take

To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.

"They took Charlton's gun from his cold, dead hands."

To seize or capture.

"take the guards prisoner"

To catch or get possession of (fish or game).

"took ten catfish in one afternoon"

To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.

To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.

"Billy took her pencil."

To exact.

"take a toll"

To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.

"took the next two tricks"

To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).

"took third place"

To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.

"The store doesn't take checks."

To accept and follow (advice, etc.).

"take my advice"

To receive into some relationship.

"take a wife"

To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).

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."

To remove.

"take two eggs from the carton"

To remove or end by death; to kill.

"The earthquake took many lives."

To subtract.

"Take one from three and you are left with two."

To have sex with.

To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.

"Don't try to take that guy. He's bigger than you."

To grasp or grip.

"He took her hand in his."

To select or choose; to pick.

"Take whichever bag you like."

To adopt (select) as one's own.

"She took his side in every argument."

To apply or assign a character option.

"I'll take a level as a fighter, so I can take the weapon specialization skill."

To carry or lead (something or someone).

"She took her sword with her everywhere she went."

To transport or carry; to convey to another place.

"The next bus will take you to Metz."

To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.

"These stairs take you down to the basement."

To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.

"She took the steps two or three at a time."

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."

To go.

To use as a means of transportation.

"take the ferry"

To obtain for use by payment or lease.

"She took a condo at the beach for the summer."

To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.

"They took two magazines."

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"

To consume (food or drink).

"The general took dinner at seven o'clock."

To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.

"take sun-baths"

To experience or feel.

"She takes pride in her work."

To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).

"took a pay cut"

To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).

"The ship took a direct hit and was destroyed."

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."

To cause to change to a specified state or condition.

"He had to take it apart to fix it."

To regard in a specified way.

"He took the news badly."

To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.

"took the decision to close its last remaining outlet"

To understand (especially in a specified way).

"Don't take my comments as an insult."

To believe, to accept the statements of.

"take her word for it"

To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.

"I took him to be a person of honor."

To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).

"take it from her comments she won't be there."

To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.

""As I Lay Dying" takes its title from Book XI of Homer's "Odyssey""

To catch or contract (an illness, etc.).

"took a chill"

To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).

To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.

"took her fancy"

To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc.); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc.).

"cloth that takes dye well"

To let in (water).

To require .

"Looks like it's gonna take a taller person to get that down."

To proceed to fill.

"He took a seat in the front row."

To fill, occupy, require, or use up (space).

"His collection takes a lot of space."

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!"

To avail oneself of; to exploit.

"He took that opportunity to leave France."

To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.

"take a walk"

To assume or perform (a form or role). To assume (a form).

"took the form of a duck"

To assume (a form).

"took the form of a duck"

To perform (a role).

"take the part of the villain/hero"

To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc.).

"take office"

To bind oneself by.

"he took the oath of office last night"

To go into, through, or along.

"go down two blocks and take the next left"

To go or move into.

"the witness took the stand"

To have and use one's recourse to.

"take cover/shelter/refuge"

To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.

"take her pulse / temperature / blood pressure"

To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.

"He took a mental inventory of his supplies."

To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).

"She took a video of their encounter."

To make a picture, photograph, etc. of (a person, scene, etc.).

"The photographer will take you sitting down."

To obtain money from, especially by swindling.

"took me for ten grand"

To apply oneself to the study of.

"As a child, she took ballet."

To deal with.

"take matters as they arise"

To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.

"I've had a lot of problems recently: take last Monday, for example. My car broke down on the way to work. Then […] etc."

To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.

"He'll probably take this one."

To accept as an input to a relation. To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc.).

"This verb takes the dative; that verb takes the genitive."

To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc.).

"This verb takes the dative; that verb takes the genitive."

To accept (zero or more arguments).

"The function takes two arguments, an array of size n and an integer k."

To buy.

"take a ticket"

To get or accept (something) into one's possession.

"My husband and I have a dysfunctional marriage. He just takes and takes; he never gives."

To engage, take hold or have effect. To look good enough to keep.

"I tried a mustache a couple years ago, but it didn't take."

To look good enough to keep.

"I tried a mustache a couple years ago, but it didn't take."

To adhere or be absorbed properly.

"the dye didn't take"

To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to take root, take hold.

"not all grafts take"

To catch; to engage.

To win acceptance, favor or favorable reception; to charm people.

To become; to be affected in a specified way.

"They took ill within 3 hours."

To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.

An intensifier.

To deliver, bring, give (something) to (someone).

To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or hit.

"He took me a blow on the head."

To visit; to include in a course of travel.

To portray in a painting.

Used in phrasal verbs: take in, take off, take on, take out, take to, take something to, take up.

An act of taking.

Something that is taken; a haul. Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; profits; takings.

"He wants half of the take if he helps with the job."

Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; profits; takings.

"He wants half of the take if he helps with the job."

The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.

An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.

"What's your take on this issue, Fred?"

An approach, a (distinct) treatment.

"a new take on a traditional dish"

A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.

"It's a take."

A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.

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"

An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.

A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).

The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.