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verb
  1. 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"
    accept  take  have 
  2. 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"
    accept  admit  take  take on 
  3. make use of or accept for some purpose
    "take a risk"; "take an opportunity"
    take  accept 
  4. be designed to hold or take
    "This surface will not take the dye"
    accept  take 
  5. 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"
    assume  acquire  adopt  take on  take 
  6. point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
    "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"
    aim  take  train  take aim  direct 
  7. 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 postulate a patient's consent"
    necessitate  ask  postulate  need  require  take  involve  call for  demand 
  8. 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"
    assume  take  strike  take up 
  9. 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"
    bring  convey  take 
  10. 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"
    carry  pack  take 
  11. 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?"
    lease  rent  hire  charter  engage  take 
  12. 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"
    choose  take  select  pick out 
  13. 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"
    claim  take  exact 
  14. lay claim to; as of an idea
    "She took credit for the whole idea"
    claim  take 
  15. take somebody somewhere
    "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"
    lead  take  direct  conduct  guide 
  16. take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
    "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case"
    consider  take  deal  look at 
  17. serve oneself to, or consume regularly
    "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
    consume  ingest  take in  take  have 
  18. be capable of holding or containing
    "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon"
    contain  take  hold 
  19. be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
    "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
    contract  take  get 
  20. proceed along in a vehicle
    "We drive the turnpike to work"
    drive  take 
  21. assume, as of positions or roles
    "She took the job as director of development"; "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne"
    fill  take  occupy 
  22. make a film or photograph of something
    "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"
    film  shoot  take 
  23. get into one's hands, take physically
    "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please"
    take  get hold of 
  24. have sex with; archaic use
    "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable"
    take  have 
  25. be a student of a certain subject
    "She is reading for the bar exam"
    learn  study  read  take 
  26. head into a specified direction
    "The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains"
    take  make 
  27. require (time or space)
    "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"
    take  occupy  use up 
  28. 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!"
    take  read 
  29. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, 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"
    remove  take  take away  withdraw 
  30. accept or undergo, often unwillingly
    "We took a pay cut"
    take  submit 
  31. receive or obtain regularly
    "We take the Times every day"
    subscribe  subscribe to  take 
  32. 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"
    take 
  33. be seized or affected in a specified way
    "take sick"; "be taken drunk"
    take 
  34. obtain by winning
    "Winner takes all"; "He took first prize"
    take 
  35. 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"
    take 
  36. experience or feel or submit to
    "Take a test"; "Take the plunge"
    take 
  37. take into one's possession
    "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks"
    take 
  38. take by force
    "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill"
    take 
  39. buy, select
    "I'll take a pound of that sausage"
    take 
  40. to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
    "take shelter from the storm"
    take 
  41. carry out
    "take action"; "take steps"; "take vengeance"
    take 
  42. develop a habit
    "He took to visiting bars"
    take 
noun
  1. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
    "the average return was about 5%"
    return  issue  take  takings  proceeds  yield  payoff 
  2. the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
    take 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University