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(verb)
(giving, gave, past part given) transitive verb: to hand over as a present; to deliver; to hand over in or for payment; to pass (regards etc) along; to act as host or sponsor of; to supply; to yield; (advice) to offer; (punishment, etc) to inflict; to sacrifice; to perform; (with away) to make a gift of; to give (the bride) to the bridegroom; to sell cheaply; to reveal, betray; (with in) to deliver, hand in (a document, etc); (with off) to emit (fumes, etc); (with out) to discharge; to make public, to announce; to emit; to distribute; (with over) to devote time to a specific activity; to cease (an activity); to transfer to another; to set aside for a particular purpose; (with up) to hand over; to stop, renounce; to cease; to resign (a position); to stop trying; to despair of; to surrender; to devote oneself completely (to).
intransitive verb: to bend, move, etc from force or pressure; (inf.) to be happening; (with in) to concede, admit defeat; (with out) to become used up or exhausted; to fail; (with over) (informal) to stop (an activity).
> give
(noun)
capacity or tendency to yield to force or strain; the quality or state of being springy; (with in) to submit; (with out) to become worn out; (with up) to accept defeat or failure to do something, to surrender.
> givable, giveable
(adjective)