From Middle English taken (“to take, lay hold of, grasp, strike”), from Old English tacan (“to grasp, touch”), probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse taka (“to touch, take”). Alternatively, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *takan (“to take; grasp, touch”). Both from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to touch”), from pre-Germanic *deh₁g- (“to touch”), possibly a phonetically altered form of Proto-Indo-European *te-th₂g- (“to touch, take”) (see there for details).
Gradually displaced native English nim, from Middle English nimen, from Old English niman (“to take”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots tak (“to take”), Icelandic and Norwegian Nynorsk taka (“to take”), Norwegian Bokmål ta (“to take”), Swedish ta (“to take”), Danish tage (“to take, seize”), West Frisian take, taakje (“to grab, steal”), Dutch taken (“to take; grasp”), Middle Low German tacken (“to grasp”). English thack may be from the same root. Compare tackle. Despite superficial similarity, unrelated to Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to take by hand, obtain”), which is instead cognate with English thig (“to beg”).
Meanings
An act of taking.
'I saw you in Norfolk doing twenty-odd takes with that fisherman chap and it looked perfect in the rushes.' 2009, Lissa Evans, Their Finest Hour and a Half, London […]: Doubleday, →ISBN, page 321:
The 1994 Amendments address the incidental take of marine mammals in the course of commercial fishing, not the direct lethal take of pinnipeds for management purposes. 1999, Report to Congress: Impacts of California Sea Lions and Pacific Harbor Seals on Salmonids and West Coast Ecosystems, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, page 32:
Something that is taken; a haul. ▸ Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits; takings.
He wants half of the take if he helps with the job.
Why would anyone go along with such things? Money is still the main answer: Almost all prominent climate deniers are on the fossil-fuel take. 2018 November 26, Paul Krugman, “The Depravity of Climate-Change Denial”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 May 2023:
The mayor is on the take.
Something that is taken; a haul. ▸ The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
Since a state ban was lifted in 1984, hunters may shoot one swan per season. A permit system limited last season's take to 6,000. 1987 October, Charles E. Cobb, Jr., “North Carolina's Outer Banks”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 507:
An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
What's your take on Hitler / Now Americans / Want to share his big ideal / With everyone? 2025, Momus, “What's Your Take?”, in Acktor:
I wrote Thursday morning that the Washington Post had printed a column that qualified as the worst take on the debate over whether Gina Haspel, who supported the torture of "War on Terror" detainees, should become CIA director. I was very wrong. This is the worst take: 2018 May 10, Ben Mathis-Lilley, “Fox News Military Analyst Says John McCain Broke Under Torture and Gave Secrets to North Vietnamese”, in Slate, archived from the original on 28 Nov 2022:
What's your take on this issue, Fred?
Another unsolicited maths take: talking about quotients in terms of "equivalence classes" or cosets is really unnatural.
Should you crave a fix of my take on tech culture, get the urge to build a 3-D home cinema or want the skivvy on the latest internet memes or robo-romances, you can keep a close eye on me via Twitter or drop me a line at my new digs. 2008 November 19, Jenna Wortham, “So Long, and Thanks for All the Tips!”, in Wired, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2023:
Another of the victims, Michael Brown, was an aspiring rapper himself and a Lamar fan. Though Kendrick's controversial take on Brown's death is somewhat glossed over, the book is constantly putting into context how the rapper's art is a product of the same trauma and working in service to the Black communities that experienced that trauma. 2020 October 26, Sheldon Pearce, “Kendrick Lamar and the Mantle of Black Genius”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Aug 2023:
We turned to the experts to get their takes on whether you truly need a dining table in a small home. For some designers, having one is nonnegotiable; others have found ways around it. Read on to see what works best for you. 2022 September 14, Sarah Lyon, “In a small space, do you really need a dining table?”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2022:
An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
The League of Gentlemen was all set in one town; The Fast Show did what it said on the tin, the sketches came thick and fast; Goodness Gracious Me was a brilliant take on British Asian culture. 2012, David Walliams, Camp David: The Autobiography, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 288:
a new take on a traditional dish
Whatever the provenance, the result is a delightfully novel take on a stalwart, often deadening Victorian feature. 2009, Tim Richardson, Great Gardens of America, London: Frances Lincoln Limited, →ISBN, page 87:
As part of her acceptance speech for the Billboard Icon Award during the show, Dion showed off her well-honed Las Vegas showmanship during her take on the Queen classic and statement of endurance. 2016 May 23, Brittany Spanos, “Celine Dion Delivers Powerful Queen Cover at Billboard Music Awards”, in Rolling Stone, New York, N.Y.: Penske Media Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Mar 2023:
A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
Act seven, scene three, take two.
It's a take.
A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
did a double take and then a triple take
He's a stone-cold snake, Nick, but he's our stone—cold snake. Keep tugging on hanging threads and one day your pants will fall off." ¶ Nick did a take, grinning in spite of his miserable mood. "How, exactly, would that work?" ¶ Mavis shrugged, grinned right back at him. 2013, Carsten Stroud, The Homecoming, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 301:
I did a take when I saw the new car in the driveway.
Biddy did a 'take' and stared at Mandy speechless for a moment—then she fled back to the kitchen. 2007, Laura McBride, Catch a Falling Starr: A Novel, New York, N.Y. […]: iUniverse, Inc., →ISBN, page 138:
"When our client mentioned Dr. Chesterton, you did a take that was perceptible to one with my trained eye. Know the gent, amigo?" 1991, William Shatner, [Ron Goulart], TekLords, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 48:
An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
When the copy arrives, it is taken in hand by the printer, who first of all divides it into "takes" or short portions, distributing these among the various compositors. A take usually consists of a little more than a stickful of matter, but it varies sometimes, for if a new paragraph occurs it is not overlooked. These takes are carefully numbered, and a list is kept of the compositors who take the several pieces. 1884, John Southward, chapter XXI, in Practical Printing: A Handbook of the Art of Typography, second edition, London: J. M. Powell & Son, page 197:
no fangst (act of taking) · fi ottaminen (act of taking) · vi quan điểm (interpretation or view — see also interpretation, view, point of view, viewpoint, perspective, opinion, reaction, stance) · cs zisk (profit — see also recompense) · tr tutma (act of taking) · cs názor (interpretation or view — see also interpretation, view, point of view, viewpoint, perspective, opinion, reaction, stance) · tr kazanç (profit — see also recompense) · vi mẻ (catch) · mk поглед (interpretation or view — see also interpretation, view, point of view, viewpoint, perspective, opinion, reaction, stance) · ru взятие (act of taking) · mk добивка (profit — see also recompense) · hu bevétel (profit — see also recompense) · fi otto (film: attempt to record a scene) · sv byte (something that is taken) · hu kifogás (act of taking) · sh uzimanje (act of taking) · he רווח (profit — see also recompense) · sv fångst (something that is taken) · fi mielipide (interpretation or view — see also interpretation, view, point of view, viewpoint, perspective, opinion, reaction, stance) · hu halászat (act of taking) · hu elkapás (catch) · fi kiinniotto (catch) · tr tepki (interpretation or view — see also interpretation, view, point of view, viewpoint, perspective, opinion, reaction, stance) · no opptak (film: attempt to record a scene) · fi saalis (something that is taken) · hu felfogás (interpretation or view — see also interpretation, view, point of view, viewpoint, perspective, opinion, reaction, stance) · cs vzaný (something that is taken) · cs vzetí (act of taking) · he שלל (profit — see also recompense) · pt ponto de vista (interpretation or view — see also interpretation, view, point of view, viewpoint, perspective, opinion, reaction, stance) · pt tomada (act of taking) · fi tulkinta (interpretation or view — see also interpretation, view, point of view, viewpoint, perspective, opinion, reaction, stance) · hu értékelés (interpretation or view — see also interpretation, view, point of view, viewpoint, perspective, opinion, reaction, stance) · sh pogled (interpretation or view — see also interpretation, view, point of view, viewpoint, perspective, opinion, reaction, stance) · is taka (film: attempt to record a scene) · fi otettu (something that is taken) · fi voitto (profit — see also recompense) · hu filmfelvétel (film: attempt to record a scene) · es toma (act of taking) · no fangst (something that is taken) · tr görüş (interpretation or view — see also interpretation, view, point of view, viewpoint, perspective, opinion, reaction, stance) · eo sceno (film: attempt to record a scene) · ko 이익 (profit — see also recompense) · no mottak (catch) · hu átvétel (catch) · vi tiền thu (profit — see also recompense) · hu vélemény (interpretation or view — see also interpretation, view, point of view, viewpoint, perspective, opinion, reaction, stance) · ko 견해 (interpretation or view — see also interpretation, view, point of view, viewpoint, perspective, opinion, reaction, stance) · fi tuotto (profit — see also recompense) · fi näkemys (interpretation or view — see also interpretation, view, point of view, viewpoint, perspective, opinion, reaction, stance) · ro luare (act of taking) · pt tomada (film: attempt to record a scene) · ko 관점 (interpretation or view — see also interpretation, view, point of view, viewpoint, perspective, opinion, reaction, stance) · no gevinst (profit — see also recompense) · hu labdaátvétel (catch) · ja 見解 (interpretation or view — see also interpretation, view, point of view, viewpoint, perspective, opinion, reaction, stance) · ja 取得 (act of taking) · hu felvétel (film: attempt to record a scene) · ko 이득 (profit — see also recompense) · es toma (film: attempt to record a scene) · pl branie (act of taking) · fr prise (film: attempt to record a scene) · ja テイク (film: attempt to record a scene) · eo scenfilmado (film: attempt to record a scene) · hu kihalászás (act of taking) · hu nyereség (profit — see also recompense) · fi otto (act of taking) · sv synpunkt (interpretation or view — see also interpretation, view, point of view, viewpoint, perspective, opinion, reaction, stance) · pt rendimento (profit — see also recompense) · mk земање (act of taking) · ko 취득물 (something that is taken) · sh dobīt (profit — see also recompense) · he לקיחה (act of taking) · sv tagande (act of taking) · fr prise (act of taking) · ja 獲得 (something that is taken) · sh nagrada (profit — see also recompense) · pl ujęcie (film: attempt to record a scene) · hu látásmód (interpretation or view — see also interpretation, view, point of view, viewpoint, perspective, opinion, reaction, stance) · fi koppi (catch) · hu nézet (interpretation or view — see also interpretation, view, point of view, viewpoint, perspective, opinion, reaction, stance) · tr tutuş (act of taking) · ja 利益 (profit — see also recompense) · vi cảnh (film: attempt to record a scene) · sv tagning (film: attempt to record a scene) · hu megfogás (act of taking) · tr kâr (profit — see also recompense) · pl wzięcie (act of taking) · eo preni (act of taking) · ca presa (film: attempt to record a scene) · sv intäkter (profit — see also recompense) · vi chầu (catch) · ru дубль (film: attempt to record a scene)
From Middle English taken (“to take, lay hold of, grasp, strike”), from Old English tacan (“to grasp, touch”), probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse taka (“to touch, take”). Alternatively, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *takan (“to take; grasp, touch”). Both from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to touch”), from pre-Germanic *deh₁g- (“to touch”), possibly a phonetically altered form of Proto-Indo-European *te-th₂g- (“to touch, take”) (see there for details).
