Take

Definition:

  • (p. p.) Taken.
  • (v. t.) In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands, or otherwise; to grasp; to get into one's hold or possession; to procure; to seize and carry away; to convey.
  • (v. t.) To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection to one's power or will; to capture; to seize; to make prisoner; as, to take am army, a city, or a ship; also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack; to seize; -- said of a disease, misfortune, or the like.
  • (v. t.) To gain or secure the interest or affection of; to captivate; to engage; to interest; to charm.
  • (v. t.) To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to have recourse to; as, to take the road to the right.
  • (v. t.) To employ; to use; to occupy; hence, to demand; to require; as, it takes so much cloth to make a coat.
  • (v. t.) To form a likeness of; to copy; to delineate; to picture; as, to take picture of a person.
  • (v. t.) To draw; to deduce; to derive.
  • (v. t.) To assume; to adopt; to acquire, as shape; to permit to one's self; to indulge or engage in; to yield to; to have or feel; to enjoy or experience, as rest, revenge, delight, shame; to form and adopt, as a resolution; -- used in general senses, limited by a following complement, in many idiomatic phrases; as, to take a resolution; I take the liberty to say.
  • (v. t.) To lead; to conduct; as, to take a child to church.
  • (v. t.) To carry; to convey; to deliver to another; to hand over; as, he took the book to the bindery.
  • (v. t.) To remove; to withdraw; to deduct; -- with from; as, to take the breath from one; to take two from four.
  • (v. t.) In a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to bear; to endure; to acknowledge; to accept.
  • (v. t.) To accept, as something offered; to receive; not to refuse or reject; to admit.
  • (v. t.) To receive as something to be eaten or dronk; to partake of; to swallow; as, to take food or wine.
  • (v. t.) Not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily; to clear; as, to take a hedge or fence.
  • (v. t.) To bear without ill humor or resentment; to submit to; to tolerate; to endure; as, to take a joke; he will take an affront from no man.
  • (v. t.) To admit, as, something presented to the mind; not to dispute; to allow; to accept; to receive in thought; to entertain in opinion; to understand; to interpret; to regard or look upon; to consider; to suppose; as, to take a thing for granted; this I take to be man's motive; to take men for spies.
  • (v. t.) To accept the word or offer of; to receive and accept; to bear; to submit to; to enter into agreement with; -- used in general senses; as, to take a form or shape.
  • (v. i.) To take hold; to fix upon anything; to have the natural or intended effect; to accomplish a purpose; as, he was inoculated, but the virus did not take.
  • (v. i.) To please; to gain reception; to succeed.
  • (v. i.) To move or direct the course; to resort; to betake one's self; to proceed; to go; -- usually with to; as, the fox, being hard pressed, took to the hedge.
  • (v. i.) To admit of being pictured, as in a photograph; as, his face does not take well.
  • (n.) That which is taken; especially, the quantity of fish captured at one haul or catch.
  • (n.) The quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time.

Compare take with other words:

slash vs. take

retrieve vs. take

forgive vs. take

conduct vs. take

occupy vs. take

nake vs. take

take vs. tike

ake vs. take

tace vs. take

hake vs. take

fake vs. take

take vs. tyke

take vs. tame

bake vs. take

take vs. tale

take vs. tape

take vs. tare

sake vs. take

lake vs. take

cake vs. take

take vs. wake

rake vs. take

take vs. undergo

bestow vs. take

sip vs. take

spend vs. take

consume vs. take

take vs. withdraw

take vs. write

take vs. wear

take vs. taken

swipe vs. take

suffer vs. take

place vs. take

dock vs. take

collect vs. take

allow vs. take

ride vs. take

pluck vs. take

take vs. ungive

suscipient vs. take

check vs. take

blow vs. take

cost vs. take

pursue vs. take

leave vs. take

demand vs. take

require vs. take

draw vs. take

picture vs. take

fetch vs. take

derivate vs. take

last vs. take

implement vs. take

entertain vs. take

demonstration vs. take

pas vs. take

look vs. take

garner vs. take

hold vs. take

pocket vs. take

integrate vs. take

need vs. take

husk vs. take

content vs. take

ask vs. take

obtain vs. take

breton vs. take

macedonian vs. take

basque vs. take

bind vs. take

make vs. take

hyphen vs. take

take vs. tie

certificate vs. take

join vs. take

demonstrate vs. take

lead vs. take

send vs. take

board vs. take

occur vs. take

reassume vs. take

amanuensis vs. take

nim vs. take

scoriac vs. take

clapperboard vs. take

take vs. vang

retake vs. take

bridgehead vs. take

reciprocate vs. take

reprise vs. take

take vs. took

principal vs. take

pick vs. take

drink vs. take

grade vs. take

connect vs. take

debt vs. take

evidence vs. take

take vs. undertaken

betake vs. take

crystallize vs. take

take vs. trophy

deprive vs. take

administer vs. take

convey vs. take

control vs. take

pass vs. take

shelter vs. take

snap vs. take

cull vs. take

clapboard vs. take

take vs. taker

fang vs. take

imbibe vs. take

adopt vs. take

firm vs. take

own vs. take

download vs. take

cop vs. take

drive vs. take

bleed vs. take

graft vs. take

take vs. taking

take vs. uptake

overtake vs. take

outtake vs. take

mistake vs. take

intake vs. take

perspective vs. take

copy vs. take

compositor vs. take

take vs. view

interpretation vs. take

profit vs. take

bribe vs. take

reward vs. take

take vs. thou

haul vs. take

drop vs. take

swallow vs. take

receive vs. take

get vs. take

have vs. take

seize vs. take

conquer vs. take

grip vs. take

confiscate vs. take

offence vs. take

feel vs. take

experience vs. take

take vs. task

perform vs. take

habituate vs. take

take vs. undertake

give vs. take

deliver vs. take

entrust vs. take

instance vs. take

example vs. take

consider vs. take

take vs. use

camera vs. take

photographic vs. take

capture vs. take

catch vs. take

batsman vs. take

remain vs. take

persist vs. take

take vs. thrive

fight vs. take

stick vs. take

study vs. take

course vs. take

enroll vs. take

class vs. take

carry vs. take

bring vs. take

bodice vs. take

accept vs. take

bologna vs. take

loss vs. take

cure vs. take

set vs. take

positive vs. take