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