| Noun | 1. | take - the income arising from land or other property; "the average return was about 5%" |
| 2. | take - the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption | |
| Verb | 1. | take - carry out; "take action"; "take steps"; "take vengeance" |
| 2. | take - as of time or space; "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time" | |
| 3. | take - take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace" | |
| 4. | take - get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please" Synonyms: get hold of | |
| 5. | take - 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" | |
| 6. | take - interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression; "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"; "You can't take credit for this!" Synonyms: read | |
| 7. | take - 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" | |
| 8. | take - take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" Antonyms: give - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" | |
| 9. | take - require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulates a patient's consent" | |
| 10. | take - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" | |
| 11. | take - 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" | |
| 12. | take - receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present" | |
| 13. | take - assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as director of development" Synonyms: fill | |
| 14. | take - take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case" | |
| 15. | take - experience or feel or submit to; "Take a test"; "Take the plunge" | |
| 16. | take - make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie" | |
| 17. | take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" | |
| 18. | take - serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee" | |
| 19. | take - accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut" | |
| 20. | take - make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity" Synonyms: accept | |
| 21. | take - take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill" | |
| 22. | take - occupy or take on; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose" | |
| 23. | take - admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member" | |
| 24. | take - 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" | |
| 25. | take - be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam" | |
| 26. | take - take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" | |
| 27. | take - head into a specified direction; "The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains" Synonyms: make | |
| 28. | take - aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent" | |
| 29. | take - be seized or affected in a specified way; "take sick"; "be taken drunk" | |
| 30. | take - 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" | |
| 31. | take - 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?" | |
| 32. | take - receive or obtain by regular payment; "We take the Times every day" Synonyms: subscribe to, subscribe | |
| 33. | take - buy, select; "I'll take a pound of that sausage" | |
| 34. | take - to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort; "take shelter from the storm" | |
| 35. | take - have sex with; archaic use; "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable" Synonyms: have | |
| 36. | take - lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea" Synonyms: claim | |
| 37. | take - be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye" Synonyms: accept | |
| 38. | take - be capable of holding or containing; "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon" | |
| 39. | take - develop a habit; "He took to visiting bars" | |
| 40. | take - proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work" Synonyms: drive | |
| 41. | take - obtain by winning; "Winner takes all"; "He took first prize" | |
| 42. | take - be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill" |
TAKE. This is a technical expression which signifies to be entitled to; as, a devisee will take under the will. To take also signifies to seize, as to take and carry away.
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