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English Dictionary: give up |
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give off
v 1: have as a by-product; "The big cities gave off so many
wonderful American qualities"
2: give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or
radiation, vapor, etc.; "The ozone layer blocks some harmful
rays which the sun emits" [syn: {emit}, {give out}, {give
off}] [ant: {absorb}, {take in}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- give up
- v
- lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error,
offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property"
Synonym(s): forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego Antonym(s): arrogate, claim, lay claim
- give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex- husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"
Synonym(s): abandon, give up
- give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"
Synonym(s): drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge Antonym(s): enter, participate
- put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
Synonym(s): discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off Antonym(s): bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold
- give up what is not strictly needed; "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"
Synonym(s): spare, give up, part with, dispense with
- part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
Synonym(s): release, relinquish, resign, free, give up
- leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"
Synonym(s): vacate, resign, renounce, give up
- relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"
Synonym(s): surrender, cede, deliver, give up
- give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered"
Synonym(s): surrender, give up Antonym(s): hold out, resist, stand firm, withstand
- stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations"
Synonym(s): abandon, give up
- allow the other (baseball) team to score; "give up a run"
Synonym(s): give up, allow
- stop consuming; "kick a habit"; "give up alcohol"
Synonym(s): kick, give up
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- goof-off
- n
- an idle worthless person [syn: goldbrick, goof-off, {ne
'er-do-well}, good-for-nothing, no-account, good-for- naught]
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: |
GBIP
{General Purpose Interface Bus}
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: |
GPIB
{IEEE 488}
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