Dictionary entry details
• GIVE WAY (verb)
Meaning:
Move in order to make room for someone for something
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
move over; give way; ease up; yield; give
Context examples:
The park gave way to a supermarket / 'Move over,' he told the crowd
Hypernyms (to "give way" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
These cars won't give way
Meaning:
Break down, literally or metaphorically
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
fall in; collapse; cave in; give way; founder; give; break
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "give way" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "give way"):
go off; implode (burst inward)
buckle; crumple (fold or collapse)
flop (fall loosely)
break (curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves)
sink; slide down; slump (fall or sink heavily)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
End resistance, as under pressure or force
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
yield; give way
Context example:
The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram
Hypernyms (to "give way" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Stop operating or functioning
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
conk out; go bad; give way; break down; die; fail; give out; break; go
Context examples:
The engine finally went / The car died on the road / The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town / The coffee maker broke / The engine failed on the way to town / her eyesight went after the accident
Hypernyms (to "give way" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "give way"):
crash; go down (stop operating)
blow; blow out; burn out (melt, break, or become otherwise unusable)
misfire (fail to fire or detonate)
malfunction; misfunction (fail to function or function improperly)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
