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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. move in order to make room for someone for something;
- Example: "The park gave way to a supermarket"
- Example: "`Move over,' he told the crowd";
[syn: move over, give way, give, ease up, yield]

2. break down, literally or metaphorically;
- Example: "The wall collapsed"
- Example: "The business collapsed"
- Example: "The dam broke"
- Example: "The roof collapsed"
- Example: "The wall gave in"
- Example: "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
[syn: collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder]

3. end resistance, as under pressure or force;
- Example: "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
[syn: give way, yield]

4. stop operating or functioning;
- Example: "The engine finally went"
- Example: "The car died on the road"
- Example: "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"
- Example: "The coffee maker broke"
- Example: "The engine failed on the way to town"
- Example: "her eyesight went after the accident"
[syn: fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

give way
    v 1: move in order to make room for someone for something; "The
         park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the
         crowd" [syn: move over, give way, give, ease up,
         yield]
    2: break down, literally or metaphorically; "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" [syn: collapse, fall in,
       cave in, give, give way, break, founder]
    3: end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded
       to repeated blows with a battering ram" [syn: give way,
       yield]
    4: stop operating or functioning; "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" [syn: fail, go bad, give way, die,
       give out, conk out, go, break, break down]