Clues for the word "GIVE"
We've had 95 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 271 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on December 13, 2025.
Definition of give
- n. - To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow.
- n. - To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of what we buy.
- n. - To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and steel give sparks.
- n. - To communicate or announce, as advice, tidings, etc.; to pronounce; to render or utter, as an opinion, a judgment, a sentence, a shout, etc.
- n. - To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission.
- n. - To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to show; as, the number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship.
- n. - To devote; to apply; used reflexively, to devote or apply one's self; as, the soldiers give themselves to plunder; also in this sense used very frequently in the past participle; as, the people are given to luxury and pleasure; the youth is given to study.
- n. - To set forth as a known quantity or a known relation, or as a premise from which to reason; -- used principally in the passive form given.
- n. - To allow or admit by way of supposition.
- n. - To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
- n. - To excite or cause to exist, as a sensation; as, to give offense; to give pleasure or pain.
- n. - To pledge; as, to give one's word.
- n. - To cause; to make; -- with the infinitive; as, to give one to understand, to know, etc.
- v. i. - To give a gift or gifts.
- v. i. - To yield to force or pressure; to relax; to become less rigid; as, the earth gives under the feet.
- v. i. - To become soft or moist.
- v. i. - To move; to recede.
- v. i. - To shed tears; to weep.
- v. i. - To have a misgiving.
- v. i. - To open; to lead.
Referring Clues
- Surrender
- Turn over
- Collapse
- "Had enough?"
- Looseness
- "Hand it over!"
- Donate
- "Out with it!"
- "___ Me a Break" (title for this puzzle?)
- Room to move
- Confer upon
- Be charitable
- Buckle
- Say "Uncle!"
- Be generous
- Springiness
- Say "uncle"
- Yield some
- Concede
- Collapse under pressure
- Play the philanthropist
- Budge
- Make a present of
- Word that can precede the first word of 17-, 26-, 47-, and 62-Across
- "___ Peace a Chance"
- Telethon request
- Telethon catchword
- Show flexibility
- Receive's opposite
- Confer
- Shell out
- Hand over
- "Had enough?"
- Contribute
- Bestow
- Flexibility
- Take's partner
- Charity's plea
- Say uncle
- Chip in
- Cave in
- Bequeath
- Dispense
- Charity's urging
- Rhett's last verb
- With 37-Across, express freely, with "to"
- Word in a charity appeal
- Cave
- Be altruistic
- Opposite of tautness
- Show generosity
- Be philanthropic
- Be a benefactor
- Relinquish
- Cry 'Uncle!'
- Award
- Provide
- Fund-raising directive
- Present
- With 40-Across, tip off
- Elasticity
- With 16-Across, donate
- "___ and take"
- Charity's request
- Partner of take
- Supply
- Take's antonym
- Knuckle under
- Yield
- Charitable organization's plea
- Support a telethon
- Make a donation
- Fundraiser's plea
- Offer
- Opposite of take
- "___ Peace a Chance22
- Toss in
- Opposite of receive
- Buckle under pressure
- "___ me your tired, your poor ..."
- Pete Townshend "___ Blood"
- Contribute - elasticity
- PBS request
- Telethon host's plea
- Aid a 53-Down
- Do the charitable thing
- Telethon plea
- Don't stand up to pressure, you grant
- Bestow upon
- Award to a soldier on a day of victory
- "___ it a rest!"
- With 97-Across, words before "good reason"
- "___ Up" (The Postal Service album)
- "___ Me One Reason" (Tracy Chapman song)
- Stretchiness
Last Seen In
- New York Times - December 13, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 11, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 29, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - November 03, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - October 28, 2025
- New York Times - October 21, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 18, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 14, 2025
- New York Times - June 11, 2025
- Mirror Daily - April 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - April 01, 2025
- Your Life Choices - February 22, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - February 11, 2025
- Daily American - January 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 14, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - December 27, 2024
- USA Today - November 23, 2024
- Daily American - November 18, 2024
- LA Times - November 10, 2024
- Daily American - November 09, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 11, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 16, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 14, 2024
- Mirror Daily - July 26, 2024
- New York Times - July 14, 2024
- Mirror Daily - July 14, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - June 12, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 12, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - May 11, 2024
- And in 241 more crossword puzzles...