Definitions for gave
geɪvgave

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gavethe preterite of give.

   Thou can’st not every day give me thy heart;
   If thou can’st give it, then thou never gav’st it:
   Lovers riddles are, that though thy heart depart,
   It stays at home, and thou with losing sav’st it. John Donne.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Gave

   imp. of Give

2. Gave

   of Give

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gave

   The French word gave is a generic name referring to torrential rivers, in the west side of the Pyrenees. In the central part of the Pyrenees, the name neste has the same function. The word gave derives from the old Gascon gabar, attested as gabarrus in medieval Latin. Based on a pre-Celtic root *gab meaning 'hollow', it refers to lower places, valleys and rivers. It is widely found in placenames of Gascony as Gabardan, Gavarret, Gavarnie, Gabas, etc. The name of the Gabali is supposed to be related to this stem. The final -r is missing because it was no more pronounced in Gascon: gabar > gabà >.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gave

   gāv, pa.t. of give.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gaveverb

   Verb form of the word give.

   The mother gave birth easily and the father and all their families are so delighted.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on October 1, 2020  

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1. GAVE

   What does GAVE stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the GAVE acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GAVE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gave is ranked #84463 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Gave surname appeared 222 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Gave.
   
   87.8% or 195 total occurrences were White.
   7.6% or 17 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.7% or 6 total occurrences were Black.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'gave' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #396

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'gave' in Written Corpus Frequency: #584

Anagrams for gave »

1. vega

2. Vega

3. vage

How to pronounce gave?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say gave in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gave in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gave in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of gave in a Sentence

1. Jake Dickert:

   Their edge rushers were the biggest ones that kind of gave us some issues, they chose their spots. They were aggressive. They blitzed. They were high up the field and they used their speed on our two new tackles.

2. John Caulfield:

   They gave me a flag they had snuck up in the middle of the night and gave it to me as a going-away gift, and I really appreciated the gesture.

3. Steve Scalise:

   I've said it very clearly… and again, I think Kevin's going to win next week, and we're going to be talking about getting to work, i know a lot of people like to focus on all of the drama in Washington. We're going to get to work for the hard-working families who gave us this majority.

4. John McCain:

   My friends, when I was growing up, my father was often at sea, and the job of raising my brother, sister and me would fall to my mother alone, john McCain 106-year-old mother gave us her love of life, her deep interest in the world, her strength, and her belief that we're all meant to use our opportunities to make ourselves useful to our country.

5. Dina Porat:

   For somebody who knows something about history and grew up in the house of historian Professor Benzion Netanyahu, he should know well, but in my humble opinion, to say that the mufti gave Adolf Hitler the idea is wrong.

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References

1. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=gave
2. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gave
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=gave
4. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=gave
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html