gift

1. 1

   Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.

   • She gave him a cell phone as a birthday gift.
2. 2

   A talent or natural ability.

   • She had a gift for playing the flute.
3. 3

   Something gained incidentally, without effort.

4. 4

   The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing.

   • The office is in the gift of the President.
5. 5

   A footrace, often a short one with a prize, sometimes with a handicap system whereby runners start from different positions based on their past performance.Australia

   • […] Stawell Gift Committee requested a special train for the gift's one hundredth anniversary celebration but […]
   • [Someone who...] ran second in last year's gift believes the Bill is a good idea. […] Stawell Gift. […]

syn. favor · benefaction · boon · concession · donative · fairing · gift · grant · present · tithing

1. 1

   To give as a gift or donation.transitive

2. 2

   To give away, to concede easily.transitive

   • Chelsea threw away two points when substitute Salomon Kalou gifted Valencia a penalty five minutes from time with a needless handball.
   • They drove on, every rise in the road lifting their sightline clear of the drystone dykes along the roadside, gifting glimpses of the firth and the islands, the blue peaks of Arran.

syn. contribute · donate · give