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Common
verb
•
To
get into
one's
hands
,
possession
, or control, with or without
force
.
To
seize
or
capture
.
To
catch
or get
possession
of (fish or
game
).
To
appropriate
or
transfer
into
one's
own
possession
, sometimes by
physically
carrying
off.
To
exact
.
To
capture
or
win
(a
piece
or
trick
) in
a game
.
•
In Cricket:
To
get into
one's
hands
,
possession
, or control, with or without
force
.
To
catch
the
ball
;
especially
as a wicket-keeper and after the
batsman
has
missed
or
edged
it.
•
To
receive
or
accept
(something) (especially something
given
or
bestowed
,
awarded
, etc).
To
receive
or
accept
(something) as
payment
or
compensation
.
To
accept
and
follow
(advice, etc).
To
receive
into some
relationship
.
•
In Law:
To
receive
or
accept
(something) (especially something
given
or
bestowed
,
awarded
, etc).
To
receive
or
acquire
(property) by
law
(e.g. as an
heir
).
•
To
remove
.
To
remove
or
end
by
death
; to
kill
.
To
subtract
.
•
To
have sex
with.
•
To
defeat
(someone
or something
) in a
fight
.
•
To
grasp
or
grip
.
•
To
select
or choose; to
pick
.
•
To
adopt
(select) as
one's
own.
•
To
carry
or
lead
(something or someone).
To
transport
or
carry
; to
convey
to
another place
.
To
lead
(to a
place
); to
serve
as a means of
reaching
.
To
pass
(or
attempt
to
pass
) through or around.
To
escort
or
conduct
(a person).
To go
.
•
To use as a
means of transportation
.
•
To
visit
; to include in a
course
of
travel
.
•
To
obtain
for use by
payment
or
lease
.
•
To
obtain
or
receive
regularly
by (paid)
subscription
.
•
To
consume
.
To
receive
(medicine) into
one's
body
, e.g. by
inhalation
or
swallowing
; to
ingest
.
To
partake
of (food or
drink
); to
consume
.
•
To
experience
,
undergo
, or
endure
.
To
undergo
; to
put
oneself
into, to be
subjected
to.
To
experience
or
feel
.
To
submit
to; to
endure
(without
ill humor
,
resentment
, or
physical
failure
).
To
participate
in.
To
suffer
, to
endure
(a
hardship
or
damage
).
•
To
cause
to change to a
specified
state
or
condition
.
•
To
regard
in a
specified
way.
•
To
conclude
or form (a
decision
or an
opinion
) in the
mind
.
•
To
understand
(especially in a
specified
way).
•
To
accept
or be
given
(rightly or
wrongly
);
assume
(especially
as if
by right
).
•
To
believe
, to
accept
the
statements
of.
•
To
assume
or
suppose
; to
reckon
; to
regard
or
consider
.
•
To
draw
,
derive
, or
deduce
(a
meaning
from something).
•
To
derive
(as a
title
); to
obtain
from a
source
.
•
To
catch
or
contract
(an
illness
, etc).
•
To
come upon
or
catch
(in a
particular
state
or
situation
).
•
To
captivate
or
charm
; to
gain
or
secure
the
interest
or
affection
of.
•
To
absorb
or be
impregnated
by (dye,
ink
, etc); to be
susceptible
to being
treated
by (polish, etc).
•
To
let in
(water).
•
To
require
.
•
To
proceed
to
fill
.
•
To
fill
, to
use up
(time or
space
).
•
To
avail
oneself
of.
•
To
practice
;
perform
;
execute
;
carry out
; do.
•
To
assume
or
perform
(a form or role).
To
assume
(a form).
To
perform
(a role).
To
assume
and
undertake
the
duties
of (a
job
, an
office
, etc).
•
To
bind
oneself
by.
•
To
move
into.
•
To
go into
, through, or along.
•
To have and use
one's
recourse
to.
•
To
ascertain
or
determine
by
measurement
,
examination
or
inquiry
.
•
To
write down
; to
get in
, or
as if
in,
writing
.
•
To make (a
photograph
,
film
, or other
reproduction
of something).
•
To
take a picture
,
photograph
, etc of (a person,
scene
, etc).
•
To
obtain
money
from,
especially
by
swindling
.
•
To
apply oneself
to the study of.
•
To
deal with
.
•
To
consider
in a
particular
way, or to
consider
as an
example
.
•
In Baseball:
To
decline
to
swing
at (a
pitched
ball
); to
refrain
from
hitting
at, and
allow
to
pass
.
•
In Grammar:
To
accept
as an
input
to a
relation
.
To
have to
be used with (a certain
grammatical
form, etc).
•
In Computing & Mathematics:
To
accept
as an
input
to a
relation
.
To
accept
(zero or more
arguments
).
•
To get or
accept
(something) into
one's
possession
.
•
To
engage
,
take hold
or have
effect
.
To
adhere
or be
absorbed
properly
.
To
begin
to
grow
after being
grafted
or
planted
; to (literally or
figuratively
)
take root
,
take hold
.
To
catch
; to
engage
.
To
win
acceptance
,
favor
or
favorable
reception
; to
charm
people.
To have the
intended
effect
.
•
To become; to be
affected
in a
specified
way.
•
To
be able to
be
accurately
or
beautifully
photographed
.
•
An
intensifier
.
•
To
deliver
,
bring
,
give
(something) to (someone).
•
To
give
or
deliver
(a
blow
, to someone); to
strike
or
hit
.
noun
•
The or an
act
of
taking
.
•
Something that is
taken
; a
haul
.
Money
that is
taken in
, (legal or
illegal
)
proceeds
,
income
; (
in particular
)
profits
.
The or a
quantity
of
fish
,
game
animals
or
pelts
, etc which have been
taken
at one time
;
catch
.
•
An
interpretation
or
view
,
opinion
or
assessment
;
perspective
.
•
An
approach
, a (distinct)
treatment
.
•
In Film:
A
scene
recorded
(filmed)
at one time
, without an
interruption
or
break
; a
recording
of such a
scene
.
•
In Music:
A
recording
of a
musical
performance made during an
uninterrupted
single
recording
period
.
•
A
visible
(facial)
response
to something,
especially
something
unexpected
; a
facial
gesture
in
response
to an
event
.
•
In Medicine:
An
instance
of
successful
inoculation/vaccination.
•
In Cricket & Rugby:
A
catch
of the
ball
(in
cricket
,
especially
one by the wicket-keeper).
•
In Printing:
The
quantity
of
copy
given to
a
compositor
at one time
.
Sourced from
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fake
nake
cake
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lake
ache
sake
wake
raik
bake
take
hake
make
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shake
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wrake
sheik
break
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slake
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snake
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awake
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taken
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tacan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
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