Gradually displaced native English nim, from Middle English nimen, from Old English niman (“to take”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots tak (“to take”), Icelandic and Norwegian Nynorsk taka (“to take”), Norwegian Bokmål ta (“to take”), Swedish ta (“to take”), Danish tage (“to take, seize”), West Frisian take, taakje (“to grab, steal”), Dutch taken (“to take; grasp”), Middle Low German tacken (“to grasp”). English thack may be from the same root. Compare tackle. Despite superficial similarity, unrelated to Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to take by hand, obtain”), which is instead cognate with English thig (“to beg”).
Meanings
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
That viſage miſ-becomes, thy Pipe / Caſt from thee, Warlike dame, / Take unto thee thy wonted Armes, / And keepe thy Cheekes in frame. 1637, Tho[mas] Heywood, Londini Speculum: Or, Londons Mirror, […], London: […] I[ohn] Okes […], →OCLC, signature B, verso:
She took the policeman’s helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him. 1963, Margery Allingham, “Meeting Point”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 232:
All theſe Ceremonies thus being performed; the Prince which ſucceeded taketh a torch, and firſt putteth to the fire himſelfe, and after him all the reſt of the company, and by and by as the fire was kindled out of the toppe of the higheſt turret, an Eagle was let fly to carry vp his ſoule into heaven, and ſo he was afterward reputed, and by the Romanes adored among the reſt of the Gods: […] 1627, G[eorge] H[akewill], An Apologie of the Power and Prouidence of God in the Gouernment of the World. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Iohn Lichfield and William Turner, […], →OCLC, book IV, pages 402–403:
They took Charlton's gun from his cold, dead hands.
We take, take, take until we can't take anymore. Maybe it's because our inner nature is not primarily one of giving, but of taking. Even these things we take that should balance our lives and give us rest do not. We make work out of them. We do them aggressively; always in control. Take. 1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York, N.Y.: Hyperion, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 67:
I'll take that plate off the table.
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force. ▸ To seize or capture.
The front line, ours and the Fascists', lay in positions of immense natural strength, which as a rule could only be approached from one side. Provided a few trenches have been dug, such places cannot be taken by infantry, except in overwhelming numbers. 1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter III, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC, page 32:
The river ran behind us and the town had been captured very handsomely but the mountains beyond it could not be taken and I was very glad the Austrians seemed to want to come back to the town some time, if the war should end, because they did not bombard it to destroy it but only a little in a military way. 1929 May–October, Ernest Hemingway, chapter 2, in A Farewell to Arms, 1st British edition, London: Jonathan Cape […], published 1929, →OCLC, book I, page 13:
take the guards prisoner
Therefoꝛe cheere vp your mindes, pꝛapare to fight, / He that can take oꝛ ſlaughter Tamburlaine, / Shall rule the Pꝛouince of Albania. c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene ii:
After a bloody battle, they were able to take the city.
take prisoners
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force. ▸ To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
The horses appear to thrive well, yet they are small sized, and have lost so much strength, that they are unfit to be used in taking wild cattle with the lazo. 1839, Charles Darwin, chapter XII, in Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty’s Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the Years 1826 and 1836, […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 248:
took ten catfish in one afternoon
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force. ▸ To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force. ▸ To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
Billy took her pencil.
The County took his land by eminent domain.
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force. ▸ To exact.
take revenge
It is only when we invoke the aid of pain for our self-gratification that she becomes evil and takes her vengeance for the insult done to her by hurling us into misery. 1913 November, Rabindranath Tagore, “The Problem of Evil”, in Sādhanā: The Realisation of Life, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, page 65:
"Load away now, and take thy revenge, my fine fellow," said Samoa to himself. But not yet. 1849, Herman Melville, chapter XXII, in Mardi: And a Voyage Thither. […], volume I, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 92:
take a toll
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force. ▸ To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
took the next two tricks
took Smith's rook
(transitive) To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
took third place
Moꝛeouer, yee ſhall take no ſatiſfaction foꝛ the life of a murderer, which is guiltie of death, but he ſhalbe ſurely put to death. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 35:31, column 1:
I'll take questions from the floor later.
The camera takes 35mm film.
You were lonely for a man
I said, "Take me as I am"
'Cause you might enjoy some madness for a while 1980 March 7, Billy Joel, “You May Be Right”, in Glass Houses:
took bribes
(transitive) To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given). ▸ To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
But I said that, so far as you employ it at all, bad work should be paid no less than good work; as a bad clergyman yet takes his tithes, a bad physician takes his fee, and a bad lawyer his costs. 1860 August–December, John Ruskin, “Essay I. The Roots of Honour.”, in “Unto This Last:” Four Essays on the First Principles of Political Economy, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published 1862, →OCLC, page 95:
Do you take plastic?
The store doesn't take checks.
I take no monie, but good vvordes, raile not if I tell true, if I doe not reuenge. Farevvell. c. 1590 (date written), [John Lyly], Mother Bombie. […], London: […] Thomas Scarlet for Cuthbert Burby, published 1594, →OCLC, Act III, scene iv, signature [E], verso:
She wouldn't take any money for her help.
The vending machine only takes bills, it doesn't take coins.
(transitive) To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given). ▸ To accept and follow (advice, etc.).
take my advice
Between theſe, thoſe ſeem to do beſt who taking material and uſeful hints, ſometimes from ſingle matters of Fact, carry them in their Minds to be judg'd of, by what they ſhall find in Hiſtory to confirm or reverſe theſe imperfect Obſervations; which may be eſtabliſh'd into Rules fit to be rely'd on, when they are juſtify'd by a ſufficient and wary Induction of Particulars. a. 1705, John Locke, “Of the Conduct of the Understanding”, in Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: […], London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], published 1706, →OCLC, § 13, page 49:
(transitive) To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given). ▸ To receive into some relationship.
The school only takes new students in the fall.
take a wife
The therapist wouldn't take him as a client.
(intransitive, transitive) To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given). ▸ To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
There was no intestacy, and they did not take under the will as heirs, but the widow and the children, under the residuary devise, take as tenants in common. 1831 June, J. Duncan, “Lodge against Simonton”, in Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, third edition, volume II, Philadelphia, P.A.: Kay & Brother, published 1880, page 442:
(transitive) To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given). ▸ To accept, be given (rightly or wrongly), or assume (especially as if by right).
