1. give_way - verb
· move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"
Synonym(s): move_over, give, ease_up, yield
Hypernym(s): move
2. give_way - verb
· 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"
Synonym(s): collapse, fall_in, cave_in, give, break, founder
Hypernym(s): change
3. give_way - verb
· end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
Synonym(s): yield
Hypernym(s): change
4. give_way - verb
· 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"
Synonym(s): fail, go_bad, die, give_out, conk_out, go, break, break_down
Hypernym(s): change
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