take
tayk
- n the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- n the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
- v carry out
take action
take steps
take vengeance - v require (time or space)
- v take somebody somewhere
can you take me to the main entrance? - v get into one's hands, take physically
Can you take this bag, please - v take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- v interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
How should I take this message?
You can't take credit for this! - v take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- v take into one's possession
I'll take three salmon steaks - v 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 - v pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- v receive willingly something given or offered
- v assume, as of positions or roles
- v take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- v require as useful, just, or proper
It takes nerve to do what she did - v experience or feel or submit to
- v make a film or photograph of something
take a scene - v remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
take the gun from your pocket - v serve oneself to, or consume regularly
I don't take sugar in my coffee - v accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- v make use of or accept for some purpose
take a risk
take an opportunity - v take by force
- v occupy or take on
- v admit into a group or community
- v 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 - v be a student of a certain subject
- v take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- v head into a specified direction
- v point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- v be seized or affected in a specified way
take sick
be taken drunk - v have with oneself; have on one's person
She always takes an umbrella - v engage for service under a term of contract
Shall we take a guide in Rome? - v receive or obtain regularly
We take the Times every day - v buy, select
I'll take a pound of that sausage - v to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
take shelter from the storm - v have sex with; archaic use
He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable - v lay claim to; as of an idea
- v be designed to hold or take
This surface will not take the dye - v be capable of holding or containing
This box won't take all the items - v develop a habit
- v proceed along in a vehicle
- v obtain by winning
Winner takes all - v be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- I take 1000 mg of concentrated fish oil and 300 mg of Omega 3 (3x daily).
- The WH should take a page out of Barney Frank's book and stop trying to have conversations with dining room tables, esp.