English > take: 44 senses > verb 7, motion| Meaning | Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
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| Model | They take the food to the people; They take the people the food |
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| Example | "Take these letters to the boss" |
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| Synonyms | bring, convey |
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| Entails | come, come up | Move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody |
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| Narrower | ferry | transport / transport from one place to another |
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| fetch | take away or remove |
| impart, conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel | Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission |
| land | Bring ashore |
| return, take back, bring back | bring back to the point of departure |
| transit | Cause or enable to pass through |
| tube | convey in a tube |
| whisk | Move somewhere quickly |
| Broader | transport, carry | Move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body |
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| Similar to | bring, get, convey, fetch | go or come after and bring or take back |
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| bring | Be accompanied by |
| Spanish | acarrear, copar, llevar, portar, tomar, traer, transportar |
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| Catalan | copar, dur, portar, traginar, transportar |
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English > take: 44 senses > verb 8, possession| Meaning | Take into one's possession. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s something from somebody |
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| Example | "I'll take three salmon steaks" |
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| Narrower | adopt, take in | Take into one's family |
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| bear, take over, accept, assume | take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person |
| collect, take in | call for and obtain payment of |
| deprive, strip, divest | take away possessions from someone |
| impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize | Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority |
| pocket | put in one's pocket |
| recall, call in, call back, withdraw | Cause to be returned |
| sequester | requisition forcibly, as of enemy property |
| snap up, snaffle, grab | get hold of or seize quickly and easily |
| take away | Take from a person or place |
| take back, repossess | regain possession of something |
| unburden | Free or relieve (someone) of a burden |
| See also | take back | regain possession of something |
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| take in | visit for entertainment |
| take out | remove (a commodity) from (a supply source) |
| Opposite | give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody |
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| Spanish | apropiarse, copar, llevarse, quitar, tomar |
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| Catalan | apropiar-se, copar, portar-se, prendre, treure |
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English > take: 44 senses > verb 10, cognition| Meaning | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Model | They take him to write the letter |
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| Example | "Take any one of these cards" |
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| Synonyms | choose, select, pick out |
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| Entailed by | buy, purchase | Obtain by purchase |
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| Narrower | adopt, follow, espouse | choose and follow |
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| anoint | Choose by or as if by divine intervention |
| assign, specify, set apart | select something or someone for a specific purpose |
| cream off, skim off | pick the best |
| cull out, winnow | select desirable parts from a group or list |
| dial | choose by means of a dial |
| draw | select or take in from a given group or region |
| elect | choose |
| elect | select by a vote for an office or membership |
| empanel, impanel, panel | select from a list |
| excerpt, extract, take out | take out of a literary work in order to cite / cite or copy |
| field | select (a team or individual player) for a game / game / game |
| nominate, propose | Put forward |
| pick | select carefully from a group |
| plump, go | Give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number |
| screen, screen out, sieve, sort | Examine in order to test suitability |
| sieve, sift | distinguish and separate out |
| sieve out, pick over | separate or remove |
| single out | select from a group |
| specify, set, determine, define, fix, limit | decide upon or fix definitely |
| think of | choose in one's mind |
| vote | Express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution |
| vote in | elect in a voting process |
| Broader | decide, make up one's mind, determine | reach, make, or come to a decision about something |
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| Spanish | coger, decantar, elegir, escoger, optar, seleccionar, tomar, triar |
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| Catalan | decantar, elegir, escollir, optar, seleccionar, triar |
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English > take: 44 senses > verb 14, stative| Meaning | require as useful, just, or proper. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
