take

verb takes · taking · took · taken · tane · take

1. transitive To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force. They took Charlton's gun from his cold, dead hands.
2. transitive To seize or capture. take the guards prisoner
3. transitive To catch or get possession of (fish or game). took ten catfish in one afternoon
4. transitive To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
5. transitive To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off. Billy took her pencil.
6. transitive To exact. take a toll
7. transitive To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game. took the next two tricks
8. transitive To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given). took third place
9. transitive To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation. The store doesn't take checks.
10. transitive To accept and follow (advice, etc.). take my advice
11. transitive To receive into some relationship. take a wife
12. intransitive, transitive To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir). There was no intestacy, and they did not take under the will as heirs, but the widow and the children, under the residuary devise, take as tenants in common.
13. transitive To accept, be given (rightly or wrongly), or assume (especially as if by right). He took all the credit for the project, although he had done almost none of the work.
14. transitive To remove. take two eggs from the carton
15. transitive To remove or end by death; to kill. The earthquake took many lives.
16. transitive To subtract. Take one from three and you are left with two.
17. transitive To have sex with. Sometimes he would have her standing up by the side of the bed, not bothering to undress, merely undoing his fly and using her like a cheap envelope to receive his lust. At others he would take her on the floor of her clothes closet and then leave her, locked in for the rest of the night, awash with
18. transitive To defeat (someone or something) in a fight. Don't try to take that guy. He's bigger than you.
19. transitive To grasp or grip. He took her hand in his.
20. transitive To select or choose; to pick. Take whichever bag you like.
21. transitive To adopt (select) as one's own. She took his side in every argument.
22. transitive To apply or assign a character option. I'll take a level as a fighter, so I can take the weapon specialization skill.
23. transitive To carry or lead (something or someone). She took her sword with her everywhere she went.
24. especially, transitive To transport or carry; to convey to another place. The next bus will take you to Metz.
25. transitive, usually To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching. These stairs take you down to the basement.
26. transitive To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around. She took the steps two or three at a time.
27. transitive To escort or conduct (a person). He took her to lunch at the new restaurant, took her to the movies, and then took her home.
28. reflexive, transitive To go. In a rare example of clemency Pope John assured him of a pardon, perhaps on the grounds that the innocent monk had merely been the victim of Louis's overbearing ambitions. Nicholas then took himself to Avignon where in August 1330 he formally renounced his claim to the papacy.
29. transitive To use as a means of transportation. take the ferry
30. transitive To obtain for use by payment or lease. She took a condo at the beach for the summer.
31. transitive To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription. They took two magazines.
32. transitive To receive (medicine or drugs) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest. take two of these and call me in the morning
33. dated, transitive To consume (food or drink). The general took dinner at seven o'clock.
34. transitive To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to. take sun-baths
35. transitive To experience or feel. She takes pride in her work.
36. transitive To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure). took a pay cut
37. transitive To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage). The ship took a direct hit and was destroyed.
38. transitive To participate in. She took a vacation to France but spent the whole time feeling miserable that her husband couldn't be there with her.
39. transitive To cause to change to a specified state or condition. He had to take it apart to fix it.
40. transitive To regard in a specified way. He took the news badly.
41. transitive To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind. took the decision to close its last remaining outlet
42. transitive To understand (especially in a specified way). Don't take my comments as an insult.
43. transitive To believe, to accept the statements of. take her word for it
44. transitive To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider. I took him to be a person of honor.
45. transitive To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something). take it from her comments she won't be there.
46. transitive To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source. "As I Lay Dying" takes its title from Book XI of Homer's "Odyssey"
47. transitive To catch or contract (an illness, etc.). took a chill
48. transitive To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
49. transitive To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of. took her fancy
50. transitive To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc.); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc.). cloth that takes dye well
51. transitive To let in (water). The British brought the ship into Haifa harbor. The ship was taking seawater in 4 places, and the passengers had been without fresh water for the last few days of their voyage, with several ill from drinking seawater.
52. transitive To require (a person, resource or thing in order to achieve an outcome). Looks like it's gonna take a taller person to get that down.
53. transitive To proceed to fill. He took a seat in the front row.
54. transitive To fill, occupy, require, or use up (space). His collection takes a lot of space.
55. transitive To fill or require: to last or expend (an amount of time). Unloading the moving truck took us half a day, but this mess of a house will take us all weekend to tidy up. It takes ages to finish house moving!
56. transitive To avail oneself of; to exploit. He took that opportunity to leave France.
57. transitive To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do. take a walk
58. transitive To assume (a form). took the form of a duck
59. transitive To perform (a role). take the part of the villain/hero
60. transitive To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc.). take office

Similar: appropriate, bag, annex, catch, expropriate, grab, grasp, grip, help oneself, hook, impropriate, make free with

noun takes · tek

1. An act of taking. The 1994 Amendments address the incidental take of marine mammals in the course of commercial fishing, not the direct lethal take of pinnipeds for management purposes.
2. Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits; takings. Why would anyone go along with such things? Money is still the main answer: Almost all prominent climate deniers are on the fossil-fuel take.
3. The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch. Since a state ban was lifted in 1984, hunters may shoot one swan per season. A permit system limited last season's take to 6,000.
4. An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position. What's your take on this issue, Fred?
5. An approach, a (distinct) treatment. a new take on a traditional dish
6. A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene. It's a take.
7. A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
8. A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event. did a double take and then a triple take
9. An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
10. A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
11. The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time. When the copy arrives, it is taken in hand by the printer, who first of all divides it into "takes" or short portions, distributing these among the various compositors. A take usually consists of a little more than a stickful of matter, but it varies sometimes, for if a new paragraph occurs it is no