give way

verb

Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite

Line style: core relation; instance, member or derived; substance, domain or see-also

Direction: arrow points to the broader concept; dashed outline: no word in this language; Click any word to expand it.

Senses

move in order to make room for someone for something

The park gave way to a supermarket

break down, literally or metaphorically

The wall collapsed

end resistance, as under pressure or force

The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram

stop operating or functioning

The engine finally went

Sense	Relation	Group	Word
1	verb group	Related & opposite	abandon
1	hypernym	Types & categories	move
2	derivation	Related & opposite	collapse
2	derivation	Related & opposite	cave in
2	derivation	Related & opposite	crash
2	verb group	Related & opposite	abandon
2	verb group	Related & opposite	collapse
2	hypernym	Types & categories	change
2	hyponym	Types & categories	implode
2	hyponym	Types & categories	buckle
2	hyponym	Types & categories	flop
2	hyponym	Types & categories	break
2	hyponym	Types & categories	slide down
3	hypernym	Types & categories	change
4	derivation	Related & opposite	equipment failure
4	derivation	Related & opposite	failure
4	derivation	Related & opposite	breakable
4	verb group	Related & opposite	break
4	verb group	Related & opposite	die
4	hypernym	Types & categories	change
4	hyponym	Types & categories	go down
4	hyponym	Types & categories	blow out
4	hyponym	Types & categories	misfire
4	hyponym	Types & categories	malfunction