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TAKE
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Irregular inflected forms: taken , took
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("take" is a kind of...):
cinematography; filming; motion-picture photography (the act of making a film)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "take"):
retake (a shot or scene that is photographed again)
Derivation:
take (make a film or photograph of something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
Example:
the average return was about 5%
Synonyms:
issue; payoff; proceeds; return; take; takings; yield
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("take" is a kind of...):
income (the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "take"):
economic rent; rent (the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions)
payback (financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment))
Derivation:
take (receive or obtain regularly)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they take ... he / she / it takes
Past simple: took
Past participle: taken
-ing form: taking
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
Example:
She took a chill
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
Verb group:
catch (contract)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
catch (contract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
Example:
This machine withdraws heat from the environment
Synonyms:
remove; take; take away; withdraw
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
depilate; epilate (remove body hair)
harvest (remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation)
tip (remove the tip from)
stem (remove the stem from)
extirpate (surgically remove (an organ))
enucleate (remove (a tumor or eye) from an enveloping sac or cover)
exenterate (remove the contents of (an organ))
enucleate (remove the nucleus from (a cell))
decorticate (remove the cortex of (an organ))
bail (remove (water) from a vessel with a container)
disinvest; divest; strip; undress (remove (someone's or one's own) clothes)
ablate (remove an organ or bodily structure)
clean; pick (remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits)
clean (remove shells or husks from)
fan; winnow (blow away or off with a current of air)
pick (remove in small bits)
clear; clear up (free (the throat) by making a rasping sound)
muck (remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine)
lift (remove from a surface)
lift (take off or away by decreasing)
lift (remove from a seedbed or from a nursery)
rip off; tear away; tear off (remove by pulling or ripping violently and forcefully)
take off (take away or remove)
take away; take out (take out or remove)
pit; stone (remove the pits from)
seed (remove the seeds from)
unhinge (remove the hinges from)
shuck (remove the shucks from)
hull (remove the hulls from)
crumb (remove crumbs from)
chip away; chip away at (remove or withdraw gradually:)
burl (remove the burls from cloth)
knock out (destroy or break forcefully)
clean; scavenge (remove unwanted substances from)
hypophysectomise; hypophysectomize (remove the pituitary glands)
degas (remove gas from)
husk; shell (remove the husks from)
bur; burr (remove the burrs from)
clear away; clear off (remove from sight)
flick (remove with a flick (of the hand))
dismantle; strip (take off or remove)
strip (remove a constituent from a liquid)
clear (remove)
defang (remove the fangs from)
bone; debone (remove the bones from)
disembowel; draw; eviscerate (remove the entrails of)
shell (remove from its shell or outer covering)
shuck (remove from the shell)
detusk; tusk (remove the tusks of animals)
dehorn (prevent the growth of horns of certain animals)
scalp (remove the scalp of)
weed (clear of weeds)
condense (remove water from)
bail out; bale out (remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side)
leach; strip (remove substances from by a percolating liquid)
decalcify (remove calcium or lime from)
detoxicate; detoxify (remove poison from)
de-ionate (remove ions from)
de-iodinate (remove iodine from)
decarbonise; decarbonize; decarburise; decarburize; decoke (remove carbon from (an engine))
delouse (free of lice)
ream (remove by making a hole or by boring)
brush (remove with or as if with a brush)
wash; wash away; wash off; wash out (remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent)
desorb (remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed)
pull (take away)
demineralise; demineralize (remove the minerals or salts from)
eliminate (remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations)
clear out; drive out; expectorate (clear out the chest and lungs)
carve out (remove from a larger whole)
defuse (remove the triggering device from)
dredge (remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water)
wear away; wear off (diminish, as by friction)
amputate; cut off (remove surgically)
eviscerate; resect (surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ)
cream; cream off; skim; skim off (remove from the surface)
strip (remove the surface from)
strip (strip the cured leaves from)
descale; scale (remove the scales from)
circumcise (cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys)
undock (take (a ship) out of a dock)
cut into; delve; dig; turn over (turn up, loosen, or remove earth)
dig; excavate; hollow (remove the inner part or the core of)
lift out; scoop; scoop out; scoop up; take up (take out or up with or as if with a scoop)
draw out; extract; pull; pull out; pull up; rip out; take out; tear out (remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense)
take out (remove something from a container or an enclosed space)
unstring (remove the strings from)
string (remove the stringy parts of)
wipe away; wipe off (remove by wiping)
bear away; bear off; carry away; carry off; take away (remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state)
unveil (remove the cover from)
take out; unpack (remove from its packing)
disburden; unburden (take the burden off; remove the burden from)
empty (remove)
discharge (remove the charge from)
offsaddle; unsaddle (remove the saddle from)
cast; cast off; drop; shake off; shed; throw; throw away; throw off (get rid of)
dislodge; free (remove or force out from a position)
clean (remove while making clean)
aspirate; draw out; suck out (remove by suction)
cancel; delete (remove or make invisible)
lade; laden; ladle (remove with or as if with a ladle)
spoon (scoop up or take up with a spoon)
gut (remove the guts of)
head (remove the head of)
draw away; draw off; pull off (remove by drawing or pulling)
clean; strip (remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely)
draw; take out (take liquid out of a container or well)
draw; get out; pull; pull out; take out (bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover)
leach (cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate)
draw (cause to flow)
draw; draw off; take out; withdraw (remove (a commodity) from (a supply source))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Sentence example:
They want to take the doors
Also:
take off (make a subtraction)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
Example:
A reading was taken of the earth's tremors
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
find; get; incur; obtain; receive (receive a specified treatment (abstract))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
Example:
The gods assume human or animal form in these fables
Synonyms:
acquire; adopt; assume; take; take on
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
re-assume (take on again, as after a time lapse)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sense 5
Meaning:
Be seized or affected in a specified way
Example:
be taken drunk
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
become; get; go (enter or assume a certain state or condition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s Adjective
Sense 6
Meaning:
Be a student of a certain subject
Example:
She is reading for the bar exam
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
audit (attend academic courses without getting credit)
prepare; train (undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession)
drill; exercise; practice; practise (learn by repetition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 7
Meaning:
Interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
Example:
How should I take this message?
Synonyms:
read; take
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
construe; interpret; see (make sense of; assign a meaning to)
Verb group:
read (to hear and understand)
read (interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
misinterpret; misread (interpret wrongly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 8
Meaning:
Accept or undergo, often unwillingly
Example:
We took a pay cut
Synonyms:
submit; take
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
undergo (pass through)
Verb group:
take (experience or feel or submit to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
test (undergo a test)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
taker (one who takes a bet or wager)
Sense 9
Meaning:
Pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
Example:
She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her
Synonyms:
choose; pick out; select; take
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
decide; determine; make up one's mind (reach, make, or come to a decision about something)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
empanel; impanel; panel (select from a list)
anoint (choose by or as if by divine intervention)
field (select (a team or individual player) for a game)
sieve; sift (distinguish and separate out)
draw (select or take in from a given group or region)
dial (choose by means of a dial)
go; plump (give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number)
pick (select carefully from a group)
elect (choose)
excerpt; extract; take out (take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy)
cull out; winnow (select desirable parts from a group or list)
cream off; skim off (pick the best)
pick over; sieve out (separate or remove)
assign; set apart; specify (select something or someone for a specific purpose)
single out (select from a group)
think of (choose in one's mind)
define; determine; fix; limit; set; specify (decide upon or fix definitely)
adopt; espouse; follow (choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans)
screen; screen out; sieve; sort (examine in order to test suitability)
vote in (elect in a voting process)
elect (select by a vote for an office or membership)
nominate; propose (put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position)
vote (express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They take him to write the letter
Sense 10
Meaning:
Take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
Example:
Consider the following case
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
think about (have on one's mind, think about actively)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
contemplate (consider as a possibility)
dally; play; trifle (consider not very seriously)
abstract (consider apart from a particular case or instance)
warm to (become excited about)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 11
Meaning:
Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
Example:
The hard work took its toll on her
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
ask; call for; demand; involve; necessitate; need; postulate; require; take (require as useful, just, or proper)
Verb group:
ask; call for; demand; involve; necessitate; need; postulate; require; take (require as useful, just, or proper)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sense 12
Meaning:
Lay claim to; as of an idea
Example:
She took credit for the whole idea
Synonyms:
claim; take
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
affirm; assert; aver; avow; swan; swear; verify (to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true)
Verb group:
arrogate; claim; lay claim (demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sense 13
Meaning:
Make a film or photograph of something
Example:
shoot a movie
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
enter; put down; record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)
Verb group:
photograph; shoot; snap (record on photographic film)
Domain category:
film; flick; motion-picture show; motion picture; movie; moving-picture show; moving picture; pic; picture; picture show (a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
reshoot (shoot again)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot take Sue
Derivation:
take (the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption)
Sense 14
Meaning:
Obtain by winning
Example:
He took first prize
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
win (be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 15
Meaning:
Point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
Example:
Take a swipe at one's opponent
Synonyms:
aim; direct; take; take aim; train
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
position (cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
aim; direct; place; point; target (intend (something) to move towards a certain goal)
draw a bead on (aim with a gun)
hold (aim, point, or direct)
turn (direct at someone)
swing (hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement)
charge; level; point (direct into a position for use)
level (aim at)
sight (take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 16
Meaning:
Serve oneself to, or consume regularly
Example:
I don't take sugar in my coffee
Synonyms:
consume; have; ingest; take; take in
Classified under:
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
cannibalise; cannibalize (eat human flesh)
habituate; use (take or consume (regularly or habitually))
eat (eat a meal; take a meal)
eat (take in solid food)
drink; imbibe (take in liquids)
booze; drink; fuddle; hit the bottle (consume alcohol)
