verb
Meaning 1
To make a gift of (something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- I didn't like that book, so I gave it away.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
give away
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verb
Meaning 2
To sell very cheaply.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, informal, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To relinquish control over.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom; often by her father.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Who giveth away this woman to this man in Holy matrimony?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To unintentionally reveal a secret or divulge undisclosed information; to betray or expose someone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: reflexive, sometimes, transitive
Examples
- He gave himself away with a stupid lie.
- He gave away his hiding place when he accidentally sneezed.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To concede an advantage in weight, time, height etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Despite giving away twenty pounds in weight, the challenger found a knock-out blow in the second round.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To concede.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 8
give away information about somebody
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: denounce, tell on, betray, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inform
Narrower terms: sell out
verb
Meaning 9
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold
- The actress won't reveal how old she is
- bring out the truth
- he broke the news to her
- unwrap the evidence in the murder case
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, let out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tell
Narrower terms: blackwash, muckrake, blow, out, come out of the closet, come out, spring, betray, bewray, confide, leak, spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out, reveal
verb
Meaning 10
make a gift of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She gave away her antique furniture
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: give, gift, present
verb
Meaning 11
formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hand over, fork over, fork out, fork up, turn in, deliver, render
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
53 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: подарявам (podarjavam) — to make a gift of something
- Dutch: weggeven — to make a gift of something
- Finnish: antaa — to make a gift of something
- Finnish: antaa pois — to make a gift of something
- Finnish: lahjoittaa — to make a gift of something
- French: offrir — to make a gift of something
- French: donner — to make a gift of something
- German: weggeben — to make a gift of something
- Irish: scaoil — to make a gift of something
- Italian: regalare — to make a gift of something
- Italian: dare via — to make a gift of something
- Lithuanian: nuduoti — to make a gift of something
- Polish: rozdawać — to make a gift of something
- Polish: rozdać — to make a gift of something
- Portuguese: dar — to make a gift of something
- Portuguese: dar de presente — to make a gift of something
- Spanish: regalar — to make a gift of something
- Ukrainian: дарува́ти (daruváty) — to make a gift of something
- Yiddish: אַוועקגעבן (avekgebn) — to make a gift of something
- Bulgarian: отдавам (otdavam) — to relinquish control over
- Finnish: luopua — to relinquish control over
- Finnish: luovuttaa — to relinquish control over
- German: überlassen — to relinquish control over
- Portuguese: abrir mão — to relinquish control over
- Ukrainian: віддава́ти (viddaváty) — to relinquish control over
- Dutch: weggeven — to formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom
- Finnish: luovuttaa — to formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom
- German: anvertrauen — to formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom
- German: übergeben — to formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom
- Irish: tionlaic chun na haltóra — to formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom
- Lithuanian: nuduoti — to formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom
- Māori: whakamoe — to formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom
- Bulgarian: разкривам (razkrivam) — to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone
- Esperanto: malkaŝi — to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone
- Finnish: paljastaa — to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone
- French: se trahir — to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone
- German: verraten — to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone
- Irish: scaoil — to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone
- Italian: tradirsi — to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone
- Persian: سوتی دادن (suti dâdan) — to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone
- Portuguese: entregar-se — to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone
- Portuguese: denunciar — to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone
- Russian: спалить (spalitʹ) — to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone
- Russian: выдать (vydatʹ) — to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone
- Scottish Gaelic: leig air — to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone
- Spanish: delatar — to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone
- Spanish: verle el plumero — to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone
- Spanish: enseñar la pata — to unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone
- Finnish: antaa tasoitusta — to concede an advantage
- Bulgarian: предавам се (predavam se) — sports: to concede
- Finnish: antaa — sports: to concede
- Finnish: luovuttaa — sports: to concede
- German: verschenken — sports: to concede