Word

give way, v.
freq. cnt. 9

move in order to make room for someone for something
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

ease up give give way move over yield

sample sentences

"The park gave way to a supermarket"
"`Move over,' he told the crowd"

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semantic pointers

verb group

abandon, give up

hypernym

move

end resistance, as under pressure or force
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1

give way yield

sample sentences

"The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"

verb frames

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semantic pointers

hypernym

change

break down, literally or metaphorically
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

break cave in collapse fall in founder give give way

sample sentences

"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"

verb frames

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The business is going to %s

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

collapse collapse

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

cave in

semantic pointers

hypernym

change

hyponym

implode, go off buckle, crumple flop break slump, sink, slide down

verb group

abandon, give up collapse, burst

stop operating or functioning
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

break break down conk out die fail give out give way go go bad

sample sentences

"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"