give way

1. Move in order to make room for someone for something (synset 201852407)
   "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"
   is a type of: move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
   same as: ease up, give, move over, yield
   verb group: abandon, give up - stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims
2. Break down, literally or metaphorically (synset 201993067)
   "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"
   is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
   subtypes:

   • go off, implode - burst inward
   • buckle, crumple - fold or collapse
   • flop - fall loosely
   • break - curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
   • sink, slide down, slump - fall or sink heavily
   same as: break, cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give
   verb group:

   • abandon, give up - stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims
   • burst, collapse - cause to burst
3. End resistance, as under pressure or force (synset 200436056)
   "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
   is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
   same as: yield
4. Stop operating or functioning (synset 200435327)
   "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"
   is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
   subtypes:

   • crash, go down - stop operating
   • blow, blow out, burn out - melt, break, or become otherwise unusable
   • misfire - fail to fire or detonate
   • malfunction, misfunction - fail to function or function improperly
   same as: break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, go, go bad
   verb group:

   • break - render inoperable or ineffective
   • 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 - pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

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