Dictionary entry details
• TAKE OFF (verb)
Meaning:
Leave
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
take off; start out; set forth; set off; start; set out; part; depart
Context example:
The family took off for Florida
Hypernyms (to "take off" is one way to...):
go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take off"):
lift off; take off (depart from the ground)
roar off (leave)
blaze; blaze out (move rapidly and as if blazing)
sally forth; sally out (set out in a sudden, energetic or violent manner)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence examples:
The children take off to the playground
These cars won't take off
Meaning:
Take away or remove
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
Take that weight off me!
Hypernyms (to "take off" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take off"):
dehorn (take the horns off (an animal))
declaw (remove the claws from)
discase; disrobe; peel; strip; strip down; uncase; unclothe; undress (get undressed)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Depart from the ground
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
lift off; take off
Context example:
The plane took off two hours late
Hypernyms (to "take off" is one way to...):
depart; part; set forth; set off; set out; start; start out; take off (leave)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Sentence example:
The airplane is sure to take off
Meaning:
Take time off from work; stop working temporarily
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
take time off; take off
Hypernyms (to "take off" is one way to...):
break up; cut off; disrupt; interrupt (make a break in)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context example:
This song takes off from a famous aria
Hypernyms (to "take off" is one way to...):
copy; imitate; simulate (reproduce someone's behavior or looks)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Remove clothes
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Context example:
take off your shirt--it's very hot in here
Hypernyms (to "take off" is one way to...):
discase; disrobe; peel; strip; strip down; uncase; unclothe; undress (get undressed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take off"):
peel off (take off, as with some difficulty)
slip off (take off with ease or speed)
uncloak (remove a cloak from)
doff (remove)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They take off the cape
Meaning:
Get started or set in motion, used figuratively
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
get off the ground; take off
Context example:
the project took a long time to get off the ground
Hypernyms (to "take off" is one way to...):
get going; go; start (begin or set in motion)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Prove fatal
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
The disease took off
Hypernyms (to "take off" is one way to...):
kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Make a subtraction
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
deduct; subtract; take off
Hypernyms (to "take off" is one way to...):
calculate; cipher; compute; cypher; figure; reckon; work out (make a mathematical calculation or computation)
Domain category:
arithmetic (the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
