Word Definitions & Examples
verb
Sense 1
"The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
Type of:
change
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 2
"The park gave way to a supermarket"
"`Move over,'' he told the crowd"
Type of:
move
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
verb
Sense 3
"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"
Type of:
change
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb
Sense 4
"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"
Type of:
change
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Semantic Complexity
46%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
32
Times Searched
3
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