take (tek)

verb (vv0)

Definitions

  • engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
  • carry out; "take action"; "take steps"; "take vengeance"
  • make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"
  • to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort; "take shelter from the storm"
  • be seized or affected in a specified way; "take sick"; "be taken drunk"
  • proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work"
  • travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route; "He takes the bus to work"; "She takes Route 1 to Newark"
  • be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam"
  • ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial; "take a pulse"; "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors"
  • be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye"
  • experience or feel or submit to; "Take a test"; "Take the plunge"
  • obtain by winning; "Winner takes all"; "He took first prize"
  • receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day"
  • take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill"
  • buy, select; "I'll take a pound of that sausage"
  • have with oneself; have on one's person; "She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains"
  • develop a habit; "He took to visiting bars"
  • take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "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"
  • lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea"
  • take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks"
  • take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"

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