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| Example | "It takes nerve to do what she did" |
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| Synonyms | necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, involve, call for, demand |
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| Narrower | claim, take, exact | Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs |
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| compel | Necessitate or exact |
| cost | require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice |
| cry out for, cry for | Need badly or desperately |
| draw | require a specified depth for floating |
| govern | require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood |
| Opposite | obviate, rid of, eliminate | Do away with |
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| Similar to | claim, take, exact | Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs |
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| Spanish | demandar, exigir, implicar, involucrar, necesitar, pedir, precisar, preguntar, reclamar, requerir, solicitar |
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| Catalan | exigir, implicar, involucrar, necessitar, precisar, preguntar, reclamar, requerir |
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English > take: 44 senses > verb 17, change| Meaning | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP |
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| Model | They want to take the doors |
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| Example | "take the gun from your pocket" |
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| Synonyms | remove, take away, withdraw |
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| Entailed by | dig, dig out | create by digging |
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| dust | Remove the dust from |
| Narrower | ablate | Remove an organ or bodily structure |
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| amputate, cut off | Remove surgically |
| aspirate, draw out, suck out | Remove as if by suction |
| bail | Remove (water) from a vessel with a container |
| bail out, bale out | Remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the side |
| bone, debone | Remove the bones from |
| brush | Remove with or as if with a brush |
| bur, burr | Remove the burrs from |
| burl | Remove the burls from cloth |
| carve out | Remove from a larger whole |
| chip away, chip away at | Remove or withdraw gradually |
| circumcise | cut the foreskin off male babies or teenage boys |
| clean, pick | Remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits |
| clean | Remove shells or husks from |
| clean | Remove while making clean |
| clean, strip | Remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely |
| clear | Remove |
| clear, clear up | Free (the throat) by making a rasping sound |
| clear off, clear away | remove from sight |
| condense | Remove water from |
| crumb | Remove crumbs from |
| de-iodinate | Remove iodine from |
| de-ionate | Remove ions from |
| decalcify | Remove calcium or lime / lime from |
| decarbonize, decarbonise, decarburize, decarburise, decoke | Remove carbon from (an engine) |
| decorticate | Remove the cortex / cortex of (an organ) |
| defang | Remove the fangs / fangs from |
| defuse | Remove the triggering device from |
| degas | Remove gas from |
| dehorn | prevent the growth of horns of certain animals |
| delete, cancel | Remove or make invisible |
| delouse | Free of lice |
| demineralize, demineralise | Remove the minerals or salts from |
| desorb | Remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed |
| detoxify, detoxicate | Remove poison from |
| dig, delve, cut into, turn over | Turn up, loosen, or remove earth |
| discharge | Remove the charge from |
| disembowel, eviscerate, draw | Remove the entrails of |
| dislodge, free | Remove or force out from a position |
| draw, take out | take liquid out of a container or well |
| draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out | Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover |
| draw | Cause to flow |
| draw off, draw away, pull off | Remove by drawing or pulling |
| dredge | Remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water |
| eliminate | Remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations |
| empty | Remove |
| enucleate | Remove (a tumor or eye) from an enveloping sac or cover |
| enucleate | Remove the nucleus from (a cell) |
| epilate, depilate | Remove body hair |
| excavate, dig, hollow | Remove the inner part or the core of |
| exenterate | Remove the contents of (an organ) |
| expectorate, clear out, drive out | clear out the chest and lungs |
| extirpate | surgically remove (an organ) |
| extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out, rip out, tear out | Remove, usually with some force or effort |
| flick | Remove with a flick (of the hand) |
| gut | Remove the guts of |
| harvest | Remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation |
| head | Remove the head of |
| hull | Remove the hulls from |
| husk, shell | Remove the husks from |
| hypophysectomize, hypophysectomise | Remove the pituitary glands |
| knock out | Destroy or break forcefully |
| ladle, lade, laden | Remove with or as if with a ladle |
| leach, strip | Remove substances from by a percolating liquid / liquid |
| leach | Cause (a liquid / liquid) to leach or percolate |
| lift | Remove from a surface |
| lift | Remove from a seedbed or from a nursery |
| lift | Take off or away by decreasing |
| muck | Remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine |
| pick | Remove in small bits |