eat; feed (take in food; used of animals only)
fill; replete; sate; satiate (fill to satisfaction)
sample; taste; try; try out (take a sample of)
sop up; suck in; take in; take up (take up as if with a sponge)
sup (take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They take the cake with sugar
Also:
take up (take up as if with a sponge)
Sense 17
Meaning:
Get into one's hands, take physically
Example:
Can you take this bag, please
Synonyms:
get hold of; take
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
clutch; prehend; seize (take hold of; grab)
seize (take or capture by force)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
The children take the ball
Also:
take apart (divide into pieces)
take away (remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state)
take in (fold up)
take in (visit for entertainment)
take on (accept as a challenge)
take up (take out or up with or as if with a scoop)
Derivation:
taking (the act of someone who picks up or takes something)
Sense 18
Meaning:
Have sex with; archaic use
Example:
He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable
Synonyms:
have; take
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
bang; be intimate; bed; bonk; do it; eff; fuck; get it on; get laid; have a go at it; have intercourse; have it away; have it off; have sex; hump; jazz; know; lie with; love; make love; make out; roll in the hay; screw; sleep together; sleep with (have sexual intercourse with)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 19
Meaning:
Travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
Example:
She takes Route 1 to Newark
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
apply; employ; use; utilise; utilize (put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The men take the boat
Sense 20
Meaning:
Proceed along in a vehicle
Example:
We drive the turnpike to work
Synonyms:
drive; take
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
cover; cross; cut across; cut through; get across; get over; pass over; track; traverse (travel across or pass over)
Verb group:
drive; motor (travel or be transported in a vehicle)
drive (operate or control a vehicle)
drive (cause someone or something to move by driving)
Domain category:
driving (the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 21
Meaning:
Occupy or take on
Example:
strike a pose
Synonyms:
assume; strike; take; take up
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Verb group:
fill; occupy; take (assume, as of positions or roles)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The men take the horses across the field
Sense 22
Meaning:
Take somebody somewhere
Example:
He conducted us to the palace
Synonyms:
conduct; direct; guide; lead; take
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
beacon (guide with a beacon)
hand (guide or conduct or usher somewhere)
lead astray; misdirect; misguide; mislead (lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions)
show; usher (take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sense 23
Meaning:
Head into a specified direction
Example:
We made for the mountains
Synonyms:
make; take
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
head (to go or travel towards)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 24
Meaning:
Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
Example:
This brings me to the main point
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
carry; transport (move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body)
"Take" entails doing...:
come; come up (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody)
Verb group:
bring; convey; fetch; get (go or come after and bring or take back)
bring (be accompanied by)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
fetch (take away or remove)
transit (cause or enable to pass through)
ferry (transport from one place to another)
bring back; return; take back (bring back to the point of departure)
tube (convey in a tube)
whisk (move somewhere quickly)
carry; channel; conduct; convey; impart; transmit (transmit or serve as the medium for transmission)
land (bring ashore)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence examples:
They take the food to the people
They take the people the food
Sense 25
Meaning:
Experience or feel or submit to
Example:
Take the plunge
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
experience; get; have; receive (go through (mental or physical states or experiences))
Verb group:
submit; take (accept or undergo, often unwillingly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 26
Meaning:
To get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
Example:
take shelter from the storm
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 27
Meaning:
Take into one's possession
Example:
I'll take three salmon steaks
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
adopt; take in (take into one's family)
take away (take from a person or place)
repossess; take back (regain possession of something)
collect; take in (call for and obtain payment of)
attach; confiscate; impound; seize; sequester (take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority)
sequester (requisition forcibly, as of enemy property)
pocket (put in one's pocket)
accept; assume; bear; take over (take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person)
grab; snaffle; snap up (get hold of or seize quickly and easily)
call back; call in; recall; withdraw (cause to be returned)
deprive; divest; strip (take away possessions from someone)
unburden (free or relieve (someone) of a burden)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Antonym:
give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)
Also:
take back (regain possession of something)
take in (visit for entertainment)
take out (remove (a commodity) from (a supply source))
Sense 28
Meaning:
Take by force
Example:
The army took the fort on the hill
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
rescue (take forcibly from legal custody)
scale (take by attacking with scaling ladders)
extort (obtain through intimidation)
arrogate; assume; seize; take over; usurp (seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession)
recapture; retake (take back by force, as after a battle)
relieve (take by stealing)
rip; rip off; steal (take without the owner's consent)
despoil; foray; loot; pillage; plunder; ransack; reave; rifle; strip (steal goods; take as spoils)
plunder; sack (plunder (a town) after capture)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sentence example:
They take the hill
Sense 29
Meaning:
Buy, select
Example:
I'll take a pound of that sausage
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
buy; purchase (obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction)
Domain category:
commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They take the newspapers
Also:
take out (remove (a commodity) from (a supply source))
Sense 30
Meaning:
Engage for service under a term of contract
Example:
Shall we take a guide in Rome?
