Sekirov Dictionary

take

/ˈteɪ̯k/

verb94

  1. to reach for something and get hold of it with your hand
  2. to get something so that you own it or control it, sometimes by using force
  3. To carry or lead (something or someone).
  4. To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
  5. To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
  6. To escort or conduct (a person).
  7. To require (a person, resource or thing in order to achieve an outcome).
  8. To fill, occupy, require, or use up (space).
  9. To fill or require: to last or expend (an amount of time).
  10. To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
  11. To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
  12. To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
  13. To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
  14. To accept, be given (rightly or wrongly), or assume (especially as if by right).
  15. To receive (medicine or drugs) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
  16. (old-fashioned) To consume (food or drink).
  17. To regard in a specified way.
  18. To understand (especially in a specified way).
  19. To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
  20. To use as a means of transportation.
  21. To select or choose; to pick.
  22. To adopt (select) as one's own.
  23. To apply or assign a character option.
  24. To remove.
  25. To subtract.
  26. To participate in.
  27. To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
  28. (old-fashioned) To make a picture, photograph, etc. of (a person, scene, etc.).
  29. (old-fashioned) To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.
  30. To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
  31. To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
  32. To grasp or grip.
  33. To proceed to fill.
  34. To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
  35. To go into, through, or along.
  36. To go or move into.
  37. To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
  38. To apply oneself to the study of.
  39. To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
  40. To accept and follow (advice, etc.).
  41. To assume or perform (a form or role).
  42. To assume (a form).
  43. To perform (a role).
  44. To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc.).
  45. To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
  46. To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
  47. To experience or feel.
  48. To seize or capture.
  49. To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
  50. To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
  51. To avail oneself of; to exploit.
  52. To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
  53. To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
  54. To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
  55. To obtain for use by payment or lease.
  56. To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
  57. To buy.
  58. To have and use one's recourse to.
  59. To believe, to accept the statements of.
  60. To remove or end by death; to kill.
  61. To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
  62. To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
  63. To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc.); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc.).
  64. To engage, take hold or have effect.
  65. To look good enough to keep.
  66. To adhere or be absorbed properly.
  67. To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
  68. To catch; to engage.
  69. To exact.
  70. To receive into some relationship.
  71. Used in phrasal verbs: take in, take off, take on, take out, take to, take something to, take up.
  72. To accept as an input to a relation.
  73. To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc.).
  74. To accept (zero or more arguments).
  75. To deal with.
  76. To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
  77. To bind oneself by.
  78. To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
  79. To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
  80. (old-fashioned) To win acceptance, favor or favorable reception; to charm people.
  81. To catch or contract (an illness, etc.).
  82. To become; to be affected in a specified way.
  83. To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
  84. To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
  85. (euphemistic) To have sex with.
  86. [with oneself] To go.
  87. To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
  88. To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
  89. To let in (water).
  90. (dialect, nonstandard) An intensifier.
  91. (no longer used, rare) To portray in a painting.
  92. (no longer used) To visit; to include in a course of travel.
  93. (no longer used) To deliver, bring, give (something) to (someone).
  94. (slang, no longer used) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or hit.

noun12

  1. An act of taking.
  2. An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
  3. A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
  4. A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
  5. An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
  6. Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits; takings.
  7. A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
  8. Something that is taken; a haul.
  9. The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
  10. A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
  11. An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
  12. The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
forms

taked · took · tookest · tookst · taken · tane · ytaken · taking · takes · taketh · tooketh · takest

Phrases with take

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