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) have, have got, hold (have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense) "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"
W: (n) giver [Related to: give] (person who makes a gift of property)
W: (n) giving [Related to: give] (disposing of property by voluntary transfer without receiving value in return) "the alumni followed a program of annual giving"
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) interact (act together or towards others or with others) "He should interact more with his colleagues"
S: (v) act, move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)) "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"
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) give (give (as medicine)) "I gave him the drug"
S: (v) give, apply (give or convey physically) "She gave him First Aid"; "I gave him a punch in the nose"
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) perform (give a performance (of something)) "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"
S: (v) barnstorm (tour the country making political speeches, giving lectures, or presenting plays) "The presidential candidates are busy barnstorming this month"
S: (v) barnstorm (appear at county fairs and carnivals as a stunt flier and parachute jumper)
S: (v) interlude (perform an interlude) "The guitar player interluded with a beautiful improvisation"
S: (v) grandstand (perform ostentatiously in order to impress the audience and with an eye to the applause) "She never misses a chance to grandstand"
S: (v) solo (perform a piece written for a single instrument)
S: (v) play out (perform or be performed to the end) "How will the election drama be played out?"
S: (v) underperform (perform too rarely) "Her plays are underperformed, although they are very good"
S: (v) sightread, sight-read (perform music from a score without having seen the score before) "He is a brilliant pianist but he cannot sightread"
S: (v) play (perform on a certain location) "The prodigy played Carnegie Hall at the age of 16"; "She has been playing on Broadway for years"
S: (v) debut (make one's debut) "This young soprano debuts next month at the Metropolitan Opera"
S: (v) audition, try out (perform in order to get a role) "She auditioned for a role on Broadway"
S: (v) act, play, roleplay, playact (perform on a stage or theater) "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'"
S: (v) play (play on an instrument) "The band played all night long"
S: (v) conduct (lead musicians in the performance of) "Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor"; "she cannot conduct modern pieces"