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take
Overview of noun take
The noun take has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff -- (the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of 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)
Overview of verb take
The verb take has 42 senses (first 36 from tagged texts)
1. (92) take -- (carry out; "take action"; "take steps"; "take vengeance")
2. (75) take, occupy, use up -- (require (time or space); "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time")
3. (73) lead, take, direct, conduct, guide -- (take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace")
4. (52) take, get hold of -- (get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please")
5. (39) assume, acquire, adopt, take on, 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. (36) take, read -- (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!")
7. (32) bring, convey, 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. (28) take -- (take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks")
9. (27) necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand -- (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")
10. (27) choose, take, select, pick out -- (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. (26) 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. (25) accept, take, have -- (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. (23) fill, take -- (assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as director of development")
14. (22) consider, take, deal, look at -- (take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case")
15. (21) take -- (experience or feel or submit to; "Take a test"; "Take the plunge")
16. (16) film, shoot, take -- (make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie")
17. (16) remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (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")
18. (15) consume, ingest, take in, take, have -- (serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee")
19. (15) take, undergo, submit -- (accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut")
20. (14) take, accept -- (make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity")
21. (13) take -- (take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill")
22. (10) assume, take, strike, take up -- (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. (8) accept, admit, take, take on -- (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. (8) 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. (6) learn, study, read, take -- (be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam")
26. (5) claim, take, exact -- (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. (4) take, make -- (head into a specified direction; "The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains")
28. (4) aim, take, train, take aim, direct -- (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. (4) take -- (be seized or affected in a specified way; "take sick"; "be taken drunk")
30. (2) carry, pack, 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. (2) lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, 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. (1) subscribe, subscribe to, take -- (receive or obtain by regular payment; "We take the Times every day")
33. (1) take -- (buy, select; "I'll take a pound of that sausage")
34. (1) take -- (to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort; "take shelter from the storm")
35. (1) take, have -- (have sex with; archaic use; "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable")
36. (1) claim, take -- (lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea")
37. accept, take -- (be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye")
38. contain, take, hold -- (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. drive, take -- (proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work")
41. take -- (obtain by winning; "Winner takes all"; "He took first prize")
42. contract, take, get -- (be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun take
2 senses of take
Sense 1
return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff
=> income
=> financial gain
=> gain
=> sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money
=> assets
=> possession
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
take
=> filming, cinematography, motion-picture photography
=> photography, picture taking
=> pictorial representation, picturing
=> representation
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun take
2 senses of take
Sense 1
return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff
=> economic rent, rent
=> payback
Sense 2
take
=> retake
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun take
2 senses of take
Sense 1
return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff
=> income
Sense 2
take
=> filming, cinematography, motion-picture photography
Antonyms of noun take
Member Holonyms of noun take
Substance Holonyms of noun take
Part Holonyms of noun take
Member Meronyms of noun take
Substance Meronyms of noun take
Part Meronyms of noun take
Meronyms of noun take
Holonyms of noun take
Attributes of noun take
Derived Forms of noun take
2 senses of take
Sense 1
return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff
RELATED TO>(verb) take#32
=> subscribe, subscribe to, take
Sense 2
take
RELATED TO>(verb) take#16
=> film, shoot, take
Domain of noun take
Domain Terms of noun take
Familiarity of noun take