He took all the credit for the project, although he had done almost none of the work.
She took the blame, in the public's eyes, although the debacle was more her husband's fault than her own.
(transitive) To remove.
Nor can the Wooll be work'd, or made up, without being firſt greaſed or oiled: All which unctuous Matter muſt be taken forth again out of the Cloth before it can be worn. 1729, J[ohn] Woodward, An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England; […], tome I, London: […] F[rancis] Fayram, […]; J[ohn] Senex, […]; and J. Osborn and T[homas] Longman, […], →OCLC, part I (Of the Fossils that are Real and Natural: […]), page 5:
take two eggs from the carton
And therefore, according to the tenor of ſuch a covenant, he has made no proviſion to ſecure his people in any ſuch temporalties, but took from them all right of war and reſiſtance. a. 1717 (date written), Robert South, “Sermon VI”, in Five Additional Volumes of Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions. […], volume X, London: […] Charles Bathurst, […], published 1744, →OCLC, page 187:
(transitive) To remove. ▸ To remove or end by death; to kill.
Cancer took her life.
He took his life last night.
The earthquake took many lives.
The plague took rich and poor alike.
(transitive) To remove. ▸ To subtract.
Take one from three and you are left with two.
(transitive) To have sex with.
Sometimes he would have her standing up by the side of the bed, not bothering to undress, merely undoing his fly and using her like a cheap envelope to receive his lust. At others he would take her on the floor of her clothes closet and then leave her, locked in for the rest of the night, awash with his sex, until her embarrassed maid freed her the next morning. 1990, Pat Booth, Malibu, Crown Publishers, Inc., page 222:
And the queen takes the bishop...this is turning out to be quite the royal wedding! [winks at the camera] 2014 July 3, Mock the Week, season 13, episode 4, Susan Calman (actor):
He remembered her look of distress, her childish "Oh!" when he took her for the first time, clumsily, because he felt ashamed. And each time after that, each time they had sex together, though he tried to be as gentle as possible, he knew she was wearing the same expression, he avoided seeing her face, and thus it happened that instead of being a pleasure the sexual act became an ordeal. 1967 [1945], Georges Simenon, translated by Jean Stewart, Monsieur Monde Vanishes, New York, N.Y.; London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, →ISBN, page 126:
Modern Amsterdam is among Europe's most progressive cities, leading in such fields as design, fisting, felching, civil engineering, fashion, five-ways, pony play, computer science, and transportation. Its stock exchange is the oldest in Europe, and lovely Anastasia takes six men at once while shitting into a crystal goblet during her live show on the Bloedstraat at 11:30 p.m. every Tuesday. 2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge: A Definitive Encyclopaedia of Existing Information: In 27 Excruciating Volumes, New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 8:
(transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
Don't try to take that guy. He's bigger than you.
The woman guarding us looks like a professional, but I can take her!
"I'll stop 'em'" cried Quilp, diving into the little counting-house and returning with a thick stick, "I'll stop 'em. Now my boys fight away. I'll fight you both, I'll take both of you, both together, both together!" 1840 April – 1841 November, Charles Dickens, “Chapter the Sixth”, in The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1841, →OCLC, page 111:
"What is cruel now was not cruel then," he said; "it was a way of fighting; it was what is called an ambush now—enticing your enemy, and then taking him at a disadvantage. And if you did not do that to him he would do it to you. And when a man is mad with anger or revenge, what does he care for anything?" 1878, William Black, “Fionaghal”, in Macleod of Dare. […], volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 57:
(transitive) To grasp or grip.
He took her hand in his.
The young females ſeeing him approach in ſuch haste; and according to cuſtom, expecting a dance; inſtantly aſſembled in a circle, and took each other by the hand: but Gulchenrouz, coming up out of breath, fell down, at once, on the graſs. 1786, [William Beckford], translated by [Samuel Henley], An Arabian Tale, from an Unpublished Manuscript: […] [Vathek], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, pages 119–120:
She sat half upright, supported on Henrietta's shoulder; and, taking her father's hand, she clasped it with her husband's. 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Sick Room”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 142:
(transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
I'll take two sugars in my coffee, please.
Take whichever bag you like.
Salv. We can think no other, if we do but conſider the way he taketh to confute their aſſertion; the confutation of which confiſts in the demolition of buildings, and the toſſing of ſtones, living creatures and men themſelves up into the Air. 1661, Galilæus Galilæus Lyncæus [i.e., Galileo Galilei], “The Systeme of the World: In Four Dialogues. […]. The Second Dialogue.”, in Thomas Salusbury, transl., Mathematical Collections and Translations, tome I, 1st part, London: […] William Leybourne, →OCLC, page 168:
She took the best men with her and left the rest to garrison the city.
I'll take the blue plates.
(transitive) To select or choose; to pick. ▸ To adopt (select) as one's own.
Heeding the wise caution of his com rades, he took the habit of wearing the ring only at night. Wrapped in his blanket, he stealthily slipped the golden circlet over his little finger, and, as he averred, "slept all the better for it." 1882, Bret Harte, “Found at Blazing Star”, in Flip; and Found at Blazing Star, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC, page 117:
She took his side in every argument.
Wha-?! He gets to mess up like this and everyone takes his side?! 2026 June 19, Gooseworx, “Remember” (1:34 from the start), in The Amazing Digital Circus, episode 9, spoken by Jax (Michael Kovach):
take a stand on the important issues
(qualifier:roleplaying games, transitive) To select or choose; to pick. ▸ To apply or assign a character option.
I'll take a level as a fighter, so I can take the weapon specialization skill.
(transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
Perſonal offence I have given them none. The part they take againſt me is from zeal to the cauſe. It is well! It is perfectly well! I have to do homage to their juſtice. 1796, Edmund Burke, A Letter from the Right Honourable Edmund Burke to a Noble Lord, on the Attacks Made upon Him and His Pension, […], London: […] J. Owen, […], and F[rancis] and C[harles] Rivington, […], →OCLC, page 2:
I'll take the plate with me.
She took her sword with her everywhere she went.
(especially, of a vehicle, transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone). ▸ To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
The next bus will take you to Metz.
I took him down to London.
All I claim for the ten-horse-power Citroën is this: that it works. In a modest and unassuming way, not very rapidly, indeed, but steadily and reliably, it takes one about. 1925, Aldous Huxley, Along the Road: Notes and Essays of a Tourist, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, part I (Travel in General), page 16:
I took him for a ride
(of a path, transitive, usually) To carry or lead (something or someone). ▸ To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
Stone Street took us right past the store.
Our old wooden Battersea bridge takes me over the river; in ten minutes' swift trotting I am fairly away from the monster and its bricks. 1884, James Anthony Froude, Thomas Carlyle: A History of His Life in London, 1834–1881 […], volume I, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 188:
These stairs take you down to the basement.
(transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone). ▸ To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
He took the curve / corner too fast.
The pony took every hedge and fence in its path.
She took the steps two or three at a time.
(transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone). ▸ To escort or conduct (a person).
He took her to lunch at the new restaurant, took her to the movies, and then took her home.
Here was my chance. I took the old man aside, and two or three glasses of Old Crow launched him into reminiscence. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 25:
'You had better wait here,' said the wizard to the dwarves; 'and when I call or whistle begin to come after me — you will see the way I go — but only in pairs, mind, about five minutes between each pair of you. Bombur is fattest and will do for two, he had better come alone and last. Come on Mr. Baggins! There is a gate somewhere round this way.' And with that he went off along the hedge taking the frightened hobbit with him. 1937 September 21, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien, “Queer Lodgings”, in The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again, London: Unwin Books, George Allen & Unwin, →OCLC, page 108:
And fain would take thee with me, in the Dell / Of Peace and mild Equality to dwell, / Where Toil ſhall call the charmer Health his Bride, / And Laughter tickle Plenty's ribleſs ſide! 1796, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “To a Young Ass, It's Mother Being Tethered Near It”, in Poems on Various Subjects, London: […] G[eorge] G[eorge] and J[ohn] Robinsons, and J[oseph] Cottle, […], →OCLC, page 93:
(reflexive, transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone). ▸ To go.
In a rare example of clemency Pope John assured him of a pardon, perhaps on the grounds that the innocent monk had merely been the victim of Louis's overbearing ambitions. Nicholas then took himself to Avignon where in August 1330 he formally renounced his claim to the papacy. 2007, Edwin B. Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, New York, N.Y.: BlueBridge, published 2008, →ISBN, page 59:
(transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
He took the bus to London, and then took a train to Manchester.
I took a plane.
take the ferry
He's 96 but he still takes the stairs.
(transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
She took a condo at the beach for the summer.
