Dictionary entry details
• GIVE UP (verb)
Meaning:
Lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
throw overboard; give up; forfeit; waive; forgo
Hypernyms (to "give up" is one way to...):
abandon (forsake, leave behind)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "give up"):
lapse (let slip)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Give up with the intent of never claiming again
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
give up; abandon
Context examples:
Abandon your life to God / She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti / We gave the drowning victim up for dead
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "give up"):
foreswear; quit; relinquish; renounce (turn away from; give up)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
throw in the towel; fall by the wayside; drop out; drop by the wayside; chuck up the sponge; throw in; give up; quit
Context example:
In the second round, the challenger gave up
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Put an end to a state or an activity
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
cease; discontinue; lay off; quit; stop; give up
Context example:
Quit teasing your little brother
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "give up"):
drop; knock off (stop pursuing or acting)
leave off (stop using)
sign off (cease broadcasting; get off the air; as of radio stations)
retire; withdraw (withdraw from active participation)
pull the plug (prevent from happening or continuing)
close off; shut off (stem the flow of)
cheese (used in the imperative (get away, or stop it))
call it a day; call it quits (stop doing what one is doing)
break (give up)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Sentence example:
They give up moving
Meaning:
Give up what is not strictly needed
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
part with; dispense with; spare; give up
Context example:
he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey
Hypernyms (to "give up" is one way to...):
give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Part with a possession or right
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
relinquish; resign; give up; release; free
Context examples:
I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest / resign a claim to the throne
Hypernyms (to "give up" is one way to...):
give; hand; pass; pass on; reach; turn over (place into the hands or custody of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "give up"):
derequisition (release from government control)
give; sacrifice (endure the loss of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Meaning:
Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
vacate; resign; renounce; give up
Context examples:
She vacated the position when she got pregnant / The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds
Hypernyms (to "give up" is one way to...):
leave office; quit; resign; step down (give up or retire from a position)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "give up"):
abdicate; renounce (give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Relinquish possession or control over
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
surrender; cede; give up; deliver
Context example:
The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in
Hypernyms (to "give up" is one way to...):
gift; give; present (give as a present; make a gift of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "give up"):
sign away; sign over (formally assign ownership of)
sell (give up for a price or reward)
yield up (surrender, as a result of pressure or force)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Meaning:
Give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
surrender; give up
Context example:
The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered
Hypernyms (to "give up" is one way to...):
yield (cease opposition; stop fighting)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "give up"):
concede (acknowledge defeat)
capitulate (surrender under agreed conditions)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Meaning:
Stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
abandon; give up
Context examples:
He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage / Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Allow the other (baseball) team to score
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
allow; give up
Context example:
give up a run
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Refrain from consuming
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
forgo; give up
Context example:
You will have to forgo alcohol
"Give up" entails doing...:
abstain; desist; refrain (choose not to consume)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "give up"):
kick (stop consuming)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
