; "consecrate your life to the church"
S: (v) play (employ in a game or in a specific position) "They played him on first base"
S: (v) play (use or move) "I had to play my queen"
S: (v) pull out all the stops (use all resources available) "The organizers pulled out all the stops for the centennial meeting"
S: (v) put, assign (attribute or give) "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story"
S: (v) address (address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question)
S: (v) waste (use inefficiently or inappropriately) "waste heat"; "waste a joke on an unappreciative audience"
S: (v) misapply, misuse (apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly) "The words are misapplied in this context"; "You are misapplying the name of this religious group"
S: (v) avail (use to one's advantage) "He availed himself of the available resources"
S: (v) exploit, work (use or manipulate to one's advantage) "He exploit the new taxation system"; "She knows how to work the system"; "he works his parents for sympathy"
S: (v) exploit, tap (draw from; make good use of) "we must exploit the resources we are given wisely"
S: (v) strain, extend (use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity) "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; "Don't strain your mind too much"
S: (v) grant, give (bestow, especially officially) "grant a degree"; "give a divorce"; "This bill grants us new rights"
S: (v) move over, give way, give, ease up, yield (move in order to make room for someone for something) "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"
S: (v) feed, give (give food to) "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"
S: (v) collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder (break down, literally or metaphorically) "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
S: (v) give (estimate the duration or outcome of something) "He gave the patient three months to live"; "I gave him a very good chance at success"