We understand that His Royal Highness Prince Florestan, who has been for some little time in this country, has taken the mansion in Carlton Gardens, recently occupied by the Marquis of Katterfelto. The mansion is undergoing very considerable repairs, but it is calculated that it will be completed in time for the reception of His Royal Highness by the end of the autumn; His Royal Highness has taken the extensive moors of Dinniewhiskie for the coming season. 1880, [Benjamin Disraeli], chapter IX, in Endymion […], volume II, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 95:
He took a full-page ad in the Times.
How about us taking a place together? I suppose that would be impossible; you go on the road a great deal more than I do. 1986, Rusty Brown, “Always Me”, in Marcy Adelman, editor, Long Time Passing: Lives Of Older Lesbians, page 150:
(transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease. ▸ To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
I used to take The Sunday Times.
They took two magazines.
(transitive) To receive (medicine or drugs) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
take the blue pill
Frankly, he tells me, he's really disappointed in my attitude. He hopes ah'm not taking drugs, scrutinising my face as if he can tell. 1994 [1993], Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting, London: Minerva, →ISBN, page 73:
I take aspirin every day to thin my blood.
take two of these and call me in the morning
(dated, transitive) To consume (food or drink).
He was conscious that other officers tried to avoid eating at the same time, and everyone was gready relieved when he stopped coming there altogether and began taking his meals in his trailer. 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “Major Major Major Major”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 89:
To such men as Mr. Hellyer, who every night take much strong drink, and on no occasion whatever take any exercise, sixty is the grand climacteric. He was a year ago just fifty-nine. Alas! he has not even reached his grand climacteric. Already he is gone. He was cut off by pneumonia, or apoplexy, last Christmas. 1892, Walter Besant, chapter III, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 48:
The general took dinner at seven o'clock.
(transitive) To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
take a shower
She made the decision to take chemotherapy.
take sun-baths
(transitive) To experience or feel.
I take offence at that.
Thinks I to myself, "Sol, you're run off your course again. This is some rich city man's summer 'cottage' and if you don't look out there's likely to be some nice, lively dog taking an interest in your underpinning." So I started to back away again into the bushes. But I hadn't backed more'n a couple of yards when I see something so amazing that I couldn't help scooching down behind the bayberries and looking at it. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 18:
Taking great ioy / If you will daine his faculties imploy / But in the mean’st ingenious quality. 1599, W. Kinsayder or Theriomastix [pseudonyms; John Marston], “Humours”, in The Scourge of Villanie. […], London: […] I[ames] R[oberts], →OCLC; republished as G[eorge] B[agshawe] Harrison, editor, The Scourge of Villanie (The Bodley Head Quartos; 13), London: John Lane, The Bodley Head […]; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Company, 1925, →OCLC, page 117:
She takes pride in her work.
to take pleasure in his opponent's death
Man taketh paine, God giueth gaine, / Man doth his best, God doth the rest, / Man well intendes, God foizon sendes, / else want he shall. 1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, “The Authors life.”, in A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC, stanza 37, page 214:
to take a dislike
(transitive) To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
I can't take this anymore. We gotta do something about this or I'm gonna lose my mind! 2026 March 20, Gooseworx, “hjsakldfhl” (16:17 from the start), in The Amazing Digital Circus, episode 8, spoken by Ragatha (Amanda Hufford):
take a joke
I can take the noise, but I can't take the smell.
The hull took a lot of punishment before it broke.
[…] and, kind of the ultimate example of the plans for the R-class was to refit them with huge bulges, almost monitor-style bulges, to be able to take multiple air-dropped torpedo attacks, but also to just, literally, slap on four inches of deck armor. 2022 September 11, Drachinifel, 56:34 from the start, in The Drydock - Episode 213 (Part 1), YouTube, archived from the original on 12 Sep 2022:
That truck bed will only take two tons.
took a pay cut
If you're in an abusive relationship, don't just sit and take it; you can get help.
(transitive) To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
The ship took a direct hit and was destroyed.
Her career took a hit.
This gap had been caused by the sweep of tempest that went up the valley at the climax of the storm. The wall, being low, had taken little harm; but the great west gable of the Abbey had been smitten, and swung on its back, as a trap-door swings upon its hinges. 1894, R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, “His Last Bivouac”, in Perlycross: A Tale of the Western Hills, London: Sampson Low, Marston, & Company […], →OCLC, page 429:
The corporation took a $5 million write-off in the second quarter.
(transitive) To participate in.
Despite my misgivings, I decided to take a meeting with the Russian lawyer.
Aren't you supposed to take your math final today?
She took a vacation to France but spent the whole time feeling miserable that her husband couldn't be there with her.
(transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
She took down her opponent in two minutes.
In 1961, they lined up a lawyer and an underwriter to take the company public. And they retained an accounting firm to produce audited financial statements. 2011, Thomas M. Bloch, Many Happy Returns: The Story of Henry Bloch, America's Tax Man, Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 86:
He had to take it apart to fix it.
(transitive) To regard in a specified way.
Not unnaturally, "Auntie" took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 361:
He took the news badly.
(transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
took the decision to close its last remaining outlet
took a dim view of city officials
(transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
More than a third of the new flats will be a mix of council rent and "affordable" rent – definitions vary but often this is taken to mean that their cost won't exceed 80% of the normal market rate. 2022 October 29, Felix Bazalgette, “'It was more than a pub' – the story of five boozers forced to call last orders”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2023:
if she took my meaning
Don't take my comments as an insult.
The author explained the theory of Dove, which, if we took him correctly, was, that the lustre of bodies and particularly the metallic lustre arose from the light coming from the one stratum of the superficial particles of bodies interfering on the eye with the light coming from other and deeper strata,—the regular symmetrical arrangement of the particles in these bodies producing effects somewhat analogous to that of mother-of-pearl 1853 January, The American Journal of Science and Arts, volume 15, number 43, →ISSN, page 125:
(transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
Ax. Oh! name the mighty Ranſom, task my Power, / Let there be Danger, Difficulty, Death, / T' enhance the Price. / Baj. I take thee at thy word, / Bring me the Tartar’s Head. 1702, N[icholas] Rowe, Tamerlane. A Tragedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, scene i, page 36:
take him at his word
take her word for it
(transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
When we were ashore we had to walk a couple of miles through the forest in search of the village in which we were to sleep, a place called Tiaro, and when we found it, about two in the morning, the first innkeeper whom we knocked up, a German, took us for bushrangers and would not let us in. 1873, Anthony Trollope, “[Queensland.] Gold.”, in Australia and New Zealand. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 80:
Do you take me to be stupid?
I took him to be a person of honor.
Do you take me for a fool?
He was often taken to be a man of means.
Looking at him as he came into the room, I took him for his father.
Using "gay" as a noun can be taken to be offensive.
For (as I heare ſay) ſuche your conditions are, / To ye be worthie fauour of no liuing man, / To be abhorred of euery honeſt man. / To be taken for a woman enclined to vice. c. 1552 (date written), Nicholas Udall, [Ralph Roister Doister], [London]: [s.n.], published 1566?; republished as Edward Arber, editor, Roister Doister. […] (English Reprints), London: Muir & Paterson, […], 24 July 1869, →OCLC, pages 51–52:
The dimensions of the ark, if we take a cubit to be equal to 1½ feet, are 450 × 75 × 45 feet. It is to be built in three stories and to contain rooms or nests for Noah's family and the animals. 1950, E[wdin] Basil Redlich, The Early Traditions of Genesis, London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., page 108:
(transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
I'm not sure what moral to take from that story.
take it from her comments she won't be there.
And the firm belief of a future Judgment, which ſhall render to every man according to his deeds, if it be well conſider'd, is to a reaſonable nature the moſt forcible motive of all other to a good life; becauſe it is taken from the conſideration of the greateſt and moſt laſting happineſs and miſery that Humane nature is capable of. 1671, John Tillotson, “Phil[ippians] iij. 8.”, in Sermons Preach’d upon Several Occasions, London: […] A[nne] M[axwell] for Sa[muel] Gellibrand, […], →OCLC, page 196:
(transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
The benign or milder Species takes its Originall from a bilious hot ſerum: the other is commonly ſaid to proceed from Aduſtion in the Bloud, with a mixture of Choler or ſalt Phlegm. 1676, Richard Wiseman, “The First Book. A Treatise of Tumours.”, in Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC, page 55:
"As I Lay Dying" takes its title from Book XI of Homer's "Odyssey"
(transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc.).
took a chill
to take cold
(transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
(transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
took her fancy
took her attention
I know not why, but there was a something in those half-seen features,—a charm in the very shadow that hung over their imagined beauty,—which took my fancy more than all the out-shining loveliness of her companions. 1839, Thomas Moore, The Epicurean: A Tale, London: John Macrone, page 33:
(of a material, transitive) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc.); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc.).
The flu shot didn't take (on me).
cloth that takes dye well
the leather that takes a certain kind of polish
(of a ship, transitive) To let in (water).
The British brought the ship into Haifa harbor. The ship was taking seawater in 4 places, and the passengers had been without fresh water for the last few days of their voyage, with several ill from drinking seawater. 1972, Anne Sinai, Israel & the Arabs: Prelude to the Jewish State, New York, N.Y.: Facts on File, Inc., →ISBN, pages 107–108:
(transitive) To require (a person, resource or thing in order to achieve an outcome).
If the summary of the Tientsin society as accurate, a famine population of.more than 14,000,000 is already bad enough. If it takes five dollars to keep one of them alive, the task of relieving the whole population affected will require nearly $80,000,000. 1921 January 15, Millard's Review of the Far East, volume XV, number 7, →OCLC, page 357:
It took an effort to restrain himself, and in a level voice to reassure earnest young Mark in his David Ogilvy-clone outfit that even the most red-faced colonels in England were unlikely to be upset by his banal formulation. 2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 36:
Finishing this on schedule will take a lot of overtime.
TIME was it took a war to close a financial exchange. Now all it needs is a glitch in technology. On August 26th trading on Eurex, the main German derivatives exchange, opened as usual; 20 minutes later it shut down for about an hour. 2013 August 31, “Code blue”, in The Economist, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2023:
While it takes courage to come out, the acceptance of parents and other family members can really help the person coming out to accept themselves. 2009, Rachel Hagger-Holt, Sarah Hagger-Holt, Living It Out, Norwich, Norfolk: Canterbury Press, →ISBN, page 82:
I know now what he was trying to do, but Atticus was only a man. It takes a woman to do that kind of work. 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, chapter 13, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC, part 2, page 145:
Looks like it's gonna take a taller person to get that down.
(transitive) To proceed to fill.
He took a seat in the front row.
(transitive) To fill, occupy, require, or use up (space).
His collection takes a lot of space.
(transitive) To fill or require: to last or expend (an amount of time).
It takes a while to get used to the smell.
Unloading the moving truck took us half a day, but this mess of a house will take us all weekend to tidy up. It takes ages to finish house moving!
"Barbara, what I have to confess will amaze and grieve you," began Lucinda, with grave tenderness. "But it is best for your happiness, for the future that I see can be yours. And surely best for all of us Huetts. It has taken me years—years to come to this decision—to break one aspect of our happy home life here for a possible fuller and better one." 1940, Zane Grey, chapter 12, in 30,000 on the Hoof, Roslyn, N.Y.: Walter J. Black, →OCLC, page 193:
The trip will take about ten minutes.
Hunting that whale takes most of his free time.
(transitive) To avail oneself of; to exploit.
He took that opportunity to leave France.
When that happened, he almost gave up the idea of asking what he had come to ask. But then the opportunity arose, and he took it, then waited breathlessly for her answer. 2000, Cameron Judd, The Overmountain Men: A Novel, Nashville, T.N.: Cumberland House, →ISBN, page 166:
He took the pause to allow himself time to begin to catalog all the surfaces he may have touched during the scuffle. 2001, Stephen White, The Program, Waterville, M.E.: Thorndike Press, →ISBN, page 365:
(transitive) To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
Unarmed he issues, and with but the spear / That Judas jousted with, he takes an aim, / Which through the chest of Florence drives it sheer. 1853, Dante [Alighieri], “Canto XX”, in C[harles] B[agot] Cayley, transl., Dante’s Divine Comedy. The Purgatory: Translated in the Original Ternary Rhyme, volume II, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC, page 146, lines 73–75:
We had ſome very agreeable Converſations upon this Subject; and once he told me, with a kind of more than ordinary Concern upon his Thoughts, that he was greatly beholden to me for taking this hazardous and diffiult^([sic]) Journey; for that I had kept him Honeſt; […] 1724, [Daniel Defoe], The Fortunate Mistress; […] [Roxana], London: […] E. Applebee, […], published 1740, →OCLC, page 94:
The throw-in is taken from the point where the ball crossed the touch-line.
take action/steps/measures to fight drug abuse
Pirès ran in to take the kick.
take a walk
take a trip
At last they reached a little bay, and began to take soundings. 1891, Oscar Wilde, “The Young King”, in A House of Pomegranates, London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine & Co […], →OCLC, page 12:
take aim
take the tempo slowly
The kick is taken from where the foul occurred.
(transitive) To assume or perform (a form or role). ▸ To assume (a form).
a god taking the likeness of a bird
took the form of a duck
took shape
(transitive) To assume or perform (a form or role). ▸ To perform (a role).
When we play baseball, he always takes pitcher.
take the part of the villain/hero
(transitive) To assume or perform (a form or role). ▸ To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc.).
take the throne
take office
Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector. 2013 August 10, “Cronies and capitols”, in The Economist, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2023:
(transitive) To bind oneself by.
On this, they withdrew to a tenisground in the neighbourhood of Berſailles, as the moſt convenient place they could find, and, after renewing their ſeſſion, took an oath never to ſeparate from each other, under any circumſtance whatever, death excepted, until they had eſtabliſhed a conſtitution. 1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke’s Attack on the French Revolution, London: […] J. S. Jordan, […], →OCLC, page 106:
he took the oath of office last night
(transitive) To go into, through, or along.
Theſ. This way the Stag tooke. 1613–1614 (date written), John Fletcher, William Shak[e]speare, The Two Noble Kinsmen: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Waterson; […], published 1634, →OCLC, Act III, scene v, page 45:
go down two blocks and take the next left
take the path of least resistance
After getting out of Beloved Ali's cab he'd picked up a copy of the News and the Post, then had taken an erratic route home, walking fast, as if trying to escape something....Ellen DeGeneres, posters proclaimed, was coming soon to the Beacon Theatre. 2001, Salman Rushdie, chapter 6, in Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 69:
(transitive) To go into, through, or along. ▸ To go or move into.
the next team took the field
the witness took the stand
(transitive) To have and use one's recourse to.
take cover/shelter/refuge
(transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
He firſt took my Altitude by a Quadrant, and then with Rule and Compaſſes, deſcribed the Dimenſions and Out-lines of my whole Body, all which he enter'd upon Paper, and in ſix days brought my Clothes very ill made, and quite out of ſhape, by happening to miſtake a Figure in the Calculation. 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Humours and Dispositions of the Laputians Described. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part III (A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdribb, Luggnagg, and Japan), pages 23–24:
take her pulse / temperature / blood pressure
take a census
(transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
She took careful notes.
He took a mental inventory of his supplies.
The days when he was plain George Pyke, humble clerk in a solicitor’s office, and used to thrill at the soft voice of Lucy Maynard as she took the order for his frugal lunch at the Holborn Viaduct Cabin, had long since faded from his memory. 1924 May 24 – July 12, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “A Marriage Has Been Arranged”, in Bill the Conqueror: His Invasion of England in the Springtime, 10th edition, London: Methuen & Co. […], published 1931, →OCLC, § 2, page 6:
(transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
The police took his fingerprints.
She took a video of their encounter.
Could you take a picture of us?
(dated, transitive) To make a picture, photograph, etc. of (a person, scene, etc.).
to take a group/scene
The photographer will take you sitting down.
(transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
took me for ten grand
(qualifier:now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course, transitive) To apply oneself to the study of.
As a child, she took ballet.
Next semester, I plan to take math, physics, literature, and art history.
(transitive) To deal with.
take matters as they arise
(transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
I've had a lot of problems recently: take last Monday, for example. My car broke down on the way to work. Then […] etc.
(transitive) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
He'll probably take this one.
(transitive) To accept as an input to a relation. ▸ To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc.).
This verb takes the dative; that verb takes the genitive.
(transitive) To accept as an input to a relation. ▸ To accept (zero or more arguments).
The function takes two arguments, an array of size n and an integer k.
(Cyprus, informal, qualifier:Greece, transitive) To buy.
take a ticket
(intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
My husband and I have a dysfunctional marriage. He just takes and takes; he never gives.
(intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
And ſo likewiſe Flame percuſſing the Aire ſtrongly, (as when Flame ſuddenly taketh, and openeth,) giueth a Noiſe; So, Great Flames, whiles the one implelleth the other, giue a bellowing Sound. 1631, Francis [Bacon], “II. Century. [Experiments in Consort, Touching Sounds; and First Touching the Nullity and Entity of Sounds.]”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC, paragraph 119, page 40:
(intransitive, of a haircut, qualifier:style; look; style; look, usually) To engage, take hold or have effect. ▸ To look good enough to keep.
I tried a mustache a couple years ago, but it didn't take.
(intransitive, of ink, qualifier:dye, usually) To engage, take hold or have effect. ▸ To adhere or be absorbed properly.
