GIVE WAY as VERB

1. Meaning
   • stop operating or functioning
   Synonym(s)
   • break (what does break mean?)
   • break down (what does break down mean?)
   • conk out (what does conk out mean?)
   • die (what does die mean?)
   • fail (what does fail mean?)
   • give out (what does give out mean?)
   • go (what does go mean?)
   • go bad (what does go bad mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Hypernyms(s) give way is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • crash (what does crash mean?)
   • go down (what does go down mean?)
   • blow out (what does blow out mean?)
   • burn out (what does burn out mean?)
   • blow (what does blow mean?)
   • misfire (what does misfire mean?)
   • malfunction (what does malfunction mean?)
   • misfunction (what does misfunction mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • breakdown (what does breakdown mean?)
   • equipment failure (what does equipment failure mean?)
   • failure (what does failure mean?)
2. Meaning
   • end resistance, especially under pressure or force
   Synonym(s)
   • yield (what does yield mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram
   Hypernyms(s) give way is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
3. Meaning
   • move in order to make room for someone for something
   Synonym(s)
   • ease up (what does ease up mean?)
   • give (what does give mean?)
   • move over (what does move over mean?)
   • yield (what does yield mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The park gave way to a supermarket
   • `Move over,” he told the crowd
   Hypernyms(s) give way is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • move (what does move mean?)
4. Meaning
   • break down, literally or metaphorically
   Synonym(s)
   • break (what does break mean?)
   • cave in (what does cave in mean?)
   • collapse (what does collapse mean?)
   • fall in (what does fall in mean?)
   • founder (what does founder mean?)
   • give (what does give mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Hypernyms(s) give way is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • implode (what does implode mean?)
   • go off (what does go off mean?)
   • buckle (what does buckle mean?)
   • crumple (what does crumple mean?)
   • flop (what does flop mean?)
   • break (what does break mean?)
   • slump (what does slump mean?)
   • slide down (what does slide down mean?)
   • sink (what does sink mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • cave in (what does cave in mean?)
   • subsidence (what does subsidence mean?)
   • crash (what does crash mean?)
   • collapse (what does collapse mean?)
   • collapse (what does collapse mean?)