Synonyms:
charter; engage; hire; lease; rent; take
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sense 31
Meaning:
Receive or obtain regularly
Example:
We take the Times every day
Synonyms:
subscribe; subscribe to; take
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
buy; purchase (obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
take (the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property)
Sense 32
Meaning:
Make use of or accept for some purpose
Example:
take an opportunity
Synonyms:
accept; take
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
co-opt (take or assume for one's own use)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 33
Meaning:
Receive willingly something given or offered
Example:
Please accept my present
Synonyms:
accept; have; take
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Verb group:
have; receive (get something; come into possession of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
accept; admit; take; take on (admit into a group or community)
welcome (accept gladly)
adopt; borrow; take over; take up (take up and practice as one's own)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Also:
take in (provide with shelter)
take over (take up, as of debts or payments)
take over (take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person)
take up (take up and practice as one's own)
Derivation:
taker (one who accepts an offer)
Sense 34
Meaning:
Admit into a group or community
Example:
We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member
Synonyms:
accept; admit; take; take on
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
accept; have; take (receive willingly something given or offered)
Verb group:
admit; include; let in (allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
profess (receive into a religious order or congregation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot take Sue
Sense 35
Meaning:
Require (time or space)
Example:
This event occupied a very short time
Synonyms:
occupy; take; use up
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
expend; use (use up, consume fully)
Verb group:
consume; deplete; eat; eat up; exhaust; run through; use up; wipe out (use up (resources or materials))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
be (spend or use time)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They take a long time
Sense 36
Meaning:
Assume, as of positions or roles
Example:
the young prince will soon occupy the throne
Synonyms:
fill; occupy; take
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
Verb group:
assume; strike; take; take up (occupy or take on)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 37
Meaning:
Develop a habit
Example:
He took to visiting bars
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 38
Meaning:
Carry out
Example:
take vengeance
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 39
Meaning:
Require as useful, just, or proper
Example:
This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent
Synonyms:
ask; call for; demand; involve; necessitate; need; postulate; require; take
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Verb group:
claim; exact; take (take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
claim; exact; take (take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs)
govern (require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood)
draw (require a specified depth for floating)
cost (require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice)
cry for; cry out for (need badly or desperately)
compel (necessitate or exact)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sense 40
Meaning:
Be capable of holding or containing
Example:
The flask holds one gallon
Synonyms:
contain; hold; take
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Verb group:
bear; carry; contain; hold (contain or hold; have within)
accommodate; admit; hold (have room for; hold without crowding)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sense 41
Meaning:
Have with oneself; have on one's person
Example:
She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains
Synonyms:
carry; pack; take
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
feature; have (have as a feature)
Verb group:
carry (have or possess something abstract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They take more bread
Sense 42
Meaning:
Be designed to hold or take
Example:
This surface will not take the dye
Synonyms:
accept; take
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Context examples:
After being exposed to asbestos, it usually takes a long time for the disease to form.
(Mesothelioma, NIH: National Cancer Institute)
“You ain’t going to take him out now?” the driver asked.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
He will be taken in at last.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
My trifling occupations take up my time and amuse me, and I am rewarded for any exertions by seeing none but happy, kind faces around me.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
He was only once crossed, and that was towards the end, when my poor father was far gone in a decline that took him off.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Be in your chamber then at that hour, and do not take it amiss if your visitor wear a mask.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
People with MCI can take care of themselves and do their normal activities.
(Mild Cognitive Impairment, NIH: National Institute on Aging)
He will, most likely, give a plunge or two, and perhaps take the rest for a minute; but he will soon know his master.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
A substance being studied in the treatment of bacterial infections from catheters (flexible tubes used to deliver fluids into or take fluids from the body).
(minocycline-EDTA, NCI Dictionary)
She took no liquid, as there was a water-tap in the stables, and it was the rule that the lad on duty should drink nothing else.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