Boiling pasta with a bit of the sauce in the water will help the sauce "take."
the dye didn't take
(intransitive, of a plant, usually) To engage, take hold or have effect. ▸ To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
I started some tomato seeds last spring, but they didn't take.
not all grafts take
The cradles are supported under their centres by shores, on which the keel takes. The ends of the cradles are hinged, and can drop down clear when the boat is being hoisted or lowered. 1884, S[tephen] B[leecker] Luce, Aaron Ward, Text-book of Seamanship. […], New York, N.Y.: D. Van Nostrand, page 179:
(intransitive, of a mechanical device) To engage, take hold or have effect. ▸ To catch; to engage.
At the depot, Hook climbed out, slamming the door twice before the latch took. A train idled on the main track, the engine hissing as it waited for the crew change. From the windows, passengers watched on at the world outside. 2009, Sheldon Russell, The Yard Dog, New York, N.Y.: Minotaur Books, →ISBN, page 210:
(dated, intransitive, possibly) To engage, take hold or have effect. ▸ To win acceptance, favor or favorable reception; to charm people.
Each VVit may praiſe it, for his ovvn dear Sake, / And hint He vvrit it, if the Thing ſhou'd take. 1716 March 21 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “Prologue. Spoken by Mr. [Robert] Wilks.”, in The Drummer; or, The Haunted House. A Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], published 1716 (indicated as 1715), →OCLC:
Here was only cruelty and pain; where was the loving side of Christianity? "When I was young," I said, "I was vaccinated with religion, but the vaccination didn't take." 1967, Richard Martin Stern, The Kessler Legacy, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 103:
(copulative, intransitive) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
They took ill within 3 hours.
She took sick with the flu.
(dated, intransitive, possibly) To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.
'Photographs never do give anything but a pale imitation, you know, but the likenesses, as likenesses, are good. She "takes well" as they say, and those were done lately.' 1881, Jessie Fothergill, chapter IX, in Kith and Kin: A Novel, volume II, London: Robert Bentley and Son, page 259:
(dialectal, intransitive, proscribed) An intensifier.
[…] I went and kicked the door in and took care of some other people. Then I took and went back to the hotel—" ¶ "The hotel where you live, right? The Gilbert Hotel?" ¶ "Right. I took and went back to the hotel, took a shower, went out and talked to a police officer—" ¶ "A police officer. Sheriff's deputy? LAPD? What's his name?" ¶ "Can't recall. Jim. Charlie, could be." 1985, Darcy O'Brien, Two of a Kind: The Hillside Stranglers, New York, N.Y.; Scarborough, Ont.: New American Library, page 34:
I don't know but she would, but just then poor Sukey came in, and looked so frightened and scarey—Sukey is a pretty gal, and looks so trembling and delicate, that it's kinder a shame to plague her, and so I took and come away for that time. 1843, Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Mayflower; Or, Sketches of Scenes and Characters Among the Descendants of the Pilgrims, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, page 34:
I took and beat the devil out of him. I got him against the wall, and the back of his head bumped the wall just when my fist hit his chin, and he went out like a light, and that's how he come to have that big cut on his chin, like you was talking about. 1943, Max Brand [pseudonym; Frederick Schiller Faust], Silvertip's Trap, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, page 30:
As made Queen 'Lizzybeth swear like blazes, and ketched poor old Dizzy sich a smack o' the face, as sent 'im up in a corner a-wimperin' with 'is 'ankercher to 'is nose, as made Gladstin give a grin, tho' he took good care to keep out of old Betsey's way, as glared at 'im; and then took and turned on me and says, "Let me give you a turn, for you're a-layin' on your back too much." 1875, Arthur Sketchley, Mrs. Brown at the Crystal Palace, London: George Routledge and Sons, page 100:
Speed-the-Plough lurched round on his elbow and regarded him indifferently. "Moighty foin, that be! D'ye call that Doctrin'? He bean't al'ays, or I shoon't be scrapin' my heels wi' nothin' to do, and what's warse, nothin' to eat. Why, look heer. Luck 's luck, and bad luck's the con-trary. Varmer Bollop, t'other day, has's rick burnt down. Next night his gran'ry's burnt. What do he tak' and go and do? He takes, and goes, and hangs unsel', and turns us out o' 'ploy. God warn't above the Devil then, I thinks, or I can't make out the reckonin'." 1859, George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, page 100:
(obsolete, transitive) To deliver, bring, give (something) to (someone).
Jeſus perceaved there wylynes ãd ſayde: Why tempte ye me ye ypocrytes: lett me ſe the tribute money. And they toke hym a peny. 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew xxij:[19], folio xxxi, verso:
(dialectal, obsolete, slang, transitive) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or hit.
He took me a blow on the head.
(archaic) To visit; to include in a course of travel.
Now about a Year ſince, R. B. and B. F. took that City in the Way from Frederickſtadt to Amſterdam, and gave them a Viſit: In which they informed them ſomewhat of Friend's Principles, and recommended the Teſtimony of TRUTH to them, as both a nearer and more certain Thing than the utmoſt of De Labadie's Doctrine. They left them tender and loving. 1677, William Penn, A Collection of the Works of William Penn: […], volume I, London: […] J. Sowle, […], published 1726, page 60:
But it seems that he did not attend to this circumstance at present; for in May, he set out again for Epworth, and took Manchester in his way, to see his friend Mr. Clayton, who had now left Oxford. 1793, John Whitehead, The Life of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A. […], Dublin: […] John Jones, […], published 1805, page 441:
(obsolete, rare) To portray in a painting.
Beauty alone could beauty take ſo right: / Her dreſs, her ſhape, her matchleſs grace, / Were all obferv'd, as well as heavenly face. a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “To The Pious Memory of the Accomplish'd Young Lady Mrs. Anne Killigrew, […]”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume II, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760, →OCLC, page 216:
Used in phrasal verbs: take in, take off, take on, take out, take to, take something to, take up.
pl wziąć (to get into one's hands or control) · fi ottaa (to get into one's hands or control) · gd gabh (to get into one's hands or control) · tyz au (to get into one's hands or control) · ga tóg (to get into one's hands or control) · el παίρνω (to get into one's hands or control) · cs dobýt (to gain a position by force) · mk зазема (to gain a position by force) · hi लेना (to get into one's hands or control) · ru хвата́ть (to get into one's hands or control) · rm prender (to get into one's hands or control) · vi chịu (to endure) · zdj usika (to get into one's hands or control) · mn авах (to get into one's hands or control) · grc αἱρέω (to get into one's hands or control) · sv ta (to gain a position by force) · fr violer (to have sex with) · az içmək (to ingest medicine) · so qaadasho (to get into one's hands or control) · cjs аларға (to get into one's hands or control) · lo ເອົາ (to get into one's hands or control) · fi saada (to catch fish or game) · ko 견디다 (to endure) · az çəkmək (a photo, film, fingerprints, etc.) · be браць (to get into one's hands or control) · eo preni (to get into one's hands or control) · ja 掛かる (to last or expend (an amount of time)) · hu kézbe vesz (to get into one's hands or control) · th หยิบ (to get into one's hands or control) · it prendere (to get into one's hands or control) · hu bevesz (to gain a position by force) · km យក (to get into one's possession) · klj almaq (to get into one's hands or control) · sh konzumirati (to ingest medicine) · be узя́ць (to get into one's hands or control) · ja 受け付ける (to receive or accept) · sh uzeti (to ingest medicine) · fur piâ (to get into one's hands or control) · vi nắm lấy (to get into one's possession) · es soportar (to endure) · mk зема (to get into one's hands or control) · hy վերցնել (to gain a position by force) · uk узя́ти (to get into one's hands or control) · sv ta (to grab and move to oneself) · ko 받아들이다 (to assume or interpret to be) · nb gripe (to get into one's hands or control) · cy mynd â (to get into one's hands or control) · hu megragad (to get into one's hands or control) · fi valloittaa (to seize or capture) · sv ta (to endure) · ru выноси́ть (to endure) · sv få tag på (to get into one's possession) · ru принима́ть (to ingest medicine) · nb ta (to get into one's possession) · got 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (to get into one's possession) · ar أَخَذَ (to capture or win in a game) · ja 