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verb : TOOK
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) carry out; "take action"; "take steps"; "take vengeance" ;
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4. (
) get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please" ;
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8. (
) take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" ;
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9. (
) travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route; "He takes the bus to work"; "She takes Route 1 to Newark" ;
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13. (
) take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case" ;
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14. (
) require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent" ;
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15. (
) experience or feel or submit to; "Take a test"; "Take the plunge" ;
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17. (
) remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" ;
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21. (
) take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill" ;
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24. (
) ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial; "take a pulse"; "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors" ;
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28. (
) point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent" ;
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29. (
) be seized or affected in a specified way; "take sick"; "be taken drunk" ;
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32. (
) receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" ;
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33. (
) buy, select; "I'll take a pound of that sausage" ;
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34. (
) to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort; "take shelter from the storm" ;
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39. (
) develop a habit; "He took to visiting bars" ;
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41. (
) obtain by winning; "Winner takes all"; "He took first prize" ;
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42. (
) be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill" ;
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