Engelsk udsagnsord: give way | |||
1. | give way (om bevægelse) move in order to make room for someone for something | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The park gave way to a supermarket. `Move over,' he told the crowd. | ||
Eksempler på anvendelse | These cars won't give way | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | ease up, give, move over, yield | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | move | ||
Udsagnsord med lignende betydning | abandon, give up | ||
2. | give way (om bevægelse) break down, literally or metaphorically | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | 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. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | break, cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | change | ||
Mere specifikke termer | break, buckle, crumple, flop, go off, implode, sink, slide down, slump | ||
Udsagnsord med lignende betydning | abandon, burst, collapse, give up | ||
3. | give way (om ændring) end resistance, as under pressure or force | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | yield | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | change | ||
4. | give way (om ændring) stop operating or functioning | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | 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. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, go, go bad | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Something ----s | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | change | ||
Mere specifikke termer | blow, blow out, burn out, crash, go down, malfunction, misfire, misfunction | ||
Udsagnsord med lignende betydning | break, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it | ||