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Meaning
Verb
●
To
get into
one's
hands
,
possession
, or control, with or without force.
To
seize
or capture.
To exact.
●
To
get into
one's
hands
,
possession
, or control, with or without force.
To
catch
or get
possession
of (fish or game).
To
appropriate
or
transfer
into
one's
own
possession
, sometimes by
physically
carrying
off.
To
capture
or
win
(a
piece
or
trick
) in a game.
●
In Cricket, Cricket & Rugby:
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.).
●
In Music:
To
receive
or
accept
(something) (especially something given or
bestowed
,
awarded
, 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).
●
In Printing:
To remove.
To
remove
or end by
death
; to kill.
●
To remove.
To subtract.
●
In Sex:
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.
●
In Film:
To use as a means of transportation.
●
To
obtain
for use by
payment
or lease.
To
obtain
or
receive
regularly
by (paid) subscription.
●
In Medicine:
To
receive
(medicine or
drugs
) into
one's
body, e.g. by
inhalation
or
swallowing
; to ingest.
●
To
consume
(food or drink).
●
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
suffer
; to
endure
(a
hardship
or damage).
●
To
participate
in.
●
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.
●
In Music:
To
proceed
to fill.
●
In Music:
To
fill
,
require
, or
use up
(time or space).
●
To
fill
or
require
: to last or
expend
(an amount of time).
●
To
avail
oneself
of; to exploit.
●
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).
●
In Film & Rugby:
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
figurative
)
take root
, take hold.
To
catch
; to engage.
To
win
acceptance
,
favor
or
favorable
reception
; to
charm
people.
●
To become; to be
affected
in a
specified
way.
●
In Film:
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.
●
To
visit
; to include in a
course
of travel.
●
To
portray
in a painting.
●
Used in
phrasal verbs
:
take in
,
take off
,
take on
,
take out
,
take to
,
take something to
, take up.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
take
English
taken
Middle English (1100-1500)
tacan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Confiscate
Seize
Take
Garner
Get
Obtain
Win
Receive
Subduct
Remove
Terminate
Kill
Subtract
Have
Beat
Grab
Nim
Grasp
Appropriate
Bag
Catch
Expropriate
Grip
Hook
Impropriate
Nab
Pocket
Sack
Accept
Endure
Juice
Pick
Conquer
Capture
Own
Off
Fang
Drive
Picked
Undergo
Knock Off
Do In
Take Away
Sleep With
Copulate With
Help Oneself
Make Free With
More
Antonyms
Give
Bring
Return
Drop
Related
Pull
Carry
Bring
Hold
Turn
Give
Knock
Pass
Leave
Put
Send
Move
Draw
Keep
Run
Throw
Drop
Cut
Stand
Try
Look
Hand
Break
Blow
Twist
Push
Play
Spin
Follow
Roll
Spend
Check
Change
Call
Find
Stance
Buy
Perspective
Sell
Kick
View
Add
Commentary
Walk
Pick Up
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Rhymes
Fake
Nake
Cake
Jake
Lake
Ache
Sake
Wake
Raik
Bake
Take
Hake
Make
Rake
Shake
Drake
Wrake
Sheik
Break
Brake
Slake
Blake
Steak
Snake
Spake
Flake
Awake
Stake
Drake
Quake
Blake
Ashake
Mosaic
Betake
Opaque
Remake
Partake
Reshake
Mistake
Forsake
Overtake
Moonquake
Undertake
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