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TAKE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruptionplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("take" is a kind of...):

cinematography; filming; motion-picture photography (the act of making a film)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "take"):

retake (a shot or scene that is photographed again)

Derivation:

take (make a film or photograph of something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other propertyplay

Example:

the average return was about 5%

Synonyms:

issue; payoff; proceeds; return; take; takings; yield

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("take" is a kind of...):

income (the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "take"):

economic rent; rent (the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions)

payback (financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment))

Derivation:

take (receive or obtain regularly)

 II. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they take  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it takes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: took  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: taken  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: taking  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illnessplay

Example:

She took a chill

Synonyms:

contract; get; take

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):

come down; sicken (get sick)

Verb group:

catch (contract)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):

catch (contract)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstractplay

Example:

This machine withdraws heat from the environment

Synonyms:

remove; take; take away; withdraw

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):

depilate; epilate (remove body hair)

harvest (remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation)

tip (remove the tip from)

stem (remove the stem from)

extirpate (surgically remove (an organ))

enucleate (remove (a tumor or eye) from an enveloping sac or cover)

exenterate (remove the contents of (an organ))

enucleate (remove the nucleus from (a cell))

decorticate (remove the cortex of (an organ))

bail (remove (water) from a vessel with a container)

disinvest; divest; strip; undress (remove (someone's or one's own) clothes)

ablate (remove an organ or bodily structure)

clean; pick (remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits)

clean (remove shells or husks from)

fan; winnow (blow away or off with a current of air)

pick (remove in small bits)

clear; clear up (free (the throat) by making a rasping sound)

muck (remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine)

lift (remove from a surface)

lift (take off or away by decreasing)

lift (remove from a seedbed or from a nursery)

rip off; tear away; tear off (remove by pulling or ripping violently and forcefully)

take off (take away or remove)

take away; take out (take out or remove)

pit; stone (remove the pits from)

seed (remove the seeds from)

unhinge (remove the hinges from)

shuck (remove the shucks from)

hull (remove the hulls from)

crumb (remove crumbs from)

chip away; chip away at (remove or withdraw gradually:)

burl (remove the burls from cloth)

knock out (destroy or break forcefully)

clean; scavenge (remove unwanted substances from)

hypophysectomise; hypophysectomize (remove the pituitary glands)

degas (remove gas from)

husk; shell (remove the husks from)

bur; burr (remove the burrs from)

clear away; clear off (remove from sight)

flick (remove with a flick (of the hand))

dismantle; strip (take off or remove)

strip (remove a constituent from a liquid)

clear (remove)

defang (remove the fangs from)

bone; debone (remove the bones from)

disembowel; draw; eviscerate (remove the entrails of)

shell (remove from its shell or outer covering)

shuck (remove from the shell)

detusk; tusk (remove the tusks of animals)

dehorn (prevent the growth of horns of certain animals)

scalp (remove the scalp of)

weed (clear of weeds)

condense (remove water from)

bail out; bale out (remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side)

leach; strip (remove substances from by a percolating liquid)

decalcify (remove calcium or lime from)

detoxicate; detoxify (remove poison from)

de-ionate (remove ions from)

de-iodinate (remove iodine from)

decarbonise; decarbonize; decarburise; decarburize; decoke (remove carbon from (an engine))

delouse (free of lice)

ream (remove by making a hole or by boring)

brush (remove with or as if with a brush)

wash; wash away; wash off; wash out (remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent)

desorb (remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed)

pull (take away)

demineralise; demineralize (remove the minerals or salts from)

eliminate (remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations)

clear out; drive out; expectorate (clear out the chest and lungs)

carve out (remove from a larger whole)

defuse (remove the triggering device from)

dredge (remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water)

wear away; wear off (diminish, as by friction)

amputate; cut off (remove surgically)

eviscerate; resect (surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ)

cream; cream off; skim; skim off (remove from the surface)

strip (remove the surface from)

