2. (verb) to give way, give in, submit, yield, acquiesce, concede.
Ka haere te tākuta ki te teihana o te rerewē tohe ai, pupuri ai i te tamaiti pēnei anō nāna, otirā kore rawa atu ngā mātua me ngā tūpuna o te tamaiti i ngawhere, kua huri rā hoki ngā whakaaro i te mana nui o te tohunga (TP 8/1904:5). / The doctor went to the railway station to argue and to hold on to the child as if it was his own, but the parents and grandparents would not give way being mindful of the tohunga's great mana.
3. (verb) to weather, wear away.
Mā roto i ngā tau maha tonu e ngawhere ai he toka (RP 2009:298). / It takes many years for a rock to wear away.
4. (modifier) weathering.
He tino pōturi te tukanga ngawhere (RP 2009:298). / The weathering process is very slow.
