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To get into one's hands, possession or control, with or without force.
example
I'll take that plate off the table.
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To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
example
The camera takes 35mm film.
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To remove.
example
take two eggs from the carton
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To have sex with.
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To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
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Don't try to take that guy. He's bigger than you.
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To grasp or grip.
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He took her hand in his.
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To select or choose; to pick.
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I'll take the blue plates.
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To adopt (select) as one's own.
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She took his side in every argument.
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To carry or lead (something or someone).
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I'll take the plate with me.
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To use as a means of transportation.
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He took the bus to London, and then took a train to Manchester.
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To visit; to include in a course of travel.
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To obtain for use by payment or lease.
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He took a full-page ad in the Times.
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To consume.
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To experience, undergo, or endure.
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To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
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He had to take it apart to fix it.
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To regard in a specified way.
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He took the news badly.
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To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
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took a dim view of city officials
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To understand (especially in a specified way).
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Don't take my comments as an insult.
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To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
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He took all the credit for the project, although he had done almost none of the work.
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To believe, to accept the statements of.
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take her word for it
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To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
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Do you take me for a fool?
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To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
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I'm not sure what moral to take from that story.
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To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
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"As I Lay Dying" takes its title from Book XI of Homer's "Odyssey"
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To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
example
took a chill
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To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
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To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
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took her attention
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(of a material) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc).
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cloth that takes dye well
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(of a ship) To let in (water).
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To require.
example
Finishing this on schedule will take a lot of overtime.
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To proceed to fill.
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He took a seat in the front row.
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To fill, to use up (time or space).
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His collection takes a lot of space.
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To avail oneself of.
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He took that opportunity to leave France.
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To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
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Pirès ran in to take the kick.
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To assume or perform (a form or role).
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To bind oneself by.
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he took the oath of office last night
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To move into.
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the next team took the field
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To go into, through, or along.
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go down two blocks and take the next left
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To have and use one's recourse to.
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take cover/shelter/refuge
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To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
example
take a census
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To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
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He took a mental inventory of his supplies.
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To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
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Could you take a picture of us?
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To take a picture, photograph, etc of (a person, scene, etc).
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The photographer will take you sitting down.
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To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
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took me for ten grand
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(now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
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As a child, she took ballet.
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To deal with.
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take matters as they arise
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To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
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I've had a lot of problems recently: take last Monday, for example. My car broke down on the way to work. Then ... etc.
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To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
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He'll probably take this one.
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To accept as an input to a relation.
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To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
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My husband and I have a dysfunctional marriage. He just takes and takes; he never gives.
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To engage, take hold or have effect.
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To become; to be affected in a specified way.
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She took sick with the flu.
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(possibly obsolete) To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.
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An intensifier.
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To deliver, bring, give (something) to (someone).
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(obsolete outside dialectal and slang) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or hit.
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He took me a blow on the head.