摂取す (to ingest medicine) · ar أَخَذَ (to receive or acquire property by law) · ja 撮る (a photo, film, fingerprints, etc.) · os исын (to get into one's hands or control) · vi dẫn (to lead or convey) · de in Anspruch nehmen (to last or expend (an amount of time)) · ja 飲む (to ingest medicine) · cs unést (to support or carry without failing or breaking) · ca agafar (to get into one's possession) · ht pran (to get into one's hands or control) · sk vziať (to get into one's hands or control) · he נשא (to carry) · rm piglier (to get into one's hands or control) · vi nắm (to grab and move to oneself) · ru снять (a photo, film, fingerprints, etc.) · egy iTi (to get into one's hands or control) · sl brati (to get into one's hands or control) · tr almak (to assume or interpret to be) · ko 인내하다 (to endure) · sv tag i (to get into one's hands or control) · nn taka (to receive or accept) · fa-ira طول کَشیدَن (to last or expend (an amount of time)) · fi kulua (to last or expend (an amount of time)) · vi nắm (to get into one's hands or control) · fi ottaa (to have sex with) · syc ܐܚܕ (to get into one's hands or control) · sv gripa (to get into one's hands or control) · fur cjapâ (to get into one's hands or control) · hy առնել (to get into one's hands or control) · hu elfogad (to receive or accept) · he בָּחַר (to choose) · km ទទួល (to receive or accept) · si අරගන්නවා (to get into one's hands or control) · ceb kuha (to get into one's hands or control) · sh uzeti (to get into one's possession) · mfe pran (to get into one's hands or control) · dsb braś (to grab and move to oneself) · hu igénybe vesz (to last or expend (an amount of time)) · vi dắt (to lead or convey) · ko 잡다 (to get into one's hands or control) · ky ылгоо (to choose) · cs vzít (to get into one's hands or control) · sh шчепати (to get into one's hands or control) · pl wybrać (to choose) · fr endurer (to endure) · sq merr (to get into one's hands or control) · vi lấy (a photo, film, fingerprints, etc.) · he לקח (to last or expend (an amount of time)) · sl vzeti (to get into one's possession) · ca portar (to carry) · pl brać (to get into one's hands or control) · sv ta (to get into one's possession) · de nehmen (to ingest medicine) · hu bevesz (to ingest medicine) · ar أَخَذَ (to get into one's possession) · es soportar (to support or carry without failing or breaking) · sc lebare (to get into one's hands or control) · hu választ (to choose) · fi saada (to receive or accept as payment or compensation) · got 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (to get into one's hands or control) · vi đem theo (to carry) · vi lấy (to grab and move to oneself) · sv föra fram till sig (to grab and move to oneself) · sq zë (cricket: to catch the ball) · sh izdržati (to support or carry without failing or breaking) · es chapar (to use as transportation) · sh prigrliti (to grab and move to oneself) · ko 얻다 (to get into one's possession) · az götürmək (a photo, film, fingerprints, etc.) · pt tomar (to gain a position by force) · fi omia (to appropriate or transfer into one's own possession) · hsb wzać (to get into one's hands or control) · ca tardar (to get into one's possession) · he תפס (to gain a position by force) · hu szed (to ingest medicine) · bo བཞེས (to get into one's hands or control) · bn নেওয়া (to grab and move to oneself) · fi ottaa (to capture or win in a game) · ru взять (to receive or accept) · ota طوتمق (to get into one's hands or control) · nl duren (to last or expend (an amount of time)) · gd gabh (to grab and move to oneself) · fi kantaa (to support or carry without failing or breaking) · hu tart (to consider in a particular way) · ka აღება (to get into one's hands or control) · nb ta (to have sex with) · fi olettaa (to assume or interpret to be) · cmn 收 (to receive or accept as payment or compensation) · fr prendre (to get into one's hands or control) · nrf prendre (to ingest medicine) · sh zadobiti (to gain a position by force) · de nehmen (to carry) · nl nemen (to get into one's possession) · sh uzeti (to get into one's hands or control) · la accipiō (to receive or accept) · tl piliin (to choose) · mk зема (to grab and move to oneself) · hy վերցնել (to grab and move to oneself) · ltg jimt (to get into one's hands or control) · nrf prendre (to get into one's hands or control) · nn taka (to get into one's hands or control) · my ယူ (to get into one's hands or control) · pl brać (to get into one's possession) · uk бра́ти (to get into one's hands or control) · fi maata (to have sex with) · uga 𐎀𐎃𐎏 (to get into one's hands or control) · zdj usiha (to get into one's hands or control) · alt алар (to get into one's hands or control) · nl nemen (to get into one's hands or control) · sv ta (to ingest medicine) · ko 쥐다 (to get into one's hands or control) · he לָקַח (to get into one's hands or control) · ko 참다 (to endure) · fi viedä (to lead or convey) · ru брать (to receive or accept) · sv hålla sig i (to get into one's hands or control) · rsk брац (to get into one's hands or control) · fr prendre (to grab and move to oneself) · ps اخستل (to get into one's hands or control) · la prehendō (to get into one's hands or control) · vi nhận (to receive into some relationship) · rup ljeau (to get into one's hands or control) · hu tekint (to consider in a particular way) · hu megfog (to get into one's hands or control) · fur čhapâ (to get into one's hands or control) · vi cho là (to assume or interpret to be) · kk таңдау (to choose) · hu elbír (to support or carry without failing or breaking) · pl zająć (to last or expend (an amount of time)) · ru вы́держать (to endure) · nap piglià (to get into one's hands or control) · oc prendre (to get into one's hands or control) · sv tåla (to endure) · ko 간주하다 (to consider in a particular way) · te తీసుకొను (to get into one's possession) · dsb wześ (to get into one's hands or control) · hu foglyul ejt (to gain a position by force) · sco tak (to get into one's hands or control) · sl vzeti (to grab and move to oneself) · dsb braś (to get into one's possession) · tl kunin (to grab and move to oneself) · hu megszerez (to gain a position by force) · vi theo (to accept and follow advice, etc.) · br kemer (to get into one's hands or control) · ja 壊さずに運ぶ (to support or carry without failing or breaking) · vi đưa (to lead or convey) · bg взе́ма (to get into one's hands or control) · ru вы́брать (to choose) · he נמשך (to last or expend (an amount of time)) · ru забра́ть (to carry) · grc λαμβάνω (to get into one's possession) · sah ыл (to get into one's hands or control) · de aushalten (to endure) · fi saada (to receive or accept) · tl kunin (to choose) · tay magal (to get into one's possession) · cs vzít (to grab and move to oneself) · vi lấy (to get into one's possession) · nl nemen (to grab and move to oneself) · eo preni (to get into one's possession) · pt tomar (to grab and move to oneself) · vi nắm lấy (to grab and move to oneself) · es durar (to last or expend (an amount of time)) · nn gripa (to get into one's hands or control) · tt алырга (to get into one's hands or control) · lb huelen (to get into one's hands or control) · sc levare (to get into one's hands or control) · hy առնել (to gain a position by force) · de vertragen (to endure) · ja 取る (to get into one's possession) · cmn 攜帶 /携带 (to carry) · de (mit Gewalt) nehmen (to have sex with) · el διαλέγω (to choose) · es aguantar (to endure) · la sūmō (to get into one's hands or control) · el παίρνω (to choose) · ajp أخذ (to get into one's hands or control) · ca forçar (to have sex with) · fi napata (to grab and move to oneself) · mk прифаќа (to receive or accept) · fi ottaa (to gain a position by force) · ca agafar (to get into one's hands or control) · pt tomar (to get into one's hands or control) · hu kibír (to endure) · ru брать (to carry) · la capio (to grab and move to oneself) · nb ta (to gain a position by force) · nb ta (to endure) · ar اِتَّخَذَ (to receive into some relationship) · cs vystát (to endure) · ro lua (to grab and move to oneself) · eve гадай (to get into one's hands or control) · id ambil (to get into one's hands or control) · he קיבל (to receive or accept) · sh ščepati (to get into one's hands or control) · ru взять (to choose) · fi viedä (to carry) · mn ᠠᠪᠬᠤ (to get into one's hands or control) · cs vzít (to have sex with) · es tomar (to grab and move to oneself) · fi hyväksyä (to receive or accept as payment or compensation) · pl zawładnąć (to gain a position by force) · ru брать (to grab and move to oneself) · tr götürmek (to carry) · sl vzeti (to have sex with) · sh uzeti (to carry) · ru брать (to gain a position by force) · vi lấy (to get into one's hands or control) · tr almak (to get into one's hands or control) · sv välja (to choose) · tk almak (to get into one's hands or control) · fr prendre (to gain a position by force) · cmn 忍受 (to endure) · ru брать (to get into one's possession) · ko 복용하다 (to ingest medicine) · ota آلمق (to get into one's hands or control) · pl brać (to have sex with) · fi voittaa (to capture or win in a game) · fi kestää (to support or