Definition of
Take
- (noun, act) the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
- (noun, possession) the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- (verb, body) be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
She came down with pneumonia
She took a chill - (verb, change) remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
remove a wrapper
Remove the dirty dishes from the table
take the gun from your pocket
This machine withdraws heat from the environment - (verb, change) ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
A reading was taken of the earth's tremors - (verb, change) take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
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 - (verb, change) be seized or affected in a specified way
be taken drunk - (verb, cognition) be a student of a certain subject
- (verb, cognition) interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
How should I take this message?
You can't take credit for this! - (verb, cognition) accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- (verb, cognition) pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
Choose a good husband for your daughter
She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her - (verb, cognition) take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
Consider the following case - (verb, communication) take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
The hard work took its toll on her - (verb, communication) lay claim to; as of an idea
- (verb, communication) make a film or photograph of something
shoot a movie - (verb, competition) obtain by winning
He took first prize - (verb, competition) point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
He trained his gun on the burglar
Don't train your camera on the women
Take a swipe at one's opponent - (verb, consumption) serve oneself to, or consume regularly
I don't take sugar in my coffee - (verb, contact) get into one's hands, take physically
Can you take this bag, please - (verb, contact) have sex with; archaic use
- (verb, motion) travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
She takes Route 1 to Newark - (verb, motion) proceed along in a vehicle
- (verb, motion) occupy or take on
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 - (verb, motion) take somebody somewhere
can you take me to the main entrance?
He conducted us to the palace - (verb, motion) head into a specified direction
We made for the mountains - (verb, motion) take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
Take these letters to the boss
This brings me to the main point - (verb, perception) experience or feel or submit to
Take the plunge - (verb, possession) to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
- (verb, possession) take into one's possession
I'll take three salmon steaks - (verb, possession) take by force
The army took the fort on the hill - (verb, possession) buy, select
- (verb, possession) engage for service under a term of contract
Let's rent a car
Shall we take a guide in Rome? - (verb, possession) receive or obtain regularly
- (verb, possession) make use of or accept for some purpose
take an opportunity - (verb, possession) receive willingly something given or offered
I won't have this dog in my house!
Please accept my present - (verb, possession) admit into a group or community
We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member - (verb, possession) require (time or space)
This event occupied a very short time - (verb, social) assume, as of positions or roles
he occupies the position of manager
the young prince will soon occupy the throne - (verb, social) develop a habit
- (verb, social) carry out
take steps
take vengeance - (verb, stative) require as useful, just, or proper
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 postulate a patient's consent - (verb, stative) be capable of holding or containing
The flask holds one gallon - (verb, stative) have with oneself; have on one's person
I always carry money
She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains - (verb, stative) be designed to hold or take
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Synonyms of Take
accept, acquire, admit, adopt, aim, ask, assume, bring, call for, carry, charter, choose, claim, conduct, consider, consume, contain, contract, convey, deal, demand, direct, drive, engage, exact, fill, film, get, get hold of, guide, have, hire, hold, ingest, involve, issue, lead, learn, lease, look at, make, necessitate, need, occupy, pack, payoff, pick out, postulate, proceeds, read, remove, rent, require, return, select, shoot, strike, study, submit, subscribe, subscribe to, take aim, take away, take in, take on, take up, takings, train, use up, withdraw, yield