strip (strip the cured leaves from)

descale; scale (remove the scales from)

circumcise (cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys)

undock (take (a ship) out of a dock)

cut into; delve; dig; turn over (turn up, loosen, or remove earth)

dig; excavate; hollow (remove the inner part or the core of)

lift out; scoop; scoop out; scoop up; take up (take out or up with or as if with a scoop)

draw out; extract; pull; pull out; pull up; rip out; take out; tear out (remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense)

take out (remove something from a container or an enclosed space)

unstring (remove the strings from)

string (remove the stringy parts of)

wipe away; wipe off (remove by wiping)

bear away; bear off; carry away; carry off; take away (remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state)

unveil (remove the cover from)

take out; unpack (remove from its packing)

disburden; unburden (take the burden off; remove the burden from)

empty (remove)

discharge (remove the charge from)

offsaddle; unsaddle (remove the saddle from)

cast; cast off; drop; shake off; shed; throw; throw away; throw off (get rid of)

dislodge; free (remove or force out from a position)

clean (remove while making clean)

aspirate; draw out; suck out (remove by suction)

cancel; delete (remove or make invisible)

lade; laden; ladle (remove with or as if with a ladle)

spoon (scoop up or take up with a spoon)

gut (remove the guts of)

head (remove the head of)

draw away; draw off; pull off (remove by drawing or pulling)

clean; strip (remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely)

draw; take out (take liquid out of a container or well)

draw; get out; pull; pull out; take out (bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover)

leach (cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate)

draw (cause to flow)

draw; draw off; take out; withdraw (remove (a commodity) from (a supply source))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Sentence example:

They want to take the doors


Also:

take off (make a subtraction)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dialplay

Example:

A reading was taken of the earth's tremors

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):

find; get; incur; obtain; receive (receive a specified treatment (abstract))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspectplay

Example:

The gods assume human or animal form in these fables

Synonyms:

acquire; adopt; assume; take; take on

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):

re-assume (take on again, as after a time lapse)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 5

Meaning:

Be seized or affected in a specified wayplay

Example:

be taken drunk

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):

become; get; go (enter or assume a certain state or condition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s Adjective

Sense 6

Meaning:

Be a student of a certain subjectplay

Example:

She is reading for the bar exam

Synonyms:

learn; read; study; take

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):

audit (attend academic courses without getting credit)

prepare; train (undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession)

drill; exercise; practice; practise (learn by repetition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 7

Meaning:

Interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impressionplay

Example:

How should I take this message?

Synonyms:

read; take

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):

construe; interpret; see (make sense of; assign a meaning to)

Verb group:

read (to hear and understand)

read (interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):

misinterpret; misread (interpret wrongly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 8

Meaning:

Accept or undergo, often unwillinglyplay

Example:

We took a pay cut

Synonyms:

submit; take

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):

undergo (pass through)

Verb group:

take (experience or feel or submit to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):

test (undergo a test)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

taker (one who takes a bet or wager)

Sense 9

Meaning:

Pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternativesplay

Example:

She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her

Synonyms:

choose; pick out; select; take

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):

decide; determine; make up one's mind (reach, make, or come to a decision about something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):

empanel; impanel; panel (select from a list)

anoint (choose by or as if by divine intervention)

field (select (a team or individual player) for a game)

sieve; sift (distinguish and separate out)

draw (select or take in from a given group or region)

dial (choose by means of a dial)

go; plump (give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number)

pick (select carefully from a group)

elect (choose)

excerpt; extract; take out (take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy)

cull out; winnow (select desirable parts from a group or list)

cream off; skim off (pick the best)

pick over; sieve out (separate or remove)

assign; set apart; specify (select something or someone for a specific purpose)

single out (select from a group)

think of (choose in one's mind)

define; determine; fix; limit; set; specify (decide upon or fix definitely)

adopt; espouse; follow (choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans)

screen; screen out; sieve; sort (examine in order to test suitability)

vote in (elect in a voting process)

elect (select by a vote for an office or membership)

nominate; propose (put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position)

vote (express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They take him to write the letter


