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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb get 14 of 37 senses of get Sense 1 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 => reclaim, repossess => find regain => win, gain => gain, take in clear, make earn, realize, realise, pull in bring in => earn, garner => profit, gain, benefit => partake, share, partake in => preempt => collect, pick up gather up call for => inherit, come into => borrow => pick up => get => poll Sense 2 become go get => sober up sober => sober up sober => work => take effect => run => take => break => settle => come Sense 4 receive, get find obtain, incur => take Sense 5 arrive, get come => land, set down => drive in => land, put down bring down => land, set ashore, shore => come come in => reach, hit, attain => flood in => pull in get in move in draw in => plump in Sense 6 bring get convey, fetch => retrieve => deliver Sense 7 experience, receive, have get undergo => suffer, sustain, have get => take Sense 10 induce, stimulate, cause have get make => decide => persuade => bring => encourage => let => lead => prompt, inspire, instigate => compel, oblige, obligate Sense 11 get catch, capture => recapture, retake => lasso, rope Sense 12 grow, develop, produce, get acquire => fledge, feather => regrow => spring => sprout => stool, tiller => leaf => pod => teethe => pupate => work up get up => cut Sense 13 contract, take get => catch Sense 15 make get => render => get let have => leave Sense 34 perplex, get puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat bewilder, flummox, stupefy, stupify, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound => stump, mix up => stagger => riddle => elude, escape Sense 35 begin, get start out start set about set out commence => strike out => fall => launch => jump off => get to => auspicate => attack => break in => plunge, launch => come on => embark, enter => get cracking, bestir oneself, get going, get moving get weaving, get started, get rolling Sense 36 suffer, sustain, have get => crack up crack, crock up break up collapse Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb get 14 of 37 senses of get Sense 1 get acquire => isolate => preisolate => win back get back => press out express, extract => ream => capture, catch => hunt, run, hunt down track down => snipe => whale => still-hunt, ambush => drive => drive => rabbit => fowl => grouse => snipe => poach => seal => ferret => course => foxhunt => tree => jacklight, jack => forage => hawk => falcon => fowl => scrounge, forage => bag => batfowl => recapture => rat => trap, entrap, snare, ensnare, trammel => gin => come by => stumble, hit => buy purchase => take => get => subscribe, subscribe to take => take over buy out buy up => pick up => take out buy food => impulse-buy => lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take => receive, have => take in take up => fuel => refuel => accept => fence => graduate => inherit => turn => buy => find => glom => enter upon come upon luck into => line up get hold come up find => accept take have => accept admit take take on => welcome => honor, honour => adopt, borrow, take over take up => obtain => carry => excavate, dig up turn up => grub up grub out => nuzzle => disinter, exhume => extort, wring from => pry, prise => procure, secure => copyright => patent => engage, enlist => recruit => extract => take out => get in get into => eke out squeeze out => mooch, bum, cadge, grub, sponge => freeload => derive, gain => reap, draw => shop => snag => grab => outsource => recover, retrieve, find regain => access => log in log on login => catch => recover, recoup => make up catch up with => reclaim, repossess => distrain => foreclose => find regain => feel => locate, turn up => unearth => pinpoint, nail => fall upon strike, come upon light upon chance upon come across chance on happen upon attain, discover => rout up rout out => win, gain => cozen => gain, take in clear, make earn, realize, realise, pull in bring in => eke out squeeze out => profit => line one's pockets => turn a nice dime, turn a nice penny, turn a nice dollar => clean up => scoop, make a scoop => rake off => take home, bring home => rake in shovel in => gross => yield, pay bear => net, clear => pay off => earn, garner => letter => profit, gain, benefit => cash in on => profiteer => capitalize, capitalise, take advantage => pyramid => net, sack, sack up clear => partake, share, partake in => cut in => preempt => collect, pick up gather up call for => inherit, come into => borrow => pick up => get => poll Sense 2 become go get => sober up sober => sober up sober => work => take effect => run => take => break => settle => come Sense 4 receive, get find obtain, incur => take Sense 5 arrive, get come => land, set down => alight, light, perch => force-land => beach => port => disembark, debark, set down => touch down => undershoot => belly-land => crash land => ditch => drive in => land, put down bring down => land, set ashore, shore => come come in => reach, hit, attain => max out => break even => flood in => pull in get in move in draw in => plump in Sense 6 bring get convey, fetch => retrieve => deliver => misdeliver => serve, process, swear out => subpoena => drop, set down put down unload, discharge => wharf => air-drop => consign Sense 7 experience, receive, have get undergo => suffer, sustain, have get => crack up crack, crock up break up collapse => take Sense 10 induce, stimulate, cause have get make => decide => persuade => bring round, bring around => badger => sell => chat up => talk into => rope in => wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle => soft-soap => browbeat, bully, swagger => convert, win over convince => proselytize => disarm => brainwash => charm, influence, tempt => magnetize, mesmerize, mesmerise, bewitch, spellbind => prevail => drag => tempt => seduce, score, make => bring => encourage => let => lead => give => prompt, inspire, instigate => compel, oblige, obligate => force, thrust => stick, sting => walk => parade, exhibit, march => march => coerce, hale, pressure, force => turn up the heat, turn up the pressure => drive => bludgeon => steamroller, steamroll => squeeze for => dragoon, railroad => terrorize, terrorise => bring oneself => clamor => condemn => shame => enforce, implement, apply => clamp down get tough => run => execute => give Sense 11 get catch, capture => recapture, retake => lasso, rope Sense 12 grow, develop, produce, get acquire => fledge, feather => regrow => spring => sprout => stool, tiller => leaf => pod => teethe => pupate => work up get up => cut Sense 13 contract, take get => catch => catch cold Sense 15 make get => render => get let have => leave Sense 34 perplex, get puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat bewilder, flummox, stupefy, stupify, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound => stump, mix up => stagger => riddle => elude, escape => defy, resist, refuse => beggar Sense 35 begin, get start out start set about set out commence => strike out => fall => launch => jump off => get to => auspicate => attack => break in => plunge, launch => come on => embark, enter => take up => get cracking, bestir oneself, get going, get moving get weaving, get started, get rolling Sense 36 suffer, sustain, have get => crack up crack, crock up break up collapse Entailment of verb get 3 of 37 senses of get Sense 6 bring get convey, fetch => come come up Sense 7 experience, receive, have get undergo => perceive, comprehend Sense 20 get => calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out reckon, figure Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb get 37 senses of get Sense 1 get acquire Sense 2 become go get => change state, turn Also See-> get on#6; get along#3; get over#4; get ahead#1 Sense 3 get let have => make get Sense 4 receive, get find obtain, incur => change Sense 5 arrive, get come Sense 6 bring get convey, fetch => transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize Sense 7 experience, receive, have get undergo Sense 8 pay back pay off get fix => get even get back Sense 9 have get make => score, hit, tally, rack up Sense 10 induce, stimulate, cause have get make Sense 11 get catch, capture => seize, prehend, clutch Sense 12 grow, develop, produce, get acquire => change Sense 13 contract, take get => sicken, come down Sense 14 get => communicate, intercommunicate Sense 15 make get => change, alter Sense 16 drive, get aim => mean intend Sense 17 catch, get => understand Sense 18 catch, arrest, get => attract, pull pull in draw in Sense 19 get catch => hit Sense 20 get Sense 21 may can, get Sense 22 get => get acquire Sense 23 get => buy purchase Sense 24 catch, get => hear Sense 25 catch, get => hurt, ache, suffer Sense 26 get receive Sense 27 scram, buzz off fuck off get bugger off => leave go forth, go away Sense 28 get => catch Sense 29 get => annoy, rag, get to bother, get at irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil Sense 30 get => touch, stir Sense 31 catch, get => reproduce Sense 32 draw, get => effect, effectuate, bring about set up Sense 33 get => destroy, ruin Sense 34 perplex, get puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat bewilder, flummox, stupefy, stupify, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound => confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate Sense 35 begin, get start out start set about set out commence Sense 36 suffer, sustain, have get => experience, receive, have get undergo Sense 37 beget, get engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth => make create Familiarity of verb get get used as a verb is extremely familiar (polysemy count = 37) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb get Sense 1 get acquire Sense 4 receive, get find obtain, incur => change -------------- Sense 5 arrive, get come Sense 28 get => catch -------------- Sense 17 catch, get => understand Sense 20 get Sense 22 get => get acquire Sense 31 catch, get => reproduce -------------- Sense 25 catch, get => hurt, ache, suffer Sense 26 get receive -------------- Sense 29 get => annoy, rag, get to bother, get at irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil Sense 30 get => touch, stir -------------- Sense 2 become go get => change state, turn -------------- Sense 3 get let have => make get -------------- Sense 6 bring get convey, fetch => transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize -------------- Sense 7 experience, receive, have get undergo -------------- Sense 8 pay back pay off get fix => get even get back -------------- Sense 9 have get make => score, hit, tally, rack up -------------- Sense 10 induce, stimulate, cause have get make -------------- Sense 11 get catch, capture => seize, prehend, clutch -------------- Sense 12 grow, develop, produce, get acquire => change -------------- Sense 13 contract, take get => sicken, come down -------------- Sense 14 get => communicate, intercommunicate -------------- Sense 15 make get => change, alter -------------- Sense 16 drive, get aim => mean intend -------------- Sense 18 catch, arrest, get => attract, pull pull in draw in -------------- Sense 19 get catch => hit -------------- Sense 