give up (
http://definr.com/give up)
v 1: lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime
[syn:
forfeit,
throw overboard,
waive,
forgo]
[ant:
claim]
2: 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" [syn:
abandon]
3: give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat;
"In the second round, the challenger gave up" [syn: {drop
out},
throw in,
throw in the towel,
quit, {chuck up
the sponge}] [ant:
enter]
4: put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your
little brother" [syn:
discontinue,
stop,
cease,
quit,
lay off] [ant:
continue]
5: to give up as not strictly needed: he asked if they could
spare one of their horses to speed his journey. [syn:
spare,
part with,
dispense with]
6: part with [syn:
release,
relinquish,
free]
7: leave voluntarily; of a job, post or position; "She vacated
the position when she got pregnant" [syn:
vacate,
renounce,
resign]
8: relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to
surrender the building after the police moved in" [syn:
surrender,
cede,
deliver]
9: give up or agree to forego to the power or possession of
another [syn:
surrender] [ant:
resist]
10: stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas, claims, etc.;
"He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in
marriage"; "Both sides have to give in these
negociations" [syn:
abandon]
11: allow the other team to score: "give up a run", in baseball
[syn:
allow]
12: refrain from consuming; "You will have to forgo alcohol"
[syn:
forgo]