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[noun] the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
[noun] the income arising from land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"
[verb] be seized or affected in a specified way; "take sick"; "be taken drunk"
[verb] interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression; "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"; "You can't take credit for this!"
[verb] make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"
[verb] be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
[verb] remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc.; 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"
[verb] 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"
[verb] take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"
[verb] be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam"
[verb] accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut"
[verb] pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"
[verb] consider, as of an example; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case"
[verb] take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her"
[verb] lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea"
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\Take\ (t[=a]k), v. t. 1. To make a picture, photograph, or the like, of; as, to take a group or a scene. [Colloq.] 2. To give or deliver (a blow to); to strike; hit; as, he took me in the face; he took me a blow on the head. [Obs. exc. Slang or Dial.]
\Take\, obs. p. p. of {Take}. Taken. --Chaucer.
\Take\, v. t. [imp. {Took}; p. p. {Takend}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Taking}.] [Icel. taka; akin to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth. t[=e]kan to touch; of uncertain origin.] 1. In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands, or otherwise; to grasp; to get into one's hold or possession; to procure; to seize and carry away; to convey. Hence, specifically:
(a) To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection to one's power or will; to capture; to seize; to make prisoner; as, to take am army, a city, or a ship; also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack; to seize; -- said of a disease, misfortune, or the like. This man was taken of the Jews. --Acts xxiii. 27. Men in their loose, unguarded hours they take; Not that themselves are wise, but others weak. --Pope. They that come abroad after these showers are commonly taken with sickness. --Bacon. There he blasts the tree and takes the cattle And makes milch kine yield blood. --Shak.
(b) To gain or secure the interest or affection of; to captivate; to engage; to interest; to charm. Neither let her take thee with her eyelids. --Prov. vi. 25. Cleombroutus was so taken with this prospect, that he had no patience. --Wake. 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 me more than all the outshining loveliness of her companions. --Moore.
(c) To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to have recourse to; as, to take the road to the right. Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken. --1 Sam. xiv. 42. The violence of storming is the course which God is forced to take for the destroying . . . of sinners. --Hammond.
(d) To employ; to use; to occupy; hence, to demand; to require; as, it takes so much cloth to make a coat. This man always takes time . . . before he passes his judgments. --I. Watts.
(e) To form a likeness of; to copy; to delineate; to picture; as, to take picture of a person. Beauty alone could beauty take so right. --Dryden.
(f) To draw; to deduce; to derive. [R.] The firm belief of a future judgment is the most forcible motive to a good life, because taken from this consideration of the most lasting happiness and misery. --Tillotson.
(g) To assume; to adopt; to acquire, as shape; to permit to one's self; to indulge or engage in; to yield to; to have or feel; to enjoy or experience, as rest, revenge, delight, shame; to form and adopt, as a resolution; -- used in general senses, limited by a following complement, in many idiomatic phrases; as, to take a resolution; I take the liberty to say.
(h) To lead; to conduct; as, to take a child to church.
(i) To carry; to convey; to deliver to another; to hand over; as, he took the book to the bindery. He took me certain gold, I wot it well. --Chaucer.
(k) To remove; to withdraw; to deduct; -- with from; as, to take the breath from one; to take two from four. 2. In a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to bear; to endure; to acknowledge; to accept. Specifically:
(a) To accept, as something offered; to receive; not to refuse or reject; to admit. Ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer. --Num. xxxv. 31. Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore. --1 Tim. v. 10.
(b) To receive as something to be eaten or dronk; to partake of; to swallow; as, to take food or wine.
(c) Not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily; to clear; as, to take a hedge or fence.
(d) To bear without ill humor or resentment; to submit to; to tolerate; to endure; as, to take a joke; he will take an affront from no man.
(e) To admit, as, something presented to the mind; not to dispute; to allow; to accept; to receive in thought; to entertain in opinion; to understand; to interpret; to regard or look upon; to consider; to suppose; as, to take a thing for granted; this I take to be man's motive; to take men for spies. You take me right. --Bacon. Charity, taken in its largest extent, is nothing else but the science love of God and our neighbor. --Wake. [He] took that for virtue and affection which was nothing but vice in a disguise. --South. You'd doubt his sex, and take him for a girl. --Tate.
(f) To accept the word or offer of; to receive and accept; to bear; to submit to; to enter into agreement with; -- used in general senses; as, to take a form or shape. I take thee at thy word. --Rowe. Yet thy moist clay is pliant to command; . . . Not take the mold. --Dryden. {To be taken aback}, {To take advantage of}, {To take air}, etc. See under {Aback}, {Advantage}, etc. {To take aim}, to direct the eye or weapon; to aim. {To take along}, to carry, lead, or convey. {To take arms}, to commence war or hostilities. {To take away}, to carry off; to remove; to cause deprivation of; to do away with; as, a bill for taking away the votes of bishops. ``By your own law, I take your life away.'' --Dryden. {To take breath}, to stop, as from labor, in order to breathe or rest; to recruit or refresh one's self. {To take care}, to exercise care or vigilance; to be solicitous. ``Doth God take care for oxen?'' --1 Cor. ix. 9. {To take care of}, to have the charge or care of; to care for; to superintend or oversee. {To take down}.
(a) To reduce; to bring down, as from a high, or higher, place; as, to take down a book; hence, to bring lower; to depress; to abase or humble; as, to take down pride, or the proud. ``I never attempted to be impudent yet, that I was not taken down.'' --Goldsmith.
(b) To swallow; as, to take down a potion.
(c) To pull down; to pull to pieces; as, to take down a house or a scaffold.
(d) To record; to write down; as, to take down a man's words at the time he utters them. {To take effect}, {To take fire}. See under {Effect}, and {Fire}. {To take ground to the right} or {to the left} (Mil.), to extend the line to the right or left; to move, as troops, to the right or left. {To take heart}, to