| pit, stone | remove the pits from |
| pull | take away |
| ream | Remove by making a hole or by boring |
| resect, eviscerate | surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ |
| scale, descale | Remove the scales from |
| scalp | Remove the scalp of |
| scavenge, clean | Remove unwanted substances from |
| scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up | take out or up with or as if with a scoop |
| seed | Remove the seeds from |
| shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop | Get rid of |
| shell | Remove from its shell or outer covering |
| shuck | Remove the shucks from |
| shuck | Remove from the shell |
| skim, skim off, cream off, cream | Remove from the surface |
| spoon | scoop up or take up with a spoon |
| stem | Remove the stem from |
| string | Remove the stringy parts of |
| strip, dismantle | Take off or remove |
| strip | remove a constituent from a liquid |
| strip, undress, divest, disinvest | Remove (someone's or one's own) clothes |
| strip | Remove the surface from |
| strip | Strip the cured leaves from |
| take away, take out | take out or remove |
| take away, bear off, bear away, carry away, carry off | Remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state |
| take off | take away or remove |
| take out | Remove something from a container or an enclosed space |
| tear away, tear off, rip off | rip off violently and forcefully |
| tip | Remove the tip from |
| tusk, detusk | Remove the tusks of animals |
| unburden, disburden | Take the burden off |
| undock | take (a ship) out of a dock |
| unhinge | Remove the hinges from |
| unpack, take out | Remove from its packing |
| unsaddle, offsaddle | Remove the saddle from |
| unstring | Remove the strings from |
| unveil | Remove the cover from |
| wash, wash out, wash off, wash away | Remove by the application of water or other liquid / liquid and soap or some other cleaning agent |
| wear away, wear off | diminish, as by friction |
| weed | Clear of weeds |
| winnow, fan | Blow away or off with a current of air |
| wipe off, wipe away | Remove by wiping |
| withdraw, draw, take out, draw off | Remove (a commodity) from (a supply source) |
| See also | take off | make a subtraction |
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| Spanish | apartar, copar, eliminar, extirpar, llevar, quitar, remover, retirar, sacar, suprimir, tomar |
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| Catalan | apartar, copar, eliminar, emportar-se, extirpar, llevar, retirar, suprimir, treure |
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English > take: 44 senses > verb 18, consumption| Meaning | Serve oneself to, or consume regularly. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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| Model | They take the cake with sugar |
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| Example | "I don't take sugar in my coffee" |
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| Synonyms | consume, ingest, take in, have |
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| Entailed by | board | lodge and take meals (at) |
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| digest | convert food into absorbable substances |
| quench, slake, allay, assuage | satisfy (thirst) |
| Narrower | cannibalize, cannibalise | Eat human flesh |
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| drink, imbibe | take in liquids / liquids |
| eat | take in solid food |
| eat | Eat a meal |
| feed, eat | take in food |
| hit the bottle, drink, booze, fuddle | consume alcohol |
| partake, touch | consume |
| sample, try, try out, taste | Take a sample of |
| satiate, sate, replete, fill | Fill to satisfaction |
| sup | Take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon |
| take in, sop up, suck in, take up | take up as if with a sponge |
| use, habituate | Take or consume (regularly or habitually) |
| See also | take up | take up as if with a sponge |
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| Opposite | abstain, refrain, desist | choose not to consume |
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| Spanish | comer, consumir, ingerir, tomar |
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| Catalan | consumir, ingerir, prendre |
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English > take: 44 senses > verb 28, competition| Meaning | Point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s PP |
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| Example | "Take a swipe at one's opponent" |
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| Synonyms | aim, train, take aim, direct |
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| Entailed by | hit | hit the intended target or goal |
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| overshoot | Shoot beyond or over (a target) |
| Narrower | charge, level, point | direct into a position for use |
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| draw a bead on | aim with a gun |
| hold | aim, point, or direct |
| level | aim at |
| sight | take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device) |
| swing | hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement |
| target, aim, place, direct, point | Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal / goal |
| turn | direct at someone |
| Broader | position | Cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation |
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| Spanish | apuntar, aspirar, capacitar, dirigir, educar, entrenar |
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| Catalan | apuntar, aspirar, capacitar, educar, entrenar |
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