carry without failing or breaking) · tr taşımak (to support or carry without failing or breaking) · nb ta imot (to receive or accept) · fa-ira بُرْدَن (to carry) · gd gabh (to get into one's possession) · vi chiếm giữ (to gain a position by force) · vi uống (to ingest medicine) · otk 𐰞 (to get into one's hands or control) · fur cjoli (to get into one's hands or control) · tr almak (to support or carry without failing or breaking) · hu odavisz (to carry) · ks نیُٛن (to get into one's hands or control) · pt tomar (to get into one's possession) · fi kestää (to last or expend (an amount of time)) · sh uzdržati (to support or carry without failing or breaking) · fr prendre (to last or expend (an amount of time)) · sh proživjeti (to endure) · es tomar (to gain a position by force) · sv hålla (to support or carry without failing or breaking) · lt imti (to get into one's hands or control) · cs vydržet (to endure) · haw lawe (to grab and move to oneself) · vi nắm lấy (to get into one's hands or control) · ru принима́ть (to receive or accept) · hu fog (to get into one's hands or control) · km យក (to get into one's hands or control) · tr sürmek (to last or expend (an amount of time)) · dlm levur (to get into one's hands or control) · hu visz (to carry) · hu néz (to consider in a particular way) · tl kunin (to get into one's hands or control) · es tomar (to use as transportation) · cs vzít (to carry) · nb ta (to get into one's hands or control) · tyv алыр (to get into one's hands or control) · dng на (to get into one's hands or control) · ar اِلْتَقَطَ (a photo, film, fingerprints, etc.) · ru взять (to get into one's possession) · hu kiválaszt (to choose) · cy dwyn (to get into one's hands or control) · ist ciapà (to get into one's hands or control) · nn taka imot (to receive or accept) · zku mankunthi (to get into one's hands or control) · ia prender (to grab and move to oneself) · ja 運ぶ (to grab and move to oneself) · es zampar (to ingest medicine) · ab агара (to get into one's hands or control) · yi נעמען (to get into one's possession) · as ল (to get into one's hands or control) · es llevar (to carry) · cmn 取 (to get into one's hands or control) · tl makipagtalik (to gain a position by force) · nrf prendre (to get into one's possession) · az götürmək (to get into one's hands or control) · sc leai (to get into one's hands or control) · tr tahammül etmek (to endure) · fa-ira بَرْداشْتَن (to choose) · ja 占拠する (to gain a position by force) · vi chiếm (to seize or capture) · ba тотоу (to catch fish or game) · sh ponijeti (to carry) · vi mang theo (to carry) · fi omia (to get into one's possession) · fi ottaa (to receive or accept) · mi tango (to get into one's hands or control) · hu bír (to support or carry without failing or breaking) · pjt katinyi (to get into one's hands or control) · ko 잡다 (to grab and move to oneself) · fi valita (to choose) · fi ottaa haltuunsa (to seize or capture) · ru снима́ть (a photo, film, fingerprints, etc.) · sv fatta (to get into one's hands or control) · dsb wześ (to get into one's possession) · de tragen (to carry) · ba алыу (to get into one's possession) · uk взя́ти (to get into one's hands or control) · ta எடு (to get into one's hands or control) · tr katlanmak (to endure) · yi נעמען (to get into one's hands or control) · fur čholi (to get into one's hands or control) · ar وَدَّى (to carry) · la capio (to have sex with) · la capio (to last or expend (an amount of time)) · lv ņemt (to get into one's hands or control) · sh uzeti (to grab and move to oneself) · ru взять (to carry) · la capio (to receive or accept) · ru заня́ть (to gain a position by force) · pl wziąć (to get into one's possession) · dlm prendar (to grab and move to oneself) · vi nghe theo (to accept and follow advice, etc.) · fr prendre (to get into one's possession) · nl pakken (to get into one's hands or control) · cmn 拿 (to get into one's hands or control) · ru взять (to grab and move to oneself) · fa-ira گِرِفْتَن (to get into one's hands or control) · vi bắt giữ (to seize or capture) · sh prisvojiti (to get into one's possession) · fr supporter (to endure) · de greifen (to get into one's hands or control) · fi ottaa haltuunsa (to appropriate or transfer into one's own possession) · fi ottaa (to receive into some relationship) · frr naame (to get into one's hands or control) · xdq цурса́ра (to get into one's hands or control) · fi ottaa (to ingest medicine) · es tomar (to seize or capture) · ru схвати́ть (to get into one's hands or control) · mk зема (to get into one's possession) · cs brát (to get into one's hands or control) · la sumo (to receive or accept) · az götürmək (to assume or interpret to be) · fur cjapâ (to grab and move to oneself) · es apechugar (to endure) · ru выде́рживать (to endure) · ur کھانا (to ingest medicine) · prs گِرِفْتَن (to get into one's hands or control) · ia prender (to get into one's possession) · fi hyväksyä (to receive or accept) · fi ottaa (to seize or capture) · ba алыу (to get into one's hands or control) · es violar (to have sex with) · it portare (to get into one's possession) · dsb wześ (to grab and move to oneself) · ga caith (to ingest medicine) · mnc ᡤᠠᡳᠮᠪᡳ (to get into one's hands or control) · la rapiō (to get into one's possession) · hu tart (to last or expend (an amount of time)) · ar أَخَذَ (to carry) · ru сфотографи́ровать (a photo, film, fingerprints, etc.) · hu értelmez (to assume or interpret to be) · th เอา (to get into one's hands or control) · ru приня́ть (to receive or accept) · ru взять (to get into one's hands or control) · be ўзяць (to get into one's hands or control) · ru вы́нести (to endure) · tl kunin (to get into one's possession) · vi quay (a photo, film, fingerprints, etc.) · ug ئالماق (to get into one's hands or control) · sg kamata (to get into one's hands or control) · nb ta (to choose) · hu megragad (to gain a position by force) · cmn 佔據 /占据 (to gain a position by force) · it sopportare (to endure) · la capio (to gain a position by force) · ko 받아들이다 (to receive or accept) · fr emmener (to lead or convey) · gl escoller (to choose) · hu átvesz (to receive or accept) · vi đem (to carry) · vi mất (to last or expend (an amount of time)) · acw أخذ (to get into one's hands or control) · vi đi (to use as transportation) · ja 我慢する (to endure) · ru занима́ть (to last or expend (an amount of time)) · ru брать (to have sex with) · cmn 攜 /携 (to carry) · la recipiō (to receive or accept) · az çəkmək (to last or expend (an amount of time)) · az qəbul etmək (to assume or interpret to be) · la fero (to carry) · hu elvisz (to carry) · hu felfog (to consider in a particular way) · vi chụp (a photo, film, fingerprints, etc.) · ca prendre (to get into one's possession) · ca escollir (to choose) · pt carregar (to carry) · he לָקַח (to get into one's possession) · ar أَخَذَ (to grab and move to oneself) · el παίρνω (to get into one's possession) · ko 나르다 (to carry) · hu vesz (to assume or interpret to be) · pl brać (to grab and move to oneself) · pt tomar (to choose) · nmn ǁʼa (to seize or capture) · ba алыу (to seize or capture) · is taka (to get into one's hands or control) · vi nhận (to receive or accept) · it portare (to carry) · lmo ciapà (to get into one's hands or control) · ko 고르다 (to choose) · ky алуу (to get into one's hands or control) · ga tóg (to grab and move to oneself) · vec ciapar (to get into one's hands or control) · fo taka (to get into one's hands or control) · ko 선택하다 (to choose) · as নিয়া (to grab and move to oneself) · tr almak (to grab and move to oneself) · fi ottaa (to undergo or be subjected to) · mk грабнува (to get into one's hands or control) · fi ottaa (to grab and move to oneself) · sh зграбити (to get into one's hands or control) · es tomar (to choose) · kk алу (to grab and move to oneself) · ovd tågå (to get into one's hands or control) · ca prendre (to get into one's hands or control) · sk brať (to get into one's hands or control) · sh prihvatiti (to receive or accept) · eo transporti (to carry) · pt pegar (to get into one's hands or control) · de dauern (to last or expend (an amount of time)) · ar عَانَى (to endure) · hy ընդունել (to receive or accept) · fi ottaa (to receive or accept as payment or compensation) · fr transporter (to carry) · evn гами (to get into one's hands or control) · he קִבֵּל (to receive or accept) · de annehmen (to receive or accept) · pt aguentar (to endure) · az qəbul etmək (to ingest medicine) · nl aannemen (to receive or accept) · ks ہیٛۆن (to get into one's hands or control) · fr prendre (to ingest medicine) · lad yevar (to carry) · vi mang (to carry) · tr seçmek (to choose) · nb ta (to receive or accept) · de nehmen (to get into one's possession) · pl jąć (to get into one's hands or control) · yue 攞 /𫽋 (to get into one's hands or control) · khb ᦀᧁ (to get into one's hands or control) · ko 점령하다 (to gain a position by force) · cs vzít (to ingest medicine) · es coger (to use as transportation) · ko 접수하다 (to receive or accept) · sh zgrabiti (to grab and move to oneself) · pt agarrar (to get into one's hands or control)