take used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun take
2 senses of take
Sense 1
return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff
> income
=> disposable income
=> double dipping
=> easy money, gravy train
=> EBITDA, Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization
=> gross, revenue, receipts
=> net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings
=> cash flow
=> personal income
=> rental income
=> return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff
=> gross sales, gross revenue, sales
=> net sales
=> unearned income, unearned revenue
=> unearned income, unearned revenue
=> government income, government revenue
=> per capita income
Sense 2
take
> filming, cinematography, motion-picture photography
=> take
=> animation
Meronyms of noun take
2 senses of take
Holonyms of noun take
Grep of noun take
air-intake
burning at the stake
double take
give-and-take
grubstake
intake
mistake
outtake
re-uptake
retake
reuptake
shiitake
stake
stock-take
stocktake
take
take-home pay
take-in
take-up
takeaway
takedown
takelma
takeoff
takeoff booster
takeoff rocket
takeout
takeout food
takeover
takeover arbitrage
takeover attempt
takeover bid
takeover target
taker
uptake
white matsutake
Antonyms of verb take
1 of 42 senses of take
Sense 8
take
Antonym of give (Sense 3)
=>give
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb take
42 senses of take
Sense 1
take
=> act, move
Sense 2
take, occupy, use up
=> use, expend
Sense 3
lead, take, direct, conduct, guide
Sense 4
take, get hold of
Also See> take in#4; take on#3; take up#9; take away#1; take in#8; take apart#2
Sense 5
assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take
=> change
Sense 6
take, read
=> interpret, construe, see
=> understand
Sense 7
bring, convey, take
=> transport, carry
=> move, displace
Sense 8
take
Also See> take out#8; take back#2; take in#4
Sense 9
necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
Sense 10
choose, take, select, pick out
=> decide, make up one's mind, determine
Sense 11
take
=> use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
Sense 12
accept, take, have
=> get, acquire
Also See> take over#8; take over#4; take up#6; take in#1
Sense 13
fill, take
=> work, do work
Sense 14
consider, take, deal, look at
=> think about
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 15
take
=> experience, receive, have, get, undergo
Sense 16
film, shoot, take
=> record, enter, put down
=> save, preserve
=> keep, hold on
=> have, have got, hold
Sense 17
remove, take, take away, withdraw
Also See> take off#9
Sense 18
consume, ingest, take in, take, have
Also See> take up#12
Sense 19
take, undergo, submit
=> digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
=> permit, allow, let, countenance
=> accept, consent, go for
=> react, respond
=> act, move
Sense 20
take, accept
Sense 21
take
Sense 22
assume, take, strike, take up
=> move
Sense 23
accept, admit, take, take on
=> accept, take, have
=> get, acquire
Sense 24
take
=> receive, get, find, obtain, incur
=> change
Sense 25
learn, study, read, take
Sense 26
claim, take, exact
=> necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
Sense 27
take, make
=> head
=> proceed, go forward, continue
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 28
aim, take, train, take aim, direct
=> position
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
=> move, displace
Sense 29
take
=> become, go, get
=> change state, turn
=> change
Sense 30
carry, pack, take
=> have, feature
Sense 31
lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
=> get, acquire
Sense 32
subscribe, subscribe to, take
=> buy, purchase
=> get, acquire
Sense 33
take
=> buy, purchase
=> get, acquire
Also See> take out#8
Sense 34
take
Sense 35
take, have
=> roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk
=> copulate, mate, pair, couple
=> join, conjoin
=> connect, link, tie, link up
Sense 36
claim, take
=> affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear
=> declare
=> state, say, tell
=> express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
Sense 37
accept, take
=> be
Sense 38
contain, take, hold
=> be
Sense 39
take
Sense 40
drive, take
=> traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
=> pass, go through, go across
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 41
take
=> win
Sense 42
contract, take, get
=> sicken, come down
=> worsen, decline
=> change state, turn
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb take
21 of 42 senses of take
Sense 2
take, occupy, use up
=> be
Sense 3
lead, take, direct, conduct, guide
=> beacon
=> hand
=> mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray
=> usher, show
Sense 4
take, get hold of
=> seize, prehend, clutch
=> seize
Sense 5
assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take
=> re-assume
Sense 6
take, read
=> misread, misinterpret
Sense 7
bring, convey, take
=> fetch
=> transit
=> ferry
=> return, take back, bring back
=> tube
=> whisk
=> conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel
=> land
Sense 8
take
=> adopt, take in
=> take away
=> take back, repossess
=> collect, take in
=> impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize
=> sequester
=> pocket
=> bear, take over, accept, assume
=> snap up, snaffle, grab
=> recall, call in, call back, withdraw
=> deprive, strip, divest
=> unburden
Sense 9
necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
=> claim, take, exact
=> govern
=> draw
=> cost
=> cry out for, cry for
=> imply, involve
Sense 10
