Give Away

Definition: Give Away

Give Away

Verb

1. Give out freely.

2. Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "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".

3. Formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father.

4. Give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Give Away

Giving

Present, give away, dispense, dispose of; give out, deal out, dole out, mete out, fork out, squeeze out.

Marriage

Marry, join, handfast; couple; (unit); tie the nuptial knot; give away, give away in marriage; seal; ally, affiance; betroth; (promise); publish the banns, bid the banns; be asked in church.

Relinquishment

Verb: relinquish, give up, surrender, yield, cede; let go, let slip; spare, drop, resign, forego, renounce, abandon, expropriate, give away, dispose of, part with; lay aside, lay apart, lay down, lay on the shelf; (disuse); set aside, put aside, put away; make away with, cast behind; maroon.

Crosswords: Give Away

I can't give away my code to her. (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

It takes a man to give away an angel (Old School; writing credit: Court Crandall; Todd Phillips)

No chocolate covered candy hearts to give away (I Just Called to Say I Love You; performing artist: Stevie Wonder)

That which you cannot give away, you don't possess; it possesses you. (references; author: unknown)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Happy Thoughts: To Keep and Give Away (reference)

• How to Give Away Your Faith (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Give Away My Fear [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

It is true, that whatever engagements or promises any one has made for himself, he is under the obligation of them, but cannot, by any compact whatsoever, bind his children or posterity: for his son, when a man, being altogether as free as the father, any act of the father can no more give away the liberty of the son, than it can of any body else: he may indeed annex such conditions to the land, he enjoyed as a subject of any common-wealth, as may oblige his son to be of that community, if he will enjoy those possessions which were his father's; because that estate being his father's property, he may dispose, or settle it, as he pleases. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Political Economy

SOUTH AFRICA

This could have negative implications for multinational corporations (MNCs) because many MNC boards of directors may be unwilling to give away corporate equity solely for the purpose of doing business with the South African Government. (references)

Colombia

It is illegal for U.S. persons to buy, sell, trade, give away or otherwise engage in transactions involving persons and companies designated pursuant to the Order (who are referred to as SDNT's-Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "give away": give away in marriage ♦ give away the bride ♦ To give away. Additional references.

Albanian

tregoj (argue, bear, bespeak, betoken, bring out, connotate, connote, denote, designate, direct, display, establish, evidence, evince, exhibit, expose, express oneself, extend, finger, indicate, infer, make out, manifest, narrate, note, point out, present, proclaim, produce, profess, prove, read, recite, relate, show, show round, spiel, spin out, tell, tell tales, yield), nxjerr (belch, conclude, derive, discharge, discover, display, distil, distill, divulge, drag out, draw, educe, eject, elicit, emit, evolve, excrete, exhale, exhibit, exhume, expel, extract, extricate, extrude, feature, fish out, gain, generate, get off, get out, give off, hatch, heave, hustle, incubate, infer, issue, lay out, leak, let off, let out, liberate, lift out, make out, move out, obtrude, out, pan out, pop, puff, pull, pull out, raise, release, rip out, rout, run against, secrete, send, spit, stick, stick out, take out, tear off, turf out, turn away, uncase, unearth, utter, vomit, whiffle), i ulët (base, contemptible, dark, deep, down, gentle, humble, ignoble, infamous, low, low down, low lying, lowly, mean, modest, nasty, nefarious, petty, primary, rascally, scrubby, scurvy, shoddy, subdued, vile, villainous, vulgar), fal (amnesty, condone, excuse, forgive, give, incline, lend, pardon, pray, remit, set, switch off), dhuroj (award, bestow, donate, give, grant, present, remember). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فسح مجالا, ‏هدى (deaden, guide, inscribe, present, right path, right way, true religion), ‏وهب (bestow, donate, endow, endue, give, yield), ‏تخلص منه, ‏إستغنى (dispense with, do without, pass up), ‏أفشى السر (be indiscreet, prattle, spill, tell). (various references)

Bulgarian 

раздавам (administer, administrate, allot, apportion, deal out, dispense, distribute, give out, hand about, hand out, measure, mete out, parcel out, pass out), откъртвам се (break loose, come off), отказвам се от (abandon, abnegate, call off, decline, deny oneself, disavow, discard, disclaim, forwent, give oneself up, give up, jettison, part with, pass up, put away, remise, renounce, repudiate, retract, surrender, toss over, turn from, turn in, yield), неволно издаване, много нисък, подарък (donation, gift, pledge, present), подарявам (bestow, donate, gift, give, grant, present), издавам (betray, bring out, condemn, delate, denounce, disclose, divulge, emit, enact, give, hand down, issue, leak, loose, proclaim, produce, publish, put forth, put out, send forth, spill, stick out, throw out, utter). (various references)

Czech

vzdát se (abnegate, concede, dispense with, forsake, give in, give oneself up, give up, lay down, lie down, relinquish, renounce), rozdat (hand around, hand out, hand round, pass out), rozdìlit (allot, apportion, carve up, deal out, disjoin, dismember, dispense, dissever, distribute, divide, divide out, divide up, hand around, hand out, parcel, parcel out, part, partition, portion, separate, share, split), prozradit (betray, disclose, divulge, leak, reveal), dát pryè (remove). (various references)

Danish

overdragelse mod vederlag eller vederlagsfrit (to sell or give away free of charge), overdragelse mod eller uden vederlag (to sell or give away free of charge). (various references)

Dutch

vervreemding tegen bezwarende titel of om niet (to sell or give away free of charge). (various references)

Finnish

jakaa (deal, deliver, distribute, divide, divide split, parcel out, portion out, separate, share). (various references)

French

gaspiller, trahir, révéler, distribuer des prix. (various references)

German

weggeben (put out), verteilen (allocate, allot, deal, deal out, deploy, dish out, dispense, disperse, distribute, divide, divide out, give out, hand out, hand round, intersperse, lay out, quarter, scatter, separate, serve out, share, share out, spread, sprinkle, string out, to allot, to dispense, to distribute, to spread (out)), verschenken (donate, give, throw away, to give away), verraten (bespeak, betray, blow, let out, reveal, sell), vergeben (allocate, assign, award, forgive, forgiven, hive off, pardon, put out, remit, serve out, throw away, to place with), unterliegen (be defeated, be liable, be liable to, be subject to, succumb, underlie), hergeben (to give away), abgeben (cast, check, concede, deliver, dispense, emit, exhale, express, fire, get in, give in, give off, give up, hand in, hand over, leave, make, pass, put out, relinquish, render, resign, send out, submit, throw off, throw out, to deliver, to dispense). (various references)

Greek 

προδίδω (bespeak, betray, sell out, shop, squeal), φανερώνω (bring out, disclose, indicate, leak out). (various references)

Hebrew 

לתת חי� ם, לתת במת� �", ל�'לות סו�" (betray, confide, divulge, let on, let the cat out of the bag, spill the beans, telltale). (various references)

Hungarian

elajándékoz (to sign away), elad (dispose of, negotiate, prostitute, sale, sell, to merchandise, to negotiate, to turn into money, to vend, vend), ajándékba ad, árulás (betrayal, delation, foul play, perfidy, policy of scuttle, treachery, treason). (various references)

Indonesian

membagikan (allot, dispense, distribute, share). (various references)

Italian

sprofondare (collapse, subside), regalare (donate, give, present, remember, to present, treat), omaggio (compliments, free sample, gift, homage, hommage, obeisance, regards, respects, tribute). (various references)

Manx

cur ersooyl (discharge, dismiss, put away, send away). (various references)

Pig Latin

ivegay awayay.(various references)

Portuguese

extraditar (extradite), doar (donate, endow, give), dar de presente. (various references)

Romanian

trãda (bespeak, betray, deceive, disclose, evince, Mark, rat, reveal, witness), face cunoscut (advertise, air, blaze abroad, break, disclose, inform, signify), distribui roluri (cast), da gratis, da (accord, administer, afford, avail, beat, bestow, bind, deal, deliver, deliver up, extend, fetch, find, gift, give, grant, hallo, hand, inflict, launch, lend, offer, pass, pay, push, reach, render, restore, return, sell, send, set, sound, sprout, yea, yes, yield). (various references)

Russian 

отдавать (give, kick, render). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

otkrivanje tajne, napustiti (abandon, cast off, desert, desolate, drop, drop out, fall away, forsake, jilt, leave, quit, run out, take leave of, throw over, vacate, walk out), izdati (betray, bring out, hand out, issue, lay out, let, pass off, publish, sell out), dati (administrate, contribute, give, let off, promise, vest). (various references)

Spanish

traicionar (betray, double cross, play false, sell down the river, sell out, squeal, traitorize), revelar el secreto (let, let on, say the secret), revelar (bring to light, come to light, develop, disclose, divulge, expose, give out, let out, manifest, process, publish, reveal, show, show up), regalar (dispose of, give, give a present, present, regale, throw), obsequiar (handsel, Hansel), mal vender, donar (donate, gift, give, grant), deshacerse de (dispense with, dump, freeze out, get rid of, lose, part with), descubrir (break through, come on, come upon, detect, discover, expose, find out, learn, penetrate, pick out, search out, spy, think out, uncover, unlock), dar en matrimonio (give in marriage), conducir al altar. (various references)

Swedish

ge bort, skänka bort, skänka (accord, afford, bestow, confer, donate, gift, give, impart, lend), reklampresent, dela ut (deal out, deliver, dish out, hand out, issue, parcel, parcel out), avslöjande (betrayal, disclosure, expose, revealing, revelation, unveiling). (various references)

Thai

ให้ฟรี, แส�"งให้เห็นว่ามาจาก, เผยความลับ (babble out, blab out), เผย, ส่งตัวเจ้าสาว, สูญเสีย (kiss something goodbye, lose). (various references)

Turkish

vermek (accord, adduce, adjudge, administer, allow, assign, award, bear, bestow, bring, bring in, cede, charter, come across with, confer, contribute, dedicate, deliver, deliver up, dispose of, distribute, donate, endow, extend, furnish, give, give in, grant, hand, hand in, hand out, hand over, impart, inflict, inoculate, insert, instate, lend, let, let out, offer, pass, pass in, place, present, produce, put up, reach, render, serve, tender, throw, yield), feda etmek (bargain away, barter away, sacrifice), ele vermek (betray, blow the whistle on, delate, finger, give up, grass, grass on smb., peach against, peach on, put on the scent, sell, shop, split on), bağışlamak (absolve, bestow, dispense, donate, endow, excuse, forgive, give to charity, grant, hand out, hand over, have mercy, instate, kick in, pardon, remit, save). (various references)

Ukrainian

розподіляти (allocate, apportion, cast, deal, dispense, distribute, ladle out, lot, mete, share), віддавати (bestow, cede, give back, yield), ненавмисна зрада, дешевий товар. (various references)

data, dataque, dato, dator, semidatarum. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: giveaway.

-3 letters: agave, viewy, waive, wavey.

-4 letters: away, gave, give, gyve, vagi, view, viga, wage, wave, wavy, wive, yagi.

-5 letters: aga, age, ava, ave, awa, awe, aye, gae, gay, gey, gie, ivy, vaw, veg, via, vie, vig, wae, wag, way, wig, wye, yaw, yea, yew.

+1 letter: giveaways.