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Detailed Synonyms for give way in English

give way:

to give way verb (gives way, gave way, giving way)

  1. to give way
    to sag; to bend; to give way
    • sag verb (sags, sagged, sagging)
    • bend verb (bends, bended, bending)
    • give way verb (gives way, gave way, giving way)
  2. to give way
    to break down; to give way; to go to pieces
    • break down verb (breaks down, broke down, breaking down)
    • give way verb (gives way, gave way, giving way)
    • go to pieces verb (goes to pieces, went to pieces, going to pieces)
  3. to give way
    to give way
    • give way verb (gives way, gave way, giving way)
  4. to give way
    to come off; become loose; to give way; to loosen
  5. to give way
    to subside; to prolapse; to sink; to sag; to cave in; to collapse; to give way
    • subside verb (subsides, subsided, subsiding)
    • prolapse verb (prolapses, prolapsing, prolapsing)
    • sink verb (sinks, sank, sinking)
    • sag verb (sags, sagged, sagging)
    • cave in verb (caves in, caved in, caving in)
    • collapse verb (collapses, collapsed, collapsing)
    • give way verb (gives way, gave way, giving way)
  6. to give way
    to get off; to come off; to give way
    • get off verb (gets off, got off, getting off)
    • come off verb (comes off, came off, coming off)
    • give way verb (gives way, gave way, giving way)
  7. to give way
    – stop operating or functioning 1
    to go; to die; to fail; to break; to break down; to give way; to give out; go bad; to conk out
    – stop operating or functioning 1
    • go verb (goes, went, going)
      • The engine finally went1
      • her eyesight went after the accident1
    • die verb (dies, died, dying)
      • The car died on the road1
    • fail verb (fails, failed, failing)
      • The engine failed on the way to town1
    • break verb (breaks, broke, breaking)
      • The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town1
      • The coffee maker broke1
    • break down verb (breaks down, broke down, breaking down)
    • give way verb (gives way, gave way, giving way)
    • give out verb (gives out, gave out, giving out)
    • go bad verb
    • conk out verb (conks out, conked out, conking out)
  8. to give way
    – end resistance, as under pressure or force 1
    to yield; to give way
    – end resistance, as under pressure or force 1
    • yield verb (yields, yielded, yielding)
      • The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram1
    • give way verb (gives way, gave way, giving way)
  9. to give way
    – move in order to make room for someone for something 1
    to yield; to give; to give way; to move over; ease up
    – move in order to make room for someone for something 1
    • yield verb (yields, yielded, yielding)
    • give verb (gives, gave, giving)
      • The park gave way to a supermarket1
    • give way verb (gives way, gave way, giving way)
    • move over verb (moves over, moved over, moving over)
    • ease up verb
  10. to give way
    – break down, literally or metaphorically 1
    to collapse; to give; to break; to founder; to give way; to cave in; to fall in
    – break down, literally or metaphorically 1
    • collapse verb (collapses, collapsed, collapsing)
      • The wall collapsed1
      • The business collapsed1
      • The roof collapsed1
    • give verb (gives, gave, giving)
      • The wall gave in1
      • The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice1
    • break verb (breaks, broke, breaking)
      • The dam broke1
    • founder verb (founders, foundered, foundering)
    • give way verb (gives way, gave way, giving way)
    • cave in verb (caves in, caved in, caving in)
    • fall in verb (falls in, fell in, falling in)

Conjugations for give way:

present
  1. give way
  2. give way
  3. gives way
  4. give way
  5. give way
  6. give way
simple past
  1. gave way
  2. gave way
  3. gave way
  4. gave way
  5. gave way
  6. gave way
present perfect
  1. have given way
  2. have given way
  3. has given way
  4. have given way
  5. have given way
  6. have given way
past continuous
  1. was giving way
  2. were giving way
  3. was giving way
  4. were giving way
  5. were giving way
  6. were giving way
future
  1. shall give way
  2. will give way
  3. will give way
  4. shall give way
  5. will give way
  6. will give way
continuous present
  1. am giving way
  2. are giving way
  3. is giving way
  4. are giving way
  5. are giving way
  6. are giving way
subjunctive
  1. be given way
  2. be given way
  3. be given way
  4. be given way
  5. be given way
  6. be given way
diverse
  1. give way!
  2. let's give way!
  3. given way
  4. giving way
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Alternate Synonyms for "give way":


Related Definitions for "give way":

  1. stop operating or functioning1
  2. end resistance, as under pressure or force1
  3. move in order to make room for someone for something1
  4. break down, literally or metaphorically1

Related Synonyms for give way