choose, take, select, pick out
=> empanel, impanel, panel
=> anoint
=> field
=> sieve, sift
=> draw
=> dial
=> plump, go
=> pick
=> elect
=> excerpt, extract, take out
=> cull out, winnow
=> cream off, skim off
=> sieve out, pick over
=> assign, specify, set apart
=> single out
=> think of
=> specify, set, determine, fix, limit
=> adopt, follow, espouse
=> screen, screen out, sieve, sort
=> vote in
=> elect
=> nominate, propose
=> vote
=> side, go with
Sense 12
accept, take, have
=> accept, admit, take, take on
=> welcome
=> honor, honour
=> adopt, borrow, take over, take up
Sense 14
consider, take, deal, look at
=> contemplate
=> dally, trifle, play
=> abstract
=> warm to
Sense 16
film, shoot, take
=> reshoot
Sense 17
remove, take, take away, withdraw
=> epilate, depilate
=> harvest
=> tip
=> stem
=> extirpate
=> enucleate
=> exenterate
=> enucleate
=> decorticate
=> bail
=> strip, undress, divest, disinvest
=> ablate
=> clean, pick
=> clean
=> winnow
=> unbrace
=> pick
=> clear, clear up
=> muck
=> lift
=> lift
=> lift
=> tear away, tear off
=> take off
=> take away, take out
=> pit, stone
=> seed
=> unhinge
=> shuck
=> hull
=> crumb
=> chip away, chip away at
=> burl
=> knock out
=> scavenge, clean
=> hypophysectomize, hypophysectomise
=> degas
=> husk, shell
=> bur, burr
=> clear off, clear away
=> flick
=> strip, dismantle
=> strip
=> clear
=> defang
=> bone, debone
=> disembowel, eviscerate, draw
=> shell
=> shuck
=> tusk, detusk
=> dehorn
=> scalp
=> weed
=> condense
=> bail out, bale out
=> leach, strip
=> decalcify
=> detoxify, detoxicate
=> de-ionate
=> de-iodinate
=> decarbonize, decarbonise, decarburize, decarburise, decoke
=> delouse
=> ream
=> brush
=> wash, wash out, wash off, wash away
=> desorb
=> pull
=> demineralize, demineralise
=> eliminate
=> expectorate, clear out, drive out
=> defuse
=> dredge
=> wear away, wear off
=> amputate, cut off
=> resect, eviscerate
=> skim, skim off, cream off, cream
=> strip
=> strip
=> scale, descale
=> circumcise
=> undock
=> dig, delve, cut into, turn over
=> excavate, dig, hollow
=> scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up
=> extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out
=> take out
=> unstring
=> string
=> wipe off, wipe away
=> take away, bear off, bear away, carry away, carry off
=> unveil
=> unpack, take out
=> unburden, disburden
=> empty
=> discharge
=> unsaddle, offsaddle
=> shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop
=> dislodge, free
=> clean
=> aspirate, draw out, suck out
=> delete, cancel
=> ladle, lade, laden
=> spoon
=> gut
=> head
=> draw off, draw away, pull off
=> clean, strip
=> draw, take out
=> draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out
=> leach
=> draw
=> withdraw, draw, take out, draw off
Sense 18
consume, ingest, take in, take, have
=> hit
=> cannibalize, cannibalise
=> use, habituate
=> eat
=> eat
=> drink, imbibe
=> drink, booze, fuddle
=> partake, touch
=> feed, eat
=> satiate, sate, replete, fill
=> sample, try, try out, taste
=> take in, sop up, suck in, take up
=> smoke
=> drug, do drugs
=> swallow, get down
=> sup
Sense 19
take, undergo, submit
=> test
Sense 20
take, accept
=> co-opt
Sense 21
take
=> rescue
=> scale
=> extort
=> assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
=> recapture, retake
=> relieve
=> steal
=> plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
=> sack, plunder
Sense 23
accept, admit, take, take on
=> profess
Sense 25
learn, study, read, take
=> audit
=> train, prepare
=> drill, exercise, practice, practise
Sense 28
aim, take, train, take aim, direct
=> target, aim, place, direct, point
=> draw a bead on
=> hold
=> turn
=> swing
=> charge, level, point
=> level
Sense 42
contract, take, get
=> catch
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb take
42 senses of take
Sense 1
take
=> act, move
Sense 2
take, occupy, use up
=> use, expend
Sense 3
lead, take, direct, conduct, guide
Sense 4
take, get hold of
Also See> take in#4; take on#3; take up#9; take away#1; take in#8; take apart#2
Sense 5
assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take
=> change
Sense 6
take, read
=> interpret, construe, see
Sense 7
bring, convey, take
=> transport, carry
Sense 8
take
Also See> take out#8; take back#2; take in#4
Sense 9
necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
Sense 10
choose, take, select, pick out
=> decide, make up one's mind, determine
Sense 11
take
=> use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
Sense 12
accept, take, have
=> get, acquire
Also See> take over#8; take over#4; take up#6; take in#1
Sense 13
fill, take
=> work, do work
Sense 14
consider, take, deal, look at
=> think about
Sense 15
take
=> experience, receive, have, get, undergo
Sense 16
film, shoot, take
=> record, enter, put down
Sense 17
remove, take, take away, withdraw
Also See> take off#9
Sense 18
consume, ingest, take in, take, have
Also See> take up#12
Sense 19
take, undergo, submit
=> digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
Sense 20
take, accept
Sense 21
take
Sense 22
assume, take, strike, take up
=> move
Sense 23
accept, admit, take, take on
=> accept, take, have
Sense 24
take
=> receive, get, find, obtain, incur
Sense 25
learn, study, read, take
Sense 26
claim, take, exact
=> necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
Sense 27
take, make
=> head
Sense 28
aim, take, train, take aim, direct
=> position
Sense 29
take
=> become, go, get
Sense 30
carry, pack, take
=> have, feature
Sense 31
lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