Sense 10

Meaning:

Take into consideration for exemplifying purposesplay

Example:

Consider the following case

Synonyms:

consider; deal; look at; take

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):

think about (have on one's mind, think about actively)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):

contemplate (consider as a possibility)

dally; play; trifle (consider not very seriously)

abstract (consider apart from a particular case or instance)

warm to (become excited about)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 11

Meaning:

Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairsplay

Example:

The hard work took its toll on her

Synonyms:

claim; exact; take

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):

ask; call for; demand; involve; necessitate; need; postulate; require; take (require as useful, just, or proper)

Verb group:

ask; call for; demand; involve; necessitate; need; postulate; require; take (require as useful, just, or proper)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 12

Meaning:

Lay claim to; as of an ideaplay

Example:

She took credit for the whole idea

Synonyms:

claim; take

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):

affirm; assert; aver; avow; swan; swear; verify (to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true)

Verb group:

arrogate; claim; lay claim (demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 13

Meaning:

Make a film or photograph of somethingplay

Example:

shoot a movie

Synonyms:

film; shoot; take

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):

enter; put down; record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)

Verb group:

photograph; shoot; snap (record on photographic film)

Domain category:

film; flick; motion-picture show; motion picture; movie; moving-picture show; moving picture; pic; picture; picture show (a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):

reshoot (shoot again)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot take Sue


Derivation:

take (the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption)

Sense 14

Meaning:

Obtain by winningplay

Example:

He took first prize

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):

win (be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 15

Meaning:

Point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towardsplay

Example:

Take a swipe at one's opponent

Synonyms:

aim; direct; take; take aim; train

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):

position (cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):

aim; direct; place; point; target (intend (something) to move towards a certain goal)

draw a bead on (aim with a gun)

hold (aim, point, or direct)

turn (direct at someone)

swing (hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement)

charge; level; point (direct into a position for use)

level (aim at)

sight (take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 16

Meaning:

Serve oneself to, or consume regularlyplay

Example:

I don't take sugar in my coffee

Synonyms:

consume; have; ingest; take; take in

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):

cannibalise; cannibalize (eat human flesh)

habituate; use (take or consume (regularly or habitually))

eat (eat a meal; take a meal)

eat (take in solid food)

drink; imbibe (take in liquids)

booze; drink; fuddle; hit the bottle (consume alcohol)

partake; touch (consume)

eat; feed (take in food; used of animals only)

fill; replete; sate; satiate (fill to satisfaction)

sample; taste; try; try out (take a sample of)

sop up; suck in; take in; take up (take up as if with a sponge)

sup (take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They take the cake with sugar


Also:

take up (take up as if with a sponge)

Sense 17

Meaning:

Get into one's hands, take physicallyplay

Example:

Can you take this bag, please

Synonyms:

get hold of; take

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):

clutch; prehend; seize (take hold of; grab)

seize (take or capture by force)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

The children take the ball


Also:

take apart (divide into pieces)

take away (remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state)

take in (fold up)

take in (visit for entertainment)

take on (accept as a challenge)

take up (take out or up with or as if with a scoop)

Derivation:

taking (the act of someone who picks up or takes something)

Sense 18

Meaning:

Have sex with; archaic useplay

Example:

He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable

Synonyms:

have; take

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):

bang; be intimate; bed; bonk; do it; eff; fuck; get it on; get laid; have a go at it; have intercourse; have it away; have it off; have sex; hump; jazz; know; lie with; love; make love; make out; roll in the hay; screw; sleep together; sleep with (have sexual intercourse with)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 19

Meaning:

Travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain routeplay

Example:

She takes Route 1 to Newark

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):

apply; employ; use; utilise; utilize (put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The men take the boat


Sense 20

Meaning:

