take
Noun
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is a type of: income - the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of timesubtypes:
- 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)
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subtypes: retake - a shot or scene that is photographed again
Verb
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subtypes: be - spend or use time
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same as: get hold of
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is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original naturesubtypes: re-assume - take on again, as after a time lapse
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subtypes: misinterpret, misread - interpret wronglysame as: read
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entail: come, come up - move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebodyis a type of: carry, transport - move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's bodysubtypes:
- fetch - take away or remove
- transit - cause or enable to pass through
- ferry - transport from one place to another
- bring back, return, take back - bring back to the point of departure
- tube - convey in a tube
- whisk - move somewhere quickly
- carry, channel, conduct, convey, impart, transmit - transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- land - bring ashore
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subtypes:
- 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
- sequester - requisition forcibly, as of enemy property
- pocket - put in one's pocket
- 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
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is a type of: decide, determine, make up one's mind - reach, make, or come to a decision about somethingsubtypes:
- 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
- cream off, skim off - pick the best
- pick over, sieve out - separate or remove
- 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
- define, 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 or for an honor or position
- vote - express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote
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is a type of: think about - have on one's mind, think about activelysubtypes:
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subtypes:
- claim, exact, take - take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- govern - require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood
- draw - require a specified depth for floating
- cost - require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice
- cry for, cry out for - need badly or desperately
- compel - necessitate or exact
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is a type of: experience, get, have, receive - go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
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referred to in: 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 sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movementsubtypes: reshoot - shoot again
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subtypes:
- depilate, epilate - remove body hair
- 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
- clean - remove shells or husks from
- fan, winnow - blow away or off with a current of air
- 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
- rip off, tear away, tear off - remove by pulling or ripping 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
- unhinge - remove the hinges from
- 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)
- dismantle, strip - take off or remove
- strip - remove a constituent from a 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
- leach, strip - remove substances from by a percolating liquid
- 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
- eliminate - remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations
- clear out, drive out, expectorate - clear out the chest and lungs
- carve out - remove from a larger whole
- defuse - remove the triggering device from
- dredge - remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water
- wear away, wear off - diminish, as by friction
- amputate, cut off - remove surgically
- eviscerate, resect - surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ
- cream, cream off, skim, skim off - remove from the surface
- 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 (a ship) 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
- 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, rip out, take out, tear out - remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense
- 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
- dislodge, free - remove or force out from a position
- clean - remove while making clean
- aspirate, draw out, suck out - remove 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
- draw, draw off, take out, withdraw - remove (a commodity) from (a supply source)
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subtypes:
- 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, hit the bottle - consume alcohol
- partake, touch - consume
- eat, feed - take in food; used of animals only
- 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
- sup - take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon
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is a type of: undergo - pass throughsubtypes: test - undergo a testsame as: submitverb group: take - experience or feel or submit to
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subtypes: co-opt - take or assume for one's own usesame as: accept
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subtypes:
- rescue - take forcibly from legal custody
- scale - take by attacking with scaling ladders
- extort - obtain through intimidation
- arrogate, assume, seize, take over, usurp - seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
- recapture, retake - take back by force, as after a battle
- relieve - take by stealing
- rip, rip off, steal - take without the owner's consent
- despoil, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip - steal goods; take as spoils
- plunder, sack - plunder (a town) after capture
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is a type of: move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
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subtypes: profess - receive into a religious order or congregation
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is a type of: head - to go or travel towardssame as: make
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is a type of: position - cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relationsubtypes:
- aim, direct, place, point, target - intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- draw a bead on - aim with a gun
- hold - aim, point, or direct
- turn - direct at someone
- swing - hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement
- charge, level, point - direct into a position for use
- level - aim at
- sight - take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)
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verb group: carry - have or possess something abstract
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same as: subscribe, subscribe to
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referred to in: commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
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is a type of: 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 together, sleep with - have sexual intercourse withsame as: have
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is a type of: affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify - to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as truesame as: claim
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is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)same as: accept
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is a type of: be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
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referred to in: driving - the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animalis a type of: cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse - travel across or pass oversame as: drive
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is a type of: win - be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious
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subtypes: catch - contractverb group: catch - contract
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- Verbs of buying, selling, owning
- Verbs of eating and drinking
- Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
- Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
- Verbs of political and social activities and events
- Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
- Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
- Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
- Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
- Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
- Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
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