=> get, acquire
Sense 32
subscribe, subscribe to, take
=> buy, purchase
Sense 33
take
=> buy, purchase
Also See> take out#8
Sense 34
take
Sense 35
take, have
=> roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk
Sense 36
claim, take
=> affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear
Sense 37
accept, take
=> be
Sense 38
contain, take, hold
=> be
Sense 39
take
Sense 40
drive, take
=> traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
Sense 41
take
=> win
Sense 42
contract, take, get
=> sicken, come down
'Cause To' of verb take
Derived Forms of verb take
5 of 42 senses of take
Sense 4
take, get hold of
RELATED TO>(noun) taking#1
=> pickings, taking
Sense 12
accept, take, have
RELATED TO>(noun) taker#1
=> taker
Sense 16
film, shoot, take
RELATED TO>(noun) take#2
=> take
Sense 19
take, undergo, submit
RELATED TO>(noun) taker#2
=> taker
Sense 32
subscribe, subscribe to, take
RELATED TO>(noun) take#1
=> return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff
Domain of verb take
3 of 42 senses of take
Sense 16
film, shoot, take
TOPIC>(noun) movie#1, film#1, picture#6, moving picture#1, moving-picture show#1, motion picture#1, motion-picture show#1, picture show#1, pic#1, flick#2
Sense 33
take
TOPIC>(noun) commerce#1, commercialism#1, mercantilism#2
Sense 40
drive, take
TOPIC>(noun) driving#2
Domain Terms of verb take
Familiarity of verb take
take used as a verb is extremely familiar (polysemy count =42)
Sample Sentences of verb take
42 senses of take
Sense 1
take
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
take, occupy, use up
EX: They take a long time
Sense 3
lead, take, direct, conduct, guide
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 4
take, get hold of
EX: The children take the ball
Sense 5
assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take
*> Something ----s something
Sense 6
take, read
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 7
bring, convey, take
EX: They take the food to the people
EX: They take the people the food
Sense 8
take
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sense 9
necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
*> Something ----s something
Sense 10
choose, take, select, pick out
EX: They take him to write the letter
Sense 11
take
EX: The men take the boat
Sense 12
accept, take, have
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sense 13
fill, take
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 14
consider, take, deal, look at
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 15
take
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 16
film, shoot, take
EX: Sam cannot take Sue
Sense 17
remove, take, take away, withdraw
EX: They want to take the doors
Sense 18
consume, ingest, take in, take, have
EX: They take the cake with sugar
Sense 19
take, undergo, submit
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 20
take, accept
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 21
take
EX: They take the hill
Sense 22
assume, take, strike, take up
EX: The men take the horses across the field
Sense 23
accept, admit, take, take on
EX: Sam cannot take Sue
Sense 24
take
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 25
learn, study, read, take
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 26
claim, take, exact
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 27
take, make
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 28
aim, take, train, take aim, direct
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s something PP
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 29
take
*> Somebody ----s Adjective
Sense 30
carry, pack, take
EX: They take more bread
Sense 31
lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sense 32
subscribe, subscribe to, take
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 33
take
EX: They take the newspapers
Sense 34
take
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 35
take, have
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 36
claim, take
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 37
accept, take
*> Something ----s something
Sense 38
contain, take, hold
*> Something ----s something
Sense 39
take
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 40
drive, take
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 41
take
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 42
contract, take, get
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb take
31 of 42 senses of take
Sense 1
take
> act, move
=> alternate, take turns
=> finish up, land up, fetch up, end up, wind up, finish
=> rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp, festinate
=> interrupt, disturb
=> react, respond
=> go ahead, plow ahead
=> attack, aggress
=> force
=> create
=> come to the fore, step forward, come forward, step up, step to the fore, come out
=> reward, repay, pay back
=> satisfice, staisfise
=> maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre
=> dispatch
=> evade
=> race
=> use
=> play it by ear
=> play
=> deal
=> partner
=> exert
=> egotrip
=> reciprocate
=> go, proceed, move
=> come close
=> perform
=> make bold, dare, presume
=> prosecute, engage, pursue
=> act on
=> interact
=> react, oppose
=> take time by the forelock
=> coact
=> volunteer, offer
=> get around to
=> dally, toy, play, flirt
=> set about, go about, approach
=> participate, take part
=> misbehave, misconduct, misdemean
=> condescend, stoop, lower oneself
=> behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry
=> behave, comport
=> try, seek, attempt, essay, assay
=> woo, court, romance, solicit
=> court
=> dare
=> effect
=> antagonize, antagonise, counteract
=> anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter
=> prosecute
=> perpetrate, commit, pull
=> rampage
=> cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage
=> condescend, deign, descend
=> condescend
=> take care
=> lord it over, queen it over, put on airs, act superior
=> stampede
=> make a point, make sure
=> repeat, take over
=> surprise
=> sneak
=> play
=> take
=> guard
=> begin, start
=> go off half-cocked, go off at half-cock
=> wait, hold off, hold back
=> continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep
=> do well, had best
=> continue
=> continue, persist in
Sense 2
take, occupy, use up
> use, expend
=> pervert, misuse, abuse
=> abuse
=> spare
=> take, occupy, use up
=> waste, blow, squander
Sense 5
assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take
> change
=> freshen, refresh, refreshen, freshen up
=> dress, get dressed
=> grow, develop, produce, get, acquire
=> regenerate
=> gel
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> creolize
=> mutate
=> have, experience
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> roll, roll up
=> glaze, glass, glass over, glaze over
=> turn, grow
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> change by reversal, turn, reverse
=> change integrity
=> change shape, change form, deform
=> form
=> change state, turn
=> adjust, conform, adapt
=> rise, jump, climb up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> dissimilate
=> change magnitude
=> modify
=> deaden
=> break
=> decay, crumble, delapidate
=> mold, mildew
=> hydrate
=> dry, dry out
=> strengthen
=> distill, distil
=> deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce
=> crack
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> oxidise, oxidize, oxidate
=> grow
=> mellow, melt, mellow out
=> soften
=> ionize, ionise
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> lighten, lighten up
=> discolor, discolour, colour, color
=> discolor
=> narrow, contract
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten
=> dim
=> crack, check, break
=> transpire
=> resume, take up
=> change surface
=> sublime, sublimate
=> cool, cool off, cool down
=> warm up
=> warm, warm up
=> transform, transmute, metamorphose
=> convert
=> dull
=> complexify, ramify
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> modernize, modernise, develop
=> stiffen
=> tighten
=> fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
=> give way, yield
=> harden, indurate
=> harden, indurate
=> suffuse
=> hush
=> normalize, normalise
=> reorient
=> purify
=> digest
=> regress
=> foul
=> decalcify
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> decarboxylate
=> spot
=> receive, get, find, obtain, incur
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take
=> prim
=> capacitate
=> caseate
=> caseate
=> clinker
=> cure
=> dawn
=> salinate
=> desalinate, desalt, desalinize, desalinise
=> shallow, shoal
=> steepen
=> superannuate
=> ulcerate
=> vitrify
=> vulcanize, vulcanise
=> pall, dull
=> die, pall, become flat
=> saponify
=> move, go, run
=> come
=> catch
=> catch on
=> develop, grow
=> fly
=> develop, acquire, evolve
=> assibilate
=> smoothen
=> turn on
=> drop
=> break into
=> deepen, change
=> concretize, concretise
=> decay
=> commute, transpose
=> introject
=> shift
=> swing
=> fall
=> fall
=> reflate
=> hydrolyze, hydrolyse
=> fold, fold up
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise
=> obsolesce
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> recede
=> defervesce
=> incandesce
=> calcify
=> drift
=> play out
=> conjugate
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> indurate
=> gradate
=> keratinize, keratinise
=> opacify
=> mature
=> rejuvenate
=> sequester
=> transaminate
=> vesiculate
=> undulate
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> crash
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> shift
=> flip, flip out
=> gum
=> synthesize
=> come round, come around
=> promote
=> separate, divide, part
=> format, arrange
=> fall for
=> move up, rise
=> change posture
=> settle
=> collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
=> solarize, solarise
=> occult
=> pass
=> leave, depart, pull up stakes
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> stratify
=> democratize, democratise
=> relax, loosen
=> reticulate
=> flocculate
=> carbonate
=> come in
=> go out
=> stagnate
=> make
=> ice up, frost over, ice over
Sense 6
take, read
> interpret, construe, see
=> misconstrue, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, be amiss
=> read between the lines
=> mythicize, mythicise
=> literalize, literalise
=> spiritualize, spiritualise
=> reinterpret
=> allegorize, allegorise
=> take, read
=> read
=> read, scan
=> educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out
Sense 7
bring, convey, take
> transport, carry
=> shoulder
=> port
=> bear
=> bucket
=> return
=> pipe in
=> port
=> porter
=> pack
=> cart
=> fly
=> haul
=> lug, tote, tug
=> chariot
=> bring, convey, take
Sense 10
choose, take, select, pick out
> decide, make up one's mind, determine
=> measure, mensurate, measure out
=> choose, take, select, pick out
=> will
=> seal
=> purpose, resolve
=> rule, decree
=> orient, orientate
=> judge, adjudicate, try
=> regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern
Sense 11
take
> use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
=> give, dedicate, consecrate, commit, devote
=> play
=> play
=> pull out all the stops
=> put, assign
=> ply
=> address
=> waste
=> misapply, misuse
=> avail
=> overuse, overdrive
=> cannibalize, cannibalise
=> recycle, reprocess, reuse
=> exploit, work
=> exploit, tap
=> strain, extend
=> exert, exercise
=> enjoy
=> take
=> share
=> work, put to work
=> implement
=> fall back, resort, recur
Sense 12
accept, take, have
> get, acquire
=> isolate
=> win back, get back
=> press out, express, extract
=> capture, catch
=> come by
=> buy, purchase
=> lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
=> receive, have
=> turn
=> buy
=> find
=> glom
=> enter upon, come upon, luck into
=> line up, get hold, come up, find
=> accept, take, have
=> obtain
=> recover, retrieve, find, regain
=> catch
=> recover, recoup, recuperate
=> reclaim, repossess
=> find, regain
=> acquire, win, gain
=> gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in
=> earn, garner
=> profit, gain, benefit
=> partake, share, partake in
=> preempt
=> preempt
=> collect, pick up, gather up, call for
=> inherit, come into
=> borrow
=> pick up
=> get
=> poll
Sense 13
fill, take
> work, do work
=> serve
=> bank
=> fill, take
=> drive
=> tinker
=> serve
=> fink, scab, rat, blackleg
=> labor, labour, toil, fag, travail, grind, drudge, dig, moil
=> farm
=> moonlight
=> job
=> man
=> slave, break one's back, buckle down, knuckle down
=> free-lance
=> subcontract
=> turn a trick
=> freelance
Sense 14
consider, take, deal, look at
> think about
=> mind
=> consider, take, deal, look at
Sense 15
take
> experience, receive, have, get, undergo
=> respire
=> labor, labour
=> suffer, sustain, have, get
=> take
=> horripilate
Sense 16
film, shoot, take
> record, enter, put down
=> tally, chalk up
=> clock in, punch in, clock on
=> record, tape
=> accession
=> post
=> ring up
=> manifest
=> inscribe
=> chronicle
=> file, file away
=> document
=> log
=> log up, clock up
=> film, shoot, take
=> videotape, tape
=> photograph, snap, shoot
=> score, mark
=> notch
=> keep, maintain
=> film
=> register
=> book
Sense 19
take, undergo, submit
> digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
=> accept, live with, swallow
=> stand for, hold still for
=> bear up
=> take lying down
=> take a joke
=> take, undergo, submit
=> sit out
=> pay
Sense 22
assume, take, strike, take up
> move
=> move involuntarily, move reflexively
=> quicken
=> stretch, stretch out
=> snap, click, flick
=> flex, bend
=> spread, propagate
=> reach, reach out
=> putter, potter, potter around, putter around
=> dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
=> drop back
=> hit the dirt, hit the deck
=> gravitate
=> fly
=> move over, give way, give, ease up, yield
=> cut to
=> lurch, pitch, shift
=> jolt, jar
=> duck
=> bob
=> wallow, welter
=> writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist
=> wobble, coggle
=> sidle, sashay
=> sidle
=> sweep, sail
=> brush, sweep
=> wamble, waggle
=> chop
=> reciprocate
=> move back and forth
=> nod
=> pulsate, beat, quiver
=> beat, pound, thump
=> teeter, seesaw, totter
=> buck, jerk, hitch
=> cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
=> careen, wobble, shift, tilt
=> churn, boil, moil, roil
=> steal, slip
=> shake, agitate
=> vibrate
=> jerk, twitch
=> flip, twitch
=> snap, click
=> stir, shift, budge, agitate
=> arouse, stir
=> dance
=> stumble, trip
=> falter, waver
=> roll, undulate, flap, wave
=> mill, mill about, mill around
=> turn
=> startle, jump, start
=> mope, mope around
=> hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride
=> climb
=> strike out
=> jump, leap, bound, spring
=> bolt
=> get down
=> assume, take, strike, take up
=> seesaw
=> displace
=> exit, go out, get out, leave
=> separate, part, split
=> diverge
=> list, lean
=> whirl, tumble, whirl around
=> close, come together
=> bustle, bustle about, hustle
=> fidget
=> linger, dawdle
=> flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
=> lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust
=> swoop
=> flow, flux
=> run, flow, feed, course
=> flurry
=> streak
=> heave
=> crash
=> thunder
=> snap
=> beat, flap
=> fling
=> hop
=> turn
=> dodge
=> dodge
=> throw
=> make way
=> dance
=> grab
=> cut
=> close
=> jump, leap, jump off
Sense 23
accept, admit, take, take on
> accept, take, have
=> accept, admit, take, take on
=> welcome
=> honor, honour
=> adopt, borrow, take over, take up
Sense 24
take
> receive, get, find, obtain, incur
=> take
Sense 26
claim, take, exact
> necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
=> claim, take, exact
=> govern
=> draw
=> cost
=> cry out for, cry for
=> imply, involve
Sense 27
take, make
> head
=> take, make
Sense 28
aim, take, train, take aim, direct
> position
=> deploy
=> aim, take, train, take aim, direct
=> square
=> dress, line up
=> orient
Sense 29
take
> become, go, get
=> sober up, sober
=> sober up, sober
=> work
=> take effect
=> run
=> take
=> break
=> settle
Sense 30
carry, pack, take
> have, feature
=> wear
=> wear, bear
=> carry
=> carry
=> bear
=> give off
=> unite, combine
=> star
=> sport, feature, boast
=> possess
=> abound, burst, bristle
=> brim
=> carry, pack, take
=> read, say
=> wear
=> carry
Sense 31
lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
> get, acquire
=> isolate
=> win back, get back
=> press out, express, extract
=> capture, catch
=> come by
=> buy, purchase
=> lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
=> receive, have
=> turn
=> buy
=> find
=> glom
=> enter upon, come upon, luck into
=> line up, get hold, come up, find
