Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb take
20 of 42 senses of take
Sense 2
take occupy, use up
=> be
Sense 3
lead, take direct, conduct, guide
=> beacon
=> mislead, 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
=> ferry
=> return, take back bring back
=> church
=> 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
=> pocket
=> bear, take over accept assume
=> snap up snaffle, grab
=> recall, call in call back withdraw
=> deprive, strip, divest
=> unburden
Sense 9
necessitate, ask 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
=> sieve, sift
=> draw
=> dial
=> plump, go
=> pick
=> elect
=> excerpt, extract, take out
=> cull out
=> cream off skim off
=> sieve out pick over
=> assign, specify, set apart
=> single out center out
=> think of
=> specify, set determine, fix
=> 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, retake
Sense 17
remove, take take away withdraw
=> epilate, depilate
=> bail
=> strip, undress
=> 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
=> bur, burr
=> clear off clear away
=> flick
=> strip, dismantle
=> strip
=> clear
=> defang
=> bone, debone
=> disembowel, eviscerate, draw
=> shell, pod
=> 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
=> defuse
=> dredge
=> wear away wear off
=> amputate, cut off
=> resect
=> 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 in suck in
=> delete, cancel
=> ladle, lade, laden
=> spoon
=> gut
=> 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
=> 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 21
take
=> rescue
=> scale
=> annex, take over
=> extort
=> appropriate, capture, seize, conquer, take over
=> assume, usurp, seize, take over arrogate
=> recapture, retake
=> relieve
=> steal
=> plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
=> sack, plunder
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
=> hold
=> turn
=> swing
=> charge, level, point
=> level
Sense 38
contain, take hold
=> sleep
=> seat
Sense 42
contract, take get
=> catch
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb take
20 of 42 senses of take
Sense 2
take occupy, use up
=> be
Sense 3
lead, take direct, conduct, guide
=> beacon
=> mislead, misguide, lead astray
=> usher, show
=> marshal
Sense 4
take get hold of
=> seize, prehend, clutch
=> nab
=> rack
=> claw
=> collar, nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up nab, cop
=> get catch, capture
=> recapture, retake
=> lasso, rope
=> collar
=> clasp
=> grip
=> bite, seize with teeth
=> gnaw
=> snap at bite off
=> nip
=> nibble
=> pinch, vellicate, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch
=> tweak
=> grab
=> catch, grab, take hold of
=> harpoon
=> fish
=> crab
=> seine
=> scallop, scollop
=> rail
=> brail
=> angle
=> flyfish
=> troll
=> shrimp
=> net fish
=> shark
=> trawl
=> still-fish
=> prawn
=> hook
=> seize
=> net, nett
=> intercept, stop
=> cut off cut out
=> snatch, snatch up snap
=> swoop, swoop up
=> clench, clinch
=> grapple, grip
=> seize
=> raven
=> wrest
=> kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch
=> shanghai, impress
=> commandeer, hijack, highjack, pirate, expropriate
=> carjack
Sense 5
assume, acquire, adopt, take on take
=> re-assume
Sense 6
take read
=> misread, misinterpret
Sense 7
bring convey, take
=> fetch
=> ferry
=> return, take back bring back
=> church
=> tube
=> whisk
=> conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel
=> wash up
=> pipe in
=> bring in
=> retransmit
=> land
=> ground, run aground
Sense 8
take
=> adopt, take in
=> take away
=> take back repossess
=> collect, take in
=> farm
=> raise
=> fund-raise, fund raise, fundraise
=> impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize
=> garnishee
=> distrain
=> pocket
=> bear, take over accept assume
=> face the music
=> snap up snaffle, grab
=> hog
=> recall, call in call back withdraw
=> decommission
=> deprive, strip, divest
=> disarm, unarm
=> demilitarize, demilitarise
=> neutralize, neutralise
=> dispossess
=> clean out
=> unclothe
=> unsex
=> orphan
=> bereave
=> unburden
Sense 9
necessitate, ask need require, take involve, call for demand
=> claim, take exact
=> govern
=> draw
=> cost
=> cry out for cry for
=> imply, involve
=> carry
Sense 10
choose take select, pick out
=> empanel, impanel, panel
=> sieve, sift
=> draw
=> dial
=> plump, go
=> pick
=> elect
=> excerpt, extract, take out
=> cull out
=> cream off skim off
=> sieve out pick over
=> assign, specify, set apart
=> dedicate
=> detail
=> single out center out
=> think of
=> specify, set determine, fix
=> quantify
=> name
=> reset
=> define
=> redefine
=> adopt, follow espouse
=> adhere
=> screen, screen out sieve, sort
=> vote in
=> elect
=> co-opt
=> reelect, return
=> nominate, propose
=> nominate, put up put forward
=> vote
=> turn thumbs down vote down
=> outvote
=> ballot
=> poll
=> 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
=> entertain, think of toy with flirt with think about
=> dally, trifle, play
=> abstract
=> warm to
Sense 16
film, shoot, take
=> reshoot, retake
Sense 17
remove, take take away withdraw
=> epilate, depilate
=> bail
=> strip, undress
=> ablate
=> clean, pick
=> clean
=> winnow
=> unbrace
=> pick
=> clear, clear up
=> muck
=> lift
=> lift
=> lift
=> tear away tear off
=> take off
=> undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down disrobe
=> take off
=> peel off
=> slip off
=> uncloak
=> doff, take off
=> declaw
=> dehorn
=> disbud
=> take away take out
=> bus
=> kill, obliterate, wipe out
=> cross off cross out strike out strike off mark
=> erase, delete
=> cart off cart away haul off haul away
=> pit, stone
=> seed
=> unhinge
=> shuck
=> hull
=> crumb
=> chip away chip away at
=> burl
=> knock out
=> scavenge, clean
=> hypophysectomize, hypophysectomise
=> degas
=> husk
=> bur, burr
=> clear off clear away
=> flick
=> strip, dismantle
=> strip
=> clear
=> denude, bare, denudate, strip
=> defoliate, deforest, disforest, disafforest
=> burn off
=> stump
=> defang
=> bone, debone
=> disembowel, eviscerate, draw
=> shell, pod
=> tusk, detusk
=> dehorn
=> scalp
=> lift
=> 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
=> defuse
=> dredge
=> wear away wear off
=> abrade, corrade, abrase, rub down rub off
=> chafe
=> rasp
=> amputate, cut off
=> resect
=> skim, skim off cream off cream
=> strip
=> skin, peel, pare
=> peel off
=> exfoliate
=> flay
=> bark, skin
=> decorticate
=> pluck, pull tear, deplume, deplumate, displume
=> strip
=> scale, descale
=> circumcise
=> undock
=> dig, delve, cut into turn over
=> furrow, rut, groove
=> rout, root, rootle
=> spade
=> ridge
=> shovel
=> trowel
=> burrow, tunnel
=> excavate, dig, hollow
=> drive
=> trench, ditch
=> scoop, scoop out lift out scoop up take up
=> extract, pull out pull pull up take out draw out
=> wring out squeeze out
=> demodulate
=> take out
=> pulp
=> unstring
=> string
=> wipe off wipe away
=> deterge
=> take away bear off bear away carry away carry off
=> spirit away
=> spirit away spirit off
=> whisk off whisk away
=> unveil
=> unpack, take out
=> bring out get out
=> winkle, winkle out
=> unbox
=> break out
=> uncrate
=> unburden, disburden
=> empty
=> unload, offload
=> discharge
=> unsaddle, offsaddle
=> shed, cast, cast off shake off throw, throw off throw away drop
=> shed, molt, exuviate, moult, slough
=> desquamate, peel off
=> exfoliate
=> autotomize
=> dislodge, free
=> clean
=> aspirate, draw in suck in
=> delete, cancel
=> erase, rub out score out efface, wipe off
=> sponge
=> scratch out cut out
=> strike, expunge, excise
=> ladle, lade, laden
=> slop
=> spoon
=> gut
=> draw off draw away pull off
=> clean, strip
=> draw, take out
=> milk
=> strip
=> pump
=> siphon, syphon, siphon off
=> sluice
=> tap
=> suck
=> rack
=> deglycerolize, deglycerolise
=> draw, pull pull out get out take out
=> unsheathe
=> leach
=> draw
=> withdraw, draw, take out draw off
=> cheque, check out
=> overdraw
=> tap
=> divest
Sense 18
consume, ingest, take in take have
=> hit
=> cannibalize, cannibalise
=> use
=> drink, tope
=> board
=> eat
=> victual
=> eat in dine in
=> eat out dine out
=> dine
=> picnic
=> eat
=> wash down
=> gluttonize, fress
=> wolf, wolf down
=> slurp
=> fare
=> pitch in dig in
=> pick at peck at peck
=> peck, pick up
=> gobble, bolt
=> gobble up shovel in bolt down
=> nibble, munch
=> nibble, pick piece
=> ruminate
=> dunk, dip
=> devour, gulp, guttle, raven, pig
=> eat up finish, polish off
=> tuck in tuck away put away
=> devour, down consume, go through
=> smack
=> break bread
=> nosh, snack
=> browse, graze
=> mess
=> lunch
=> brunch
=> breakfast
=> feast, banquet, junket
=> wine and dine
=> gorge, ingurgitate, overindulge, glut, englut, stuff, engorge, overgorge, overeat, gormandize, gormandise, gourmandize, binge, pig out satiate, scarf out
=> fill up fill, stuff, jam, cram
=> eat
=> wash down
=> gluttonize, fress
=> wolf, wolf down
=> slurp
=> fare
=> pitch in dig in
=> pick at peck at peck
=> peck, pick up
=> gobble, bolt
=> gobble up shovel in bolt down
=> nibble, munch
=> nibble, pick piece
=> ruminate
=> dunk, dip
=> devour, gulp, guttle, raven, pig
=> eat up finish, polish off
=> tuck in tuck away put away
=> devour, down consume, go through
=> smack
=> drink, imbibe
=> swill, swill down
=> suck
=> guggle, gurgle
=> sip
=> guzzle
=> lap, lap up
=> drain the cup, drink up
=> gulp, quaff, swig
=> toss off bolt down belt down pour down down drink down kill
=> drink, booze, fuddle
=> port
=> claret
=> pub-crawl, bar hop
=> tipple, bib
=> souse, soak, inebriate, hit it up
=> wine
=> carry, hold
=> partake, touch
=> receive
=> feed, eat
=> forage
=> raven, prey
=> raven
=> victual
=> suckle
=> crop, browse, graze, range, pasture
=> satiate, sate, replete, fill
=> cloy, pall
=> sample, try try out taste
=> take in sop up suck in take up
=> smoke
=> chain-smoke
=> puff, whiff
=> inhale
=> drug, do drugs
=> inject
=> mainline
=> pop, skin pop
=> take a hit, snort
=> free-base, base
=> dope
=> swallow, get down
=> bolt
=> sup
Sense 19
take undergo, submit
=> test
Sense 21
take
=> rescue
=> scale
=> annex, take over
=> colonize, colonise
=> extort
=> blackmail
=> appropriate, capture, seize, conquer, take over
=> annex
=> carry
=> assume, usurp, seize, take over arrogate
=> recapture, retake
=> relieve
=> steal
=> pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
=> rustle, lift
=> shoplift
=> pirate
=> plagiarize, plagiarise, lift
=> crib
=> pocket, bag
=> embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate
=> rob
=> hold up stick up
=> mug
=> pick
=> hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off glom
=> walk off
=> hustle, pluck, roll
=> loot, plunder
=> burglarize, burglarise, burgle, heist
=> plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
=> deplume, displume
=> sack, plunder
Sense 25
learn, study, read, take
=> audit
=> train, prepare
=> apprentice
=> retrain
=> drill
=> drill, exercise, practice, practise
Sense 28
aim take train, take aim direct
=> target, aim place direct, point
=> address
=> range in home in zero in
=> hold
=> turn
=> swing
=> charge, level, point
=> level
Sense 38
contain, take hold
=> sleep
=> seat
Sense 42
contract, take get
=> catch
=> catch cold
Entailment of verb take
1 of 42 senses of take
Sense 7
bring convey, take
=> come come up
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by 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 off#8; 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 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#9; 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#10
Sense 18
consume, ingest, take in take have
Also See-> take up#12
Sense 19
take undergo, submit
=> endure, 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 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-> withdraw#10, draw#14, take out#8, draw off#2
Sense 34
take
Sense 35
take have
=> 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, 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
Familiarity of verb take
take used as a verb is extremely familiar (polysemy count = 42)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb take
Sense 9
necessitate, ask need require, take involve, call for demand
Sense 26
claim, take exact
=> necessitate, ask 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
=> endure, 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
=> 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, 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 noun taking
dangerous undertaking
leave-taking
mistaking
overtaking
picture taking
retaking
stocktaking
taking
taking apart
taking hold
taking into custody
taking over
taking possession
takings
undertaking
Overview of noun taking
The noun taking has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. pickings, taking -- (the act of someone who picks up or takes something "the pickings were easy"; "clothing could be had for the taking")
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 -- (as of 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"; also metaphorical, as in "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 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")
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 -- (consider, as of an example; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case")
15. (21) take -- (experience or feel 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, taking off etc.; 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 as of a position or posture; "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, etc.: "take a pulse"; take a reading from a dial: "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 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 in a commercial transaction; "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")
Overview of adj taking
The adj taking has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. fetching, taking, winning -- (very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his manner"; "a winning personality")
Antonyms of adj taking
1 sense of taking
Sense 1
fetching, taking, winning
INDIRECT (VIA attractive) -> unattractive
Similarity of adj taking
1 sense of taking
Sense 1
fetching, taking, winning
=> attractive (vs. unattractive)
Attributes of adj taking
Familiarity of adj taking
taking used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1)
Grep of adj taking
breathtaking
painstaking
taking
Overview of noun taking
The noun taking has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. pickings, taking -- (the act of someone who picks up or takes something "the pickings were easy"; "clothing could be had for the taking")
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 -- (as of 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"; also metaphorical, as in "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 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")
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 -- (consider, as of an example; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case")
15. (21) take -- (experience or feel 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, taking off etc.; 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 as of a position or posture; "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, etc.: "take a pulse"; take a reading from a dial: "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 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 in a commercial transaction; "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")
Overview of adj taking
The adj taking has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. fetching, taking, winning -- (very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his manner"; "a winning personality")
taking definition
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