take
- sense 1: carry out; "take action"; "take steps"; "take vengeance"
- take
- sense 2: as of time or space; "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"
- take occupy use_up
- sense 3: take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"
- lead take direct conduct guide
- sense 4: get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please"
- take get_hold_of
- sense 5: take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"
- assume acquire adopt take_on take
- sense 6: interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression; "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"; "You can't take credit for this!"
- take read
- sense 7: take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"
- bring convey take
- sense 8: take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks"
- take
- sense 9: require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulates a patient's consent"
- necessitate ask postulate need require take involve call_for demand
- sense 10: pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"
- choose take select pick_out
- decide make_up_one's_mind determine
- sense 11: travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route; "He takes the bus to work"; "She takes Route 1 to Newark"
- take
- use utilize utilise apply employ
- sense 12: receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"
- accept take have
- sense 13: assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as director of development"
- fill take
- sense 14: consider, as of an example; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case"
- consider take deal look_at
- sense 15: experience or feel; submit to; "Take a test"; "Take the plunge"
- take
- experience receive have get undergo
- sense 16: make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"
- film shoot take
- sense 17: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc.; or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
- remove take take_away withdraw
- sense 18: serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
- consume ingest take_in take have
- sense 19: accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut"
- take undergo submit
- endure stomach bear stand tolerate support brook abide suffer put_up
- sense 20: make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity"
- take accept
- sense 21: take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill"
- take
- sense 22: occupy or take on, as of a position or posture; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose"
- assume take strike take_up
- sense 23: admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
- accept admit take take_on
- sense 24: ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial; "take a pulse"; "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors"
- take
- receive get find obtain incur
- sense 25: be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam"
- learn study read take
- sense 26: take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her"
- claim take exact
- necessitate ask postulate need require take involve call_for demand
- sense 27: head into a specified direction; "The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains"
- take make
- head
- proceed go_forward continue
- sense 28: aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent"
- aim take train take_aim direct
- position
- put set place pose position lay
- sense 29: be seized or affected in a specified way; "take sick"; "be taken drunk"
- take
- sense 30: have with oneself; have on one's person; "She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains"
- carry pack take
- sense 31: engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
- lease rent hire charter engage take
- sense 32: receive or obtain by regular payment; "We take the Times every day"
- subscribe subscribe_to take
- sense 33: buy, select; "I'll take a pound of that sausage"
- take
- sense 34: to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort; "take shelter from the storm"
- take
- sense 35: have sex with; archaic use; "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable"
- take have
- love make_out make_love sleep_with get_laid have_sex know do_it be_intimate have_intercourse have_it_away have_it_off screw fuck jazz eff hump lie_with bed have_a_go_at_it bang get_it_on bonk
- sense 36: lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea"
- claim take
- affirm verify assert avow aver swan swear
- declare
- state say tell
- express verbalize verbalise utter give_tongue_to
- sense 37: be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye"
- accept take
- sense 38: be capable of holding or containing; "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon"
- contain take hold
- sense 39: develop a habit; "He took to visiting bars"
- take
- sense 40: proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work"
- drive take
- traverse track cover cross pass_over get_over get_across cut_through cut_across
- pass go_through go_across
- sense 41: obtain by winning; "Winner takes all"; "He took first prize"
- take
- sense 42: be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
- contract take get