=> accept, take, have
=> obtain
=> recover, retrieve, find, regain
=> catch
=> recover, recoup, recuperate
=> reclaim, repossess
=> find, regain
=> acquire, win, gain
=> gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in
=> earn, garner
=> profit, gain, benefit
=> partake, share, partake in
=> preempt
=> preempt
=> collect, pick up, gather up, call for
=> inherit, come into
=> borrow
=> pick up
=> get
=> poll
Sense 32
subscribe, subscribe to, take
> buy, purchase
=> buy back, repurchase
=> take
=> get
=> subscribe, subscribe to, take
=> take over, buy out, buy up
=> pick up
=> take out, buy food
=> impulse-buy
Sense 33
take
> buy, purchase
=> buy back, repurchase
=> take
=> get
=> subscribe, subscribe to, take
=> take over, buy out, buy up
=> pick up
=> take out, buy food
=> impulse-buy
Sense 35
take, have
> roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk
=> take, have
=> fornicate
Sense 36
claim, take
> affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear
=> hold
=> claim, take
=> attest
=> declare
=> protest
=> assure, tell
Sense 37
accept, take
> be
=> look
=> suffer, hurt
=> be well
=> suffer
=> feel
=> stay, remain, rest
=> continue
=> sparkle, scintillate, coruscate
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> rank
=> point
=> want, need, require
=> compact, pack
=> rest
=> cut
=> seethe, boil
=> mope, moon around, moon about
=> look, appear, seem
=> appear, seem
=> owe
=> belong
=> cover
=> represent
=> account
=> cut across
=> begin, start
=> begin
=> stand
=> specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate
=> go
=> make sense, add up
=> consist, comprise
=> prove, turn out, turn up
=> account for
=> remain
=> stand by, stick by, stick, adhere
=> loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
=> total, number, add up, come, amount
=> count, matter, weigh
=> rate
=> deserve, merit
=> buy
=> shine
=> fall
=> depend
=> underlie
=> stink
=> subtend, delimit
=> incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate
=> contain, take, hold
=> cost, be
=> measure
=> hum, buzz, seethe
=> pass
=> abound
=> disagree, disaccord, discord
=> gape, yawn, yaw
=> tend, be given, lean, incline, run
=> run, go
=> figure, enter
=> press
=> rage
=> relate, interrelate
=> rut
=> stagnate
=> stagnate
=> come in handy
=> squat
=> hoodoo
=> impend
=> range, run
=> stay, stay on, continue, remain
=> sell
=> translate
=> head, head up
=> come in for
=> compare
=> fall, come
=> run into, encounter
=> gravitate
=> pay
=> diverge
=> shine
=> iridesce
=> lie
=> stand
=> hang
=> litter
=> suit
=> end, terminate
=> fit
=> lend
=> let go
=> belong
=> belong
=> wind, twist, curve
=> jumble, mingle
=> promise
=> accept, take
=> clean
=> draw
=> wash
=> balance
=> hail, come
=> act
=> test
=> seem
=> answer
=> beat
=> hold
=> contain
=> connect
=> sell
=> sell
=> kill
=> make
=> deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
=> consist
=> work
=> lubricate
=> breathe
=> trim
=> swing
=> osculate
=> retard
=> transplant
=> cohere
=> object
=> stick
=> recognize
=> distribute
=> put out
Sense 38
contain, take, hold
> be
=> look
=> suffer, hurt
=> be well
=> suffer
=> feel
=> stay, remain, rest
=> continue
=> sparkle, scintillate, coruscate
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> rank
=> point
=> want, need, require
=> compact, pack
=> rest
=> cut
=> seethe, boil
=> mope, moon around, moon about
=> look, appear, seem
=> appear, seem
=> owe
=> belong
=> cover
=> represent
=> account
=> cut across
=> begin, start
=> begin
=> stand
=> specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate
=> go
=> make sense, add up
=> consist, comprise
=> prove, turn out, turn up
=> account for
=> remain
=> stand by, stick by, stick, adhere
=> loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
=> total, number, add up, come, amount
=> count, matter, weigh
=> rate
=> deserve, merit
=> buy
=> shine
=> fall
=> depend
=> underlie
=> stink
=> subtend, delimit
=> incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate
=> contain, take, hold
=> cost, be
=> measure
=> hum, buzz, seethe
=> pass
=> abound
=> disagree, disaccord, discord
=> gape, yawn, yaw
=> tend, be given, lean, incline, run
=> run, go
=> figure, enter
=> press
=> rage
=> relate, interrelate
=> rut
=> stagnate
=> stagnate
=> come in handy
=> squat
=> hoodoo
=> impend
=> range, run
=> stay, stay on, continue, remain
=> sell
=> translate
=> head, head up
=> come in for
=> compare
=> fall, come
=> run into, encounter
=> gravitate
=> pay
=> diverge
=> shine
=> iridesce
=> lie
=> stand
=> hang
=> litter
=> suit
=> end, terminate
=> fit
=> lend
=> let go
=> belong
=> belong
=> wind, twist, curve
=> jumble, mingle
=> promise
=> accept, take
=> clean
=> draw
=> wash
=> balance
=> hail, come
=> act
=> test
=> seem
=> answer
=> beat
=> hold
=> contain
=> connect
=> sell
=> sell
=> kill
=> make
=> deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
=> consist
=> work
=> lubricate
=> breathe
=> trim
=> swing
=> osculate
=> retard
=> transplant
=> cohere
=> object
=> stick
=> recognize
=> distribute
=> put out
Sense 40
drive, take
> traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
=> tramp
=> stride
=> walk
=> crisscross
=> ford
=> bridge
=> jaywalk
=> drive, take
=> course
=> hop
Sense 41
take
> win
=> romp
=> carry
=> take
=> sweep
=> carry
=> prevail, triumph
=> take the cake
Sense 42
contract, take, get
> sicken, come down
=> wan
=> contract, take, get
=> canker
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb take
Sense 9
necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
Sense 26
claim, take, exact
=> necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
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Sense 13
fill, take
=> work, do work
Sense 22
assume, take, strike, take up
=> move
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Sense 15
take
=> experience, receive, have, get, undergo
Sense 19
take, undergo, submit
=> digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
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Sense 1
take
=> act, move
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Sense 2
take, occupy, use up
=> use, expend
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Sense 3
lead, take, direct, conduct, guide
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Sense 4
take, get hold of
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Sense 5
assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take
=> change
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Sense 6
take, read
=> interpret, construe, see
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Sense 7
bring, convey, take
=> transport, carry
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Sense 8
take
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Sense 10
choose, take, select, pick out
=> decide, make up one's mind, determine
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Sense 11
take
=> use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
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Sense 12
accept, take, have
=> get, acquire
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Sense 14
consider, take, deal, look at
=> think about
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Sense 16
film, shoot, take
=> record, enter, put down
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Sense 17
remove, take, take away, withdraw
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Sense 18
consume, ingest, take in, take, have
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Sense 20
take, accept
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Sense 21
take
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Sense 23
accept, admit, take, take on
=> accept, take, have
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Sense 24
take
=> receive, get, find, obtain, incur
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Sense 25
learn, study, read, take
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Sense 27
take, make
=> head
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Sense 28
aim, take, train, take aim, direct
=> position
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Sense 29
take
=> become, go, get
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Sense 30
carry, pack, take
=> have, feature
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Sense 31
lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
=> get, acquire
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Sense 32
subscribe, subscribe to, take
=> buy, purchase
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Sense 33
take
=> buy, purchase
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Sense 34
take
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Sense 35
take, have
=> roll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk
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Sense 36
claim, take
=> affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear
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Sense 37
accept, take
=> be
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Sense 38
contain, take, hold
=> be
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Sense 39
take
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Sense 40
drive, take
=> traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
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Sense 41
take
=> win
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Sense 42
contract, take, get
=> sicken, come down
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Grep of verb take
give and take
grubstake
mistake
overtake
partake
retake
stake
stock-take
take
take a bow
take a breath
take a breather
take a chance
take a crap
take a dare
take a dive
take a firm stand
take a hit
take a hop
take a joke
take a leak
take a look
take a powder
take a shit
take aback
take account
take advantage
take after
take aim
take apart
take arms
take away
take back
take care
take chances
take charge
take control
take down
take effect
take exception
take fire
take five
take flight
take for
take for granted
take form
take heart
take heed
take hold
take hold of
take home
take in
take in charge
take in vain
take in water
take into account
take issue
take it easy
take it on the chin
take kindly to
take leave
take lying down
take note
take notice
take off
take office
take on
take one's lumps
take orders
take out
take over
take pains
take part
take place
take pride
take root
take shape
take stage
take stock
take ten
take the air
take the bull by the horns
take the cake
take the count
take the field
take the fifth
take the fifth amendment
take the floor
take the road
take the stage
take the stand
take the veil
take time by the forelock
take time off
take to
take to be
take to heart
take to task
take to the woods
take turns
take up
take up arms
take water
undertake
Grep of adj take
take-away
take-home
taken
taken for granted
taken over
taken up
taken with
takeout
Grep of adv take
give or take
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