Antonyms of Take
Alternate forms of Take
Derivations: take, taker, taking
Hyponyms: ablate, abstract, accept, admit, adopt, aim, amputate, anoint, arrogate, aspirate, assign, assume, attach, audit, bail, bail out, bale out, be, beacon, bear, bear away, bear off, bone, booze, borrow, bring back, brush, bur, burl, burr, call back, call in, cancel, cannibalise, cannibalize, carry, carry away, carry off, carve out, cast, cast off, catch, channel, charge, chip away, chip away at, circumcise, claim, clean, clear, clear away, clear off, clear out, clear up, clutch, co-opt, collect, compel, condense, conduct, confiscate, contemplate, convey, cost, cream, cream off, crumb, cry for, cry out for, cull out, cut into, cut off, dally, de-iodinate, de-ionate, debone, decalcify, decarbonise, decarbonize, decarburise, decarburize, decoke, decorticate, defang, define, defuse, degas, dehorn, delete, delouse, delve, demineralise, demineralize, depilate, deprive, descale, desorb, despoil, determine, detoxicate, detoxify, detusk, dial, dig, direct, disburden, discharge, disembowel, disinvest, dislodge, dismantle, divest, do drugs, draw, draw a bead on, draw away, draw off, draw out, dredge, drill, drink, drive out, drop, drug, eat, economic rent, elect, eliminate, empanel, empty, enucleate, epilate, espouse, eviscerate, exact, excavate, excerpt, exenterate, exercise, expectorate, extirpate, extort, extract, feed, ferry, fetch, field, fill, fix, flick, follow, foray, free, fuddle, get down, get out, go, govern, grab, gut, habituate, hand, harvest, head, hit, hold, hollow, honor, honour, hull, husk, hypophysectomise, hypophysectomize, imbibe, impanel, impart, impound, knock out, lade, laden, ladle, land, leach, lead astray, level, lift, lift out, limit, loot, misdirect, misguide, misinterpret, mislead, misread, muck, nominate, offsaddle, panel, partake, payback, pick, pick over, pillage, pit, place, play, plump, plunder, pocket, point, practice, practise, prehend, prepare, profess, propose, pull, pull off, pull out, pull up, ransack, re-assume, ream, reave, recall, recapture, relieve, rent, replete, repossess, rescue, resect, reshoot, retake, return, rifle, sack, sample, sate, satiate, scale, scalp, scavenge, scoop, scoop out, scoop up, screen, screen out, seed, seize, sequester, set, set apart, shake off, shed, shell, show, shuck, sieve, sieve out, sift, sight, single out, skim, skim off, smoke, snaffle, snap up, sop up, sort, specify, spoon, steal, stem, stone, string, strip, suck in, suck out, sup, swallow, swing, take, take away, take back, take in, take off, take on, take out, take over, take up, target, taste, tear away, tear off, test, think of, throw, throw away, throw off, tip, touch, train, transit, transmit, trifle, try, try out, tube, turn, turn over, tusk, unburden, undock, undress, unhinge, unpack, unsaddle, unstring, unveil, use, usher, usurp, vote, vote in, warm to, wash, wash away, wash off, wash out, wear away, wear off, weed, welcome, whisk, winnow, wipe away, wipe off, withdraw
Hypernyms: accept, acquire, act, affirm, apply, ask, assert, aver, avow, bang, be, be intimate, become, bed, bonk, buy, call for, carry, change, cinematography, come down, construe, cover, cross, cut across, cut through, decide, demand, determine, do it, do work, eff, employ, enter, expend, experience, feature, filming, find, fuck, get, get across, get it on, get laid, get over, go, have, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, head, hump, income, incur, interpret, involve, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, make up one's mind, motion-picture photography, move, necessitate, need, obtain, pass over, position, postulate, purchase, put down, receive, record, require, roll in the hay, screw, see, sicken, sleep together, sleep with, swan, swear, take, think about, track, transport, traverse, undergo, use, utilise, utilize, verify, win, work
Origin of the word Take
- late O.E. tacan, from a N.Gmc. source (e.g. O.N. taka "take, grasp, lay hold," past tense tok, pp. tekinn; Swed. ta, pp. tagit), from P.Gmc. *t?kanan (cf. M.L.G. tacken, M.Du. taken, Goth. tekan "to touch"), of uncertain origin, perhaps originally meaning "to touch." Gradually replaced M.E. nimen as th… more
- 1654, "that which is taken in payment," from take (v.). Sense of "money taken in" by a single performance, etc., is from 1931. Movie-making sense is recorded from 1927. Criminal sense of "money acquired by theft" is from 1888. The verb sense of "to cheat, defraud" is from 1920. On the take "amenable to bribery" is from 1930. more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper