take

/teɪk/ nounverb
4 letters1 syllable8 points in Scrabble®8 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS29
NOUN
1

The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property.

VERB
1

Have with oneself; have on one's person.

“She always takes an umbrella”

2

Receive or obtain regularly.

“We take the Times every day”

3

Admit into a group or community.

4

Head into a specified direction.

5

Pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives.

6

Take into consideration for exemplifying purposes.

7

Assume, as of positions or roles.

8

Interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression.

“How should I take this message?”

9

Lay claim to; as of an idea.

10

Accept or undergo, often unwillingly.

11

Be capable of holding or containing.

“This box won't take all the items”

12

Make use of or accept for some purpose.

“take a risk”

“take an opportunity”

13

Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere.

14

Engage for service under a term of contract.

“Shall we take a guide in Rome?”

15

Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness.

16

Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect.

17

Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs.

18

Get into one's hands, take physically.

“Can you take this bag, please”

19

Require as useful, just, or proper.

“It takes nerve to do what she did”

20

Occupy or take on.

21

Receive willingly something given or offered.

22

Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.

“take the gun from your pocket”

23

Be a student of a certain subject.

24

Proceed along in a vehicle.

25

Point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards.

26

Ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial.

“take a pulse”

“A reading was taken of the earth's tremors”

27

Be seized or affected in a specified way.

“take sick”

“be taken drunk”

28

Buy, select.

“I'll take a pound of that sausage”

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