| give birth |
to bring a child or baby animal into the world. |
| give in |
to agree to something you don't want to agree to, especially after a long argument. |
| given |
past participle of give. [5 definitions] |
| given name |
a person's first name, given at birth or baptism, as distinguished from one's family name. (Cf. surname.) |
| give one's eyeteeth |
to give one's most valued possession, as for something that one greatly desires. |
| give rise to |
to lead to; cause. |
| give someone the finger |
(slang) to express anger or contempt by extending the middle finger upward. |
| give someone the slip |
to elude; escape. |
| give the gate |
to reject. |
| give up |
to surrender; yield. [3 definitions] |
| give up the ghost |
to lose one's life; die. |
| give way |
to withdraw. [3 definitions] |
| gizmo |
(informal) something nameless or whose name is forgotten, esp. a mechanical gadget or part; thingamajig. |
| gizzard |
an enlarged, muscular portion of the digestive tract of birds in which partially digested food is finely ground with the aid of abrasive particles. [2 definitions] |
| glabrous |
having no hair or fuzz; bald; smooth. |
| glacé |
having a glazed, frosted, or glossy surface; candied or iced. [2 definitions] |
| glacial |
of, concerning, coming from, or marked by the presence of glaciers or other large ice masses. [5 definitions] |
| glacial epoch |
see ice age. |
| glaciate |
to envelop or cover with ice or glaciers; freeze. [3 definitions] |
| glacier |
a very large accumulation of ice formed in cold regions from compacted snow and moving very slowly outward or downward on a slope. |
| glaciology |
the scientific study of the nature, formation, and movements of glaciers. [2 definitions] |