Proceed along in a vehicleplay

Example:

We drive the turnpike to work

Synonyms:

drive; take

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):

cover; cross; cut across; cut through; get across; get over; pass over; track; traverse (travel across or pass over)

Verb group:

drive; motor (travel or be transported in a vehicle)

drive (operate or control a vehicle)

drive (cause someone or something to move by driving)

Domain category:

driving (the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 21

Meaning:

Occupy or take onplay

Example:

strike a pose

Synonyms:

assume; strike; take; take up

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Verb group:

fill; occupy; take (assume, as of positions or roles)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The men take the horses across the field


Sense 22

Meaning:

Take somebody somewhereplay

Example:

He conducted us to the palace

Synonyms:

conduct; direct; guide; lead; take

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):

beacon (guide with a beacon)

hand (guide or conduct or usher somewhere)

lead astray; misdirect; misguide; mislead (lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions)

show; usher (take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 23

Meaning:

Head into a specified directionplay

Example:

We made for the mountains

Synonyms:

make; take

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):

head (to go or travel towards)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 24

Meaning:

Take something or somebody with oneself somewhereplay

Example:

This brings me to the main point

Synonyms:

bring; convey; take

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):

carry; transport (move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body)

"Take" entails doing...:

come; come up (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody)

Verb group:

bring; convey; fetch; get (go or come after and bring or take back)

bring (be accompanied by)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):

fetch (take away or remove)

transit (cause or enable to pass through)

ferry (transport from one place to another)

bring back; return; take back (bring back to the point of departure)

tube (convey in a tube)

whisk (move somewhere quickly)

carry; channel; conduct; convey; impart; transmit (transmit or serve as the medium for transmission)

land (bring ashore)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence examples:

They take the food to the people

They take the people the food


Sense 25

Meaning:

Experience or feel or submit toplay

Example:

Take the plunge

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):

experience; get; have; receive (go through (mental or physical states or experiences))

Verb group:

submit; take (accept or undergo, often unwillingly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 26

Meaning:

To get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfortplay

Example:

take shelter from the storm

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 27

Meaning:

Take into one's possessionplay

Example:

I'll take three salmon steaks

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):

adopt; take in (take into one's family)

take away (take from a person or place)

repossess; take back (regain possession of something)

collect; take in (call for and obtain payment of)

attach; confiscate; impound; seize; sequester (take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority)

sequester (requisition forcibly, as of enemy property)

pocket (put in one's pocket)

accept; assume; bear; take over (take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person)

grab; snaffle; snap up (get hold of or seize quickly and easily)

call back; call in; recall; withdraw (cause to be returned)

deprive; divest; strip (take away possessions from someone)

unburden (free or relieve (someone) of a burden)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody

Antonym:

give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)

Also:

take back (regain possession of something)

take in (visit for entertainment)

take out (remove (a commodity) from (a supply source))

Sense 28

Meaning:

Take by forceplay

Example:

The army took the fort on the hill

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):

rescue (take forcibly from legal custody)

scale (take by attacking with scaling ladders)

extort (obtain through intimidation)

arrogate; assume; seize; take over; usurp (seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession)

recapture; retake (take back by force, as after a battle)

relieve (take by stealing)

rip; rip off; steal (take without the owner's consent)

despoil; foray; loot; pillage; plunder; ransack; reave; rifle; strip (steal goods; take as spoils)

plunder; sack (plunder (a town) after capture)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody

Sentence example:

They take the hill


Sense 29

Meaning:

Buy, selectplay

Example:

I'll take a pound of that sausage

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):

buy; purchase (obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction)

Domain category:

commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They take the newspapers


Also:

take out (remove (a commodity) from (a supply source))

Sense 30

Meaning:

Engage for service under a term of contractplay

Example:

Shall we take a guide in Rome?

