Dictionary entry details
• TAKE (noun)
Meaning:
The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
proceeds; take; takings; payoff; yield; return; issue
Context example:
the average return was about 5%
Hypernyms ("take" is a kind of...):
income (the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "take"):
economic rent; rent (the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions)
payback (financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment))
Meaning:
The act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("take" is a kind of...):
cinematography; filming; motion-picture photography (the act of making a film)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "take"):
retake (a shot or scene that is photographed again)
• TAKE (verb)
Meaning:
Carry out
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context examples:
take action / take steps / take vengeance
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Require (time or space)
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
use up; take; occupy
Context examples:
It took three hours to get to work this morning / This event occupied a very short time
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
expend; use (use up, consume fully)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
be (spend or use time)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They take a long time
Meaning:
Take somebody somewhere
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
lead; guide; take; direct; conduct
Context examples:
We lead him to our chief / can you take me to the main entrance? / He conducted us to the palace
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
show; usher (show (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums)
lead astray; misdirect; misguide; mislead (lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions)
hand (guide or conduct or usher somewhere)
beacon (guide with a beacon)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Get into one's hands, take physically
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
get hold of; take
Context examples:
Take a cookie! / Can you take this bag, please
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
clutch; prehend; seize (take hold of; grab)
seize (take or capture by force)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
The children take the ball
Also:
take apart (divide into pieces)
take away (remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state)
take in (fold up)
take in (visit for entertainment)
take on (accept as a challenge)
take up (take out or up with or as if with a scoop)
Meaning:
Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
take on; acquire; assume; adopt; take
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
re-assume (take on again, as after a time lapse)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
read; take
Context examples:
I read this address as a satire / How should I take this message? / You can't take credit for this!
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
construe; interpret; see (make sense of; assign a meaning to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
misinterpret; misread (interpret wrongly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
bring; convey; take
Context examples:
Bring me the box from the other room / Take these letters to the boss / This brings me to the main point
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
carry; transport (move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body)
"Take" entails doing...:
come; come up (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
land (bring ashore)
carry; channel; conduct; convey; transmit (transmit or serve as the medium for transmission)
whisk (move somewhere quickly)
tube (convey in a tube)
bring back; return; take back (bring back to the point of departure)
ferry (transport from one place to another)
transit (cause or enable to pass through)
fetch (take away or remove)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence examples:
They take the food to the people
They take the people the food
Meaning:
Take into one's possession
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context examples:
We are taking an orphan from Romania / I'll take three salmon steaks
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
accept; assume; bear; take over (take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person)
grab; snaffle; snap up (get hold of or seize quickly and easily)
call back; call in; recall; withdraw (cause to be returned)
deprive; divest; strip (take away possessions from someone)
unburden (free or relieve (someone) of a burden)
pocket (put in one's pocket)
sequester (requisition forcibly, as of enemy property)
adopt; take in (take into one's family)
take away (take from a person or place)
repossess; take back (regain possession of something)
collect; take in (call for and obtain payment of)
attach; confiscate; impound; seize; sequester (take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Antonym:
give (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody)
Also:
take back (regain possession of something)
take in (visit for entertainment)
take out (remove (a commodity) from (a supply source))
Meaning:
Require as useful, just, or proper
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
require; need; necessitate; demand; call for; postulate; involve; ask; take
Context examples:
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
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
cry for; cry out for (need badly or desperately)
cost (require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice)
draw (require a specified depth for floating)
govern (require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood)
claim; exact; take (take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs)
imply; involve (have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
select; pick out; choose; take
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
decide; determine; make up one's mind (reach, make, or come to a decision about something)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
assign; set apart; specify (select something or someone for a specific purpose)
single out (select from a group)
think of (choose in one's mind)