21 may can, get -------------- Sense 23 get => buy purchase -------------- Sense 24 catch, get => hear -------------- Sense 27 scram, buzz off fuck off get bugger off => leave go forth, go away -------------- Sense 32 draw, get => effect, effectuate, bring about set up -------------- Sense 33 get => destroy, ruin -------------- Sense 34 perplex, get puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat bewilder, flummox, stupefy, stupify, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound => confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate -------------- Sense 35 begin, get start out start set about set out commence -------------- Sense 36 suffer, sustain, have get => experience, receive, have get undergo -------------- Sense 37 beget, get engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth => make create -------------- Grep of noun got anne robert jacques turgot apple maggot argot bigot ergot escargot faggot fagot gigot goteborg goth gothenburg gothic gothic arch gothic architecture gothic romance gothic romancer gothite gotterdammerung gottfried wilhelm leibnitz gottfried wilhelm leibniz gotthold ephraim lessing gottlieb daimler ingot maggot rye ergot spigot turgot Overview of verb get The verb get has 37 senses (first 20 from tagged texts) 1. (235) get acquire -- (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work") 2. (157) become go get -- (enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!") 3. (82) get let have -- (cause to move cause to be in a certain position or condition: "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble") 4. (64) receive, get find obtain, incur -- (receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions") 5. (58) arrive, get come -- (reach a destination; arrive by movement or by making progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "He got into college"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight") 6. (45) bring get convey, fetch -- (go or come after and bring or take back "Get me those books over there please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat") 7. (36) experience, receive, have get undergo -- (of mental or physical states or experiences: "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange sensation"; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling") 8. (14) pay back pay off get fix -- (take vengeance on or get even "We'll get them!" "That'll fix him good!" "This time I got him") 9. (9) have get make -- (achieve a point or goal, as in a sport; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day") 10. (7) induce, stimulate, cause have get make -- (cause to do cause to act in a specified manner: "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa") 11. (4) get catch, capture -- (succeed in catching or seizing, , esp. after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?") 12. (4) grow, develop, produce, get acquire -- (come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; The patient developed abdominal pains"; I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts") 13. (4) 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") 14. (3) get -- (communicate with a place or person; establish communication with as if by telephone: "Bill called this number and he got Mary"; "The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake") 15. (3) make get -- (give certain properties to something "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a famous physicist"; "Make yourself clear") 16. (2) drive, get aim -- (move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?") 17. (2) catch, get -- (grasp with the mind; "did you catch that allusion?"; "We caught something of his theory in the lecture"; " don't catch your meaning"; "did you get it?" "She didn't get the joke") 18. (1) catch, arrest, get -- (attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter") 19. (1) get catch -- (reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot: "the rock caught her in the back of the head"; "The blow got him in the back"; "The punch caught him in the stomach") 20. (1) get -- (reach by calculation; "What do you get when you add up these numbers?") 21. may can, get -- (get to or be allowed to do something "May I go to the movies tonight?" "Can I have some ice cream?" "We got to play video games all day long") 22. get -- (acquire as a result of some effort or action "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?") 23. get -- (purchase; "What did you get at the toy store?") 24. catch, get -- (perceive by hearing; "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time") 25. catch, get -- (suffer from the receipt of "She will catch hell for this behavior!") 26. get receive -- (receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison") 27. scram, buzz off fuck off get bugger off -- (leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form "Scram!") 28. get -- (reach and board; "She got the bus just as it was leaving") 29. get -- (irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me") 30. get -- (evoke an emotional response; "Brahms's 'Requiem' gets me every time") 31. catch, get -- (apprehend and reproduce accurately; "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs") 32. draw, get -- (in baseball: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher; "He drew a base on balls") 33. get -- (overcome or destroy; "The ice storm got my hibiscus"; "the cat got the goldfish") 34. perplex, get puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat bewilder, flummox, stupefy, stupify, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound -- (be a mystery or bewildering to: "This beats me!" "Got me--I don't know the answer!") 35. begin, get start out start set about set out commence -- (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action: "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?" "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day") 36. suffer, sustain, have get -- (undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle") 37. beget, get engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth -- (make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them") Grep of adj got gothic misbegot Overview of verb get The verb get has 37 senses (first 20 from tagged texts) 1. (235) get acquire -- (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work") 2. (157) become go get -- (enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!") 3. (82) get let have -- (cause to move cause to be in a certain position or condition: "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble") 4. (64) receive, get find obtain, incur -- (receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions") 5. (58) arrive, get come -- (reach a destination; arrive by movement or by making progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "He got into college"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight") 6. (45) bring get convey, fetch -- (go or come after and bring or take back "Get me those books over there please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat") 7. (36) experience, receive, have get undergo -- (of mental or physical states or experiences: "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange sensation"; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling") 8. (14) pay back pay off get fix -- (take vengeance on or get even "We'll get them!" "That'll fix him good!" "This time I got him") 9. (9) have get make -- (achieve a point or goal, as in a sport; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day") 10. (7) induce, stimulate, cause have get make -- (cause to do cause to act in a specified manner: "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa") 11. (4) get catch, capture -- (succeed in catching or seizing, , esp. after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?") 12. (4) grow, develop, produce, get acquire -- (come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; The patient developed abdominal pains"; I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts") 13. (4) 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") 14. (3) get -- (communicate with a place or person; establish communication with as if by telephone: "Bill called this number and he got Mary"; "The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake") 15. (3) make get -- (give certain properties to something "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a famous physicist"; "Make yourself clear") 16. (2) drive, get aim -- (move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?") 17. (2) catch, get -- (grasp with the mind; "did you catch that allusion?"; "We caught something of his theory in the lecture"; " don't catch your meaning"; "did you get it?" "She didn't get the joke") 18. (1) catch, arrest, get -- (attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter") 19. (1) get catch -- (reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot: "the rock caught her in the back of the head"; "The blow got him in the back"; "The punch caught him in the stomach") 20. (1) get -- (reach by calculation; "What do you get when you add up these numbers?") 21. may can, get -- (get to or be allowed to do something "May I go to the movies tonight?" "Can I have some ice cream?" "We got to play video games all day long") 22. get -- (acquire as a result of some effort or action "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?") 23. get -- (purchase; "What did you get at the toy store?") 24. catch, get -- (perceive by hearing; "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time") 25. catch, get -- (suffer from the receipt of "She will catch hell for this behavior!") 26. get receive -- (receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison") 27. scram, buzz off fuck off get bugger off -- (leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form "Scram!") 28. get -- (reach and board; "She got the bus just as it was leaving") 29. get -- (irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me") 30. get -- (evoke an emotional response; "Brahms's 'Requiem' gets me every time") 31. catch, get -- (apprehend and reproduce accurately; "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs") 32. draw, get -- (in baseball: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher; "He drew a base on balls") 33. get -- (overcome or destroy; "The ice storm got my hibiscus"; "the cat got the goldfish") 34. perplex, get puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat bewilder, flummox, stupefy, stupify, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound -- (be a mystery or bewildering to: "This beats me!" "Got me--I don't know the answer!") 35. begin, get start out start set about set out commence -- (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action: "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?" "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day") 36. suffer, sustain, have get -- (undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle") 37. beget, get engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth -- (make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them")
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