Synonyms:

charter; engage; hire; lease; rent; take

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):

acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody

Sense 31

Meaning:

Receive or obtain regularlyplay

Example:

We take the Times every day

Synonyms:

subscribe; subscribe to; take

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):

buy; purchase (obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

take (the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property)

Sense 32

Meaning:

Make use of or accept for some purposeplay

Example:

take an opportunity

Synonyms:

accept; take

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):

co-opt (take or assume for one's own use)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 33

Meaning:

Receive willingly something given or offeredplay

Example:

Please accept my present

Synonyms:

accept; have; take

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):

acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)

Verb group:

have; receive (get something; come into possession of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):

accept; admit; take; take on (admit into a group or community)

welcome (accept gladly)

honor; honour (accept as pay)

adopt; borrow; take over; take up (take up and practice as one's own)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody

Also:

take in (provide with shelter)

take over (take up, as of debts or payments)

take over (take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person)

take up (take up and practice as one's own)

Derivation:

taker (one who accepts an offer)

Sense 34

Meaning:

Admit into a group or communityplay

Example:

We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member

Synonyms:

accept; admit; take; take on

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):

accept; have; take (receive willingly something given or offered)

Verb group:

admit; include; let in (allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):

profess (receive into a religious order or congregation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot take Sue


Sense 35

Meaning:

Require (time or space)play

Example:

This event occupied a very short time

Synonyms:

occupy; take; use up

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):

expend; use (use up, consume fully)

Verb group:

consume; deplete; eat; eat up; exhaust; run through; use up; wipe out (use up (resources or materials))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):

be (spend or use time)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They take a long time


Sense 36

Meaning:

Assume, as of positions or rolesplay

Example:

the young prince will soon occupy the throne

Synonyms:

fill; occupy; take

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):

do work; work (be employed)

Verb group:

assume; strike; take; take up (occupy or take on)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 37

Meaning:

Develop a habitplay

Example:

He took to visiting bars

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 38

Meaning:

Carry outplay

Example:

take vengeance

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):

act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 39

Meaning:

Require as useful, just, or properplay

Example:

This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent

Synonyms:

ask; call for; demand; involve; necessitate; need; postulate; require; take

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Verb group:

claim; exact; take (take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):

claim; exact; take (take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs)

govern (require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood)

draw (require a specified depth for floating)

cost (require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice)

cry for; cry out for (need badly or desperately)

compel (necessitate or exact)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 40

Meaning:

Be capable of holding or containingplay

Example:

The flask holds one gallon

Synonyms:

contain; hold; take

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Verb group:

bear; carry; contain; hold (contain or hold; have within)

accommodate; admit; hold (have room for; hold without crowding)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 41

Meaning:

Have with oneself; have on one's personplay

Example:

She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains

Synonyms:

carry; pack; take

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):

feature; have (have as a feature)

Verb group:

carry (have or possess something abstract)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They take more bread


Sense 42

Meaning:

Be designed to hold or takeplay

Example:

This surface will not take the dye

Synonyms:

accept; take

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Credits

 Context examples: 

After being exposed to asbestos, it usually takes a long time for the disease to form.

(Mesothelioma, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

“You ain’t going to take him out now?” the driver asked.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

He will be taken in at last.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

My trifling occupations take up my time and amuse me, and I am rewarded for any exertions by seeing none but happy, kind faces around me.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

He was only once crossed, and that was towards the end, when my poor father was far gone in a decline that took him off.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Be in your chamber then at that hour, and do not take it amiss if your visitor wear a mask.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

People with MCI can take care of themselves and do their normal activities.

(Mild Cognitive Impairment, NIH: National Institute on Aging)

He will, most likely, give a plunge or two, and perhaps take the rest for a minute; but he will soon know his master.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

A substance being studied in the treatment of bacterial infections from catheters (flexible tubes used to deliver fluids into or take fluids from the body).

(minocycline-EDTA, NCI Dictionary)

She took no liquid, as there was a water-tap in the stables, and it was the rule that the lad on duty should drink nothing else.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)




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