determine; fix; limit; set; specify (decide upon or fix definitely)
adopt; espouse; follow (choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans)
screen; screen out; sieve; sort (examine in order to test suitability)
vote in (elect in a voting process)
elect (select by a vote for an office or membership)
nominate; propose (put forward; nominate for appointment to an office)
vote (express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote)
go with; side (take the side of; be on the side of)
pick over; sieve out (separate or remove)
cream off; skim off (pick the best)
empanel; impanel; panel (select from a list)
anoint (choose by or as if by divine intervention)
field (select (a team or individual player) for a game)
sieve; sift (distinguish and separate out)
draw (select or take in from a given group or region)
dial (choose by means of a dial)
go; plump (give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number)
pick (select carefully from a group)
elect (choose)
excerpt; extract; take out (take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy)
cull out; winnow (select desirable parts from a group or list)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They take him to write the letter
Meaning:
Travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context examples:
He takes the bus to work / She takes Route 1 to Newark
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
apply; employ; use; utilise; utilize (put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The men take the boat
Meaning:
Receive willingly something given or offered
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
accept; take; have
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
adopt; borrow; take over; take up (take up and practice as one's own)
honor; honour (accept as pay)
welcome (accept gladly)
accept; admit; take; take on (admit into a group or community)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Also:
take in (provide with shelter)
take over (take up, as of debts or payments)
take over (take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person)
take up (take up and practice as one's own)
Meaning:
Assume, as of positions or roles
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
fill; take
Context example:
She took the job as director of development
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
do work; work (be employed)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
look at; consider; deal; take
Context examples:
Take the case of China / Consider the following case
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
think about (have on one's mind, think about actively)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
warm to (become excited about)
abstract (consider apart from a particular case or instance)
dally; play; trifle (consider not very seriously)
contemplate (consider as a possibility)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Experience or feel or submit to
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Context examples:
Take a test / Take the plunge
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
experience; get; have; receive; undergo (go through (mental or physical states or experiences))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Make a film or photograph of something
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
film; shoot; take
Context examples:
take a scene / shoot a movie
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
enter; put down; record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)
Domain category:
film; flick; motion picture; motion-picture show; movie; moving picture; moving-picture show; pic; picture; picture show (a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
reshoot (shoot again)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot take Sue
Meaning:
Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
remove; take away; withdraw; take
Context examples:
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
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
cream; cream off; skim; skim off (remove from the surface)
eviscerate; resect (surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ)
amputate; cut off (remove surgically)
wear away; wear off (diminish, as by friction)
dredge (remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water)
strip (remove the surface from)
strip (strip the cured leaves from)
descale; scale (remove the scales from)
circumcise (cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys)
undock (take out of a dock)
cut into; delve; dig; turn over (turn up, loosen, or remove earth)
dig; excavate; hollow (remove the inner part or the core of)
defuse (remove the triggering device from)
clear out; drive out; expectorate (clear out the chest and lungs)
eliminate (remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations)
decalcify (remove calcium or lime from)
detoxicate; detoxify (remove poison from)
de-ionate (remove ions from)
de-iodinate (remove iodine from)
decarbonise; decarbonize; decarburise; decarburize; decoke (remove carbon from (an engine))
delouse (free of lice)
ream (remove by making a hole or by boring)
brush (remove with or as if with a brush)
wash; wash away; wash off; wash out (remove by the application of water or other liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent)
desorb (remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed)
pull (take away)
demineralise; demineralize (remove the minerals or salts from)
lift out; scoop; scoop out; scoop up; take up (take out or up with or as if with a scoop)
draw out; extract; pull; pull out; pull up; take out (remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense)
aspirate; draw out; suck out (remove as if by suction)
cancel; delete (remove or make invisible)
lade; laden; ladle (remove with or as if with a ladle)
spoon (scoop up or take up with a spoon)
gut (remove the guts of)
head (remove the head of)
draw away; draw off; pull off (remove by drawing or pulling)
clean; strip (remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely)
draw; take out (take liquid out of a container or well)
draw; get out; pull; pull out; take out (bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover)
leach (cause (a liquid) to leach or percolate)
draw (cause to flow)
clean (remove while making clean)
dislodge; free (remove or force out from a position)
take out (remove something from a container or an enclosed space)
unstring (remove the strings from)
string (remove the stringy parts of)
wipe away; wipe off (remove by wiping)
bear away; bear off; carry away; carry off; take away (remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state)
unveil (remove the cover from)
take out; unpack (remove from its packing)
disburden; unburden (take the burden off; remove the burden from)
empty (remove)
discharge (remove the charge from)
offsaddle; unsaddle (remove the saddle from)
cast; cast off; drop; shake off; shed; throw; throw away; throw off (get rid of)
draw; draw off; take out; withdraw (remove (a commodity) from (a supply source))
depilate; epilate (remove body hair)
unbrace (remove a brace or braces from)
pick (remove in small bits)
clear; clear up (free (the throat) by making a rasping sound)
muck (remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine)
lift (remove from a surface)
lift (take off or away by decreasing)
lift (remove from a seedbed or from a nursery)
tear away; tear off (rip off violently and forcefully)
take off (take away or remove)
take away; take out (take out or remove)
pit; stone (remove the pits from)
seed (remove the seeds from)
winnow (blow away or off with a current of air)
clean (remove shells or husks from)
harvest (remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation)
tip (remove the tip from)
stem (remove the stem from)
extirpate (surgically remove (an organ))
enucleate (remove (a tumor or eye) from an enveloping sac or cover)
exenterate (remove the contents of (an organ))
enucleate (remove the nucleus from (a cell))
decorticate (remove the cortex of (an organ))
bail (remove (water) from a vessel with a container)
disinvest; divest; strip; undress (remove (someone's or one's own) clothes)
ablate (remove an organ or bodily structure)
clean; pick (remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits)
unhinge (remove the hinges from)
leach; strip (remove substances from by a percolating liquid)
clear (remove)
defang (remove the fangs from)
bone; debone (remove the bones from)
disembowel; draw; eviscerate (remove the entrails of)
shell (remove from its shell or outer covering)
shuck (remove from the shell)
detusk; tusk (remove the tusks of animals)
dehorn (prevent the growth of horns of certain animals)
scalp (remove the scalp of)
weed (clear of weeds)
condense (remove water from)
bail out; bale out (remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side)
strip (remove a constituent from a liquid)
dismantle; strip (take off or remove)
shuck (remove the shucks from)
hull (remove the hulls from)
crumb (remove crumbs from)
chip away; chip away at (remove or withdraw gradually:)
burl (remove the burls from cloth)
knock out (destroy or break forcefully)
clean; scavenge (remove unwanted substances from)
hypophysectomise; hypophysectomize (remove the pituitary glands)
degas (remove gas from)
husk; shell (remove the husks from)
bur; burr (remove the burrs from)
clear away; clear off (remove from sight)
flick (remove with a flick (of the hand))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Sentence example:
They want to take the doors
Also:
take off (make a subtraction)
Meaning:
Serve oneself to, or consume regularly
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
ingest; consume; have; take in; take
Context examples:
Have another bowl of chicken soup! / I don't take sugar in my coffee
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
fill; replete; sate; satiate (fill to satisfaction)
sample; taste; try; try out (take a sample of)
sop up; suck in; take in; take up (take up as if with a sponge)
smoke (inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes)
do drugs; drug (use recreational drugs)
get down; swallow (pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking)
sup (take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon)
eat; feed (take in food; used of animals only)
partake; touch (consume)
hit (consume to excess)
cannibalise; cannibalize (eat human flesh)
habituate; use (take or consume (regularly or habitually))
eat (eat a meal; take a meal)
eat (take in solid food)
drink; imbibe (take in liquids)
booze; drink; fuddle (consume alcohol)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They take the cake with sugar
Also:
take up (take up as if with a sponge)
Meaning:
Accept or undergo, often unwillingly
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
undergo; submit; take
Context example:
We took a pay cut
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
abide; bear; brook; digest; endure; put up; stand; stick out; stomach; suffer; support; tolerate (put up with something or somebody unpleasant)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
test (undergo a test)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Make use of or accept for some purpose
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
accept; take
Context examples:
take a risk / take an opportunity
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
co-opt (take or assume for one's own use)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Take by force
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context examples:
Hitler took the Baltic Republics / The army took the fort on the hill
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
plunder; sack (plunder (a town) after capture)
despoil; foray; loot; pillage; plunder; ransack; reave; rifle; strip (steal goods; take as spoils)
steal (take without the owner's consent)
relieve (take by stealing)
recapture; retake (take back by force, as after a battle)
arrogate; assume; seize; take over; usurp (seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession)
extort (obtain through intimidation)
scale (take by attacking with scaling ladders)
rescue (take forcibly from legal custody)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sentence example:
They take the hill
Meaning:
Occupy or take on
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
assume; take up; strike; take
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The men take the horses across the field
Meaning:
Admit into a group or community
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
admit; take on; accept; take
Context examples:
accept students for graduate study / We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
accept; have; take (receive willingly something given or offered)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
profess (receive into a religious order or congregation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot take Sue
Meaning:
Ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context examples:
take a pulse / A reading was taken of the earth's tremors
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
find; get; incur; obtain; receive (receive a specified treatment (abstract))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Be a student of a certain subject
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
study; learn; read; take
Context example:
She is reading for the bar exam
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
drill; exercise; practice; practise (learn by repetition)
prepare; train (undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession)
audit (attend academic courses without getting credit)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
exact; claim; take
Context examples:
the accident claimed three lives / The hard work took its toll on her
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
ask; call for; demand; involve; necessitate; need; postulate; require; take (require as useful, just, or proper)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Head into a specified direction
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
take; make
Context examples:
The escaped convict took to the hills / We made for the mountains
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
head (to go or travel towards)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
take aim; aim; train; direct; take
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
position (cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
level (aim at)
charge; level; point (direct into a position for use)
swing (hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement)
turn (direct at someone)
hold (aim, point, or direct)
draw a bead on (aim with a gun)
aim; direct; place; point; target (intend (something) to move towards a certain goal)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Be seized or affected in a specified way
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context examples:
take sick / be taken drunk
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
become; get; go (enter or assume a certain state or condition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s Adjective
Meaning:
Have with oneself; have on one's person
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
carry; pack; take
Context examples:
She always takes an umbrella / I always carry money / She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
feature; have (have as a feature)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They take more bread
Meaning:
Engage for service under a term of contract
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
charter; rent; hire; lease; engage; take
Context examples:
We took an apartment on a quiet street / Let's rent a car / Shall we take a guide in Rome?
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Meaning:
Receive or obtain by regular payment
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
subscribe to; subscribe; take
Context example:
We take the Times every day
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
buy; purchase (obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Buy, select
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
I'll take a pound of that sausage
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
buy; purchase (obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction)
Domain category:
commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They take the newspapers
Also:
take out (remove (a commodity) from (a supply source))
Meaning:
To get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
take shelter from the storm
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Have sex with; archaic use
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
have; take
Context example:
He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
bang; be intimate; bed; bonk; do it; eff; fuck; get it on; get laid; have a go at it; have intercourse; have it away; have it off; have sex; hump; jazz; know; lie with; love; make love; make out; roll in the hay; screw; sleep with (have sexual intercourse with)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Lay claim to; as of an idea
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
claim; take
Context example:
She took credit for the whole idea
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
affirm; assert; aver; avow; swan; swear; verify (to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Be designed to hold or take
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
accept; take
Context example:
This surface will not take the dye
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Be capable of holding or containing
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
contain; hold; take
Context examples:
This box won't take all the items / The flask holds one gallon
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Develop a habit
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
He took to visiting bars
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Proceed along in a vehicle
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
drive; take
Context example:
We drive the turnpike to work
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
cover; cross; cut across; cut through; get across; get over; pass over; track; traverse (travel across or pass over)
Domain category:
driving (the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Obtain by winning
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Context examples:
Winner takes all / He took first prize
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
win (be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
contract; get; take
Context examples:
He got AIDS / She came down with pneumonia / She took a chill
Hypernyms (to "take" is one way to...):
come down; sicken (get sick)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take"):
catch (contract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
