give away

verbreveal
verbunselfishly transfer

Synonyms for give away

verb reveal

Antonyms for give away

Word Origin & History

Old English giefan (W. Saxon) "to give, bestow; allot, grant; commit, devote, entrust," class V strong verb (past tense geaf, past participle giefen), from Proto-Germanic *gebanan (cf. Old Frisian jeva, Middle Dutch gheven, Dutch geven, Old High German geban, German geben, Gothic giban), from PIE *ghabh- "to take, hold, have, give" (see habit). It became yiven in Middle English, but changed to guttural "g" by influence of Old Norse gefa "to give," Old Danish givæ. Meaning "to yield to pressure" is from 1570s.

Give in "yield" is from 1610s; give out is mid-14c., "publish, announce;" meaning "run out, break down" is from 1520s. Give up "surrender" is mid-12c. To give (someone) a cold seems to reflect the old belief that one could be cured of disease by deliberately infecting others. What gives? "what is happening?" is attested from 1940. Give-and-take (n.) is originally from horse racing (1769) and refers to races in which bigger horses were given more weight to carry, lighter ones less. General sense attested by 1778.

Example Sentences for give away

We'll use a part of them ourselves, and what we can't use I will give away.

I bought the five silk girdles, which I mean to give away, for three fl.

One could no more give away Rest than he could give away Laughter.

And I'm sure that they give away even more than they receive.

It is too bad to take eggs from the birds to give away in exchange.

But he reflected that he had no right to do this—that the secret was not his own to give away.

Will you give away all your wealth to make your 'boy' happy?

Gorman was on his guard and determined to give away no information of any kind.

And twenty-five, twenty-five to give away—that seemed quite big.

You shall get nothing from me, because I have nothing of mine to give away now.

give away

Synonyms for give away

Antonyms for give away

bestowed

betray

betrayed

betraying

blab

give away

Synonyms for give away

Antonyms for give away

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