Gift

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Something that is bestowed voluntarily and without compensation.
  • n. The act, right, or power of giving.
  • n. A talent, endowment, aptitude, or inclination.
  • v. To present something as a gift to.
  • v. To endow with.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.
  • n. A talent or natural ability.
  • n. Something gained incidentally, without effort.
  • v. To give (as a gift) to.
  • v. To give away, to concede easily.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Anything given; anything voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; an offering.
  • n. The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing.
  • n. A bribe; anything given to corrupt.
  • n. Some exceptional inborn quality or characteristic; a striking or special talent or aptitude; power; faculty
  • n. A voluntary transfer of real or personal property, without any consideration. It can be perfected only by deed, or in case of personal property, by an actual delivery of possession.
  • v. To endow with some power or faculty. See gift{4}.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act, right, or power of giving or conferring: as, to get a thing by gift; an office in the gift of the people.
  • n. Specifically, in law: A voluntary transfer of property by the owner of it to another, without consideration or compensation therefor, or without any other consideration than love and affection, or a nominal consideration, or both; a gratuitous assignment. See donation and consideration, In old English law, the creation of an estate in tail (see estate) as distinguished from the creation of an estate in fee simple, which was termed feoffment
  • n. That which is given or bestowed; anything ownership of which is voluntarily transferred by one person to another without compensation; a present; a donation.
  • n. A natural quality or endowment regarded as conferred; power; faculty: as, the gift of wit; the gift of speech.
  • n. plural White specks on finger-nails, which have been superstitiously supposed to portend gifts.
  • To confer or transfer as a gift; make a gift of; donate formally.
  • To endow with a gift or with any power or faculty: chiefly in the past participle.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. something acquired without compensation
  • n. natural abilities or qualities
  • v. give as a present; make a gift of
  • v. give qualities or abilities to
  • n. the act of giving
  • Verb Form
    gifted    gifting    gifts   
    Cross Reference
    Hyponym
    dower    deed over    pass out    grant    surrender    handout    tip    give out    distribute    endow   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    endowment    present    bounty    grant    gratuity    benefaction    largess    talent    donation    boon   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Clift    Shift    Swift    adrift    clift    drift    lift    miffed    riffed    rift   
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    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    talent    quality    beauty    wealth    offer    possession    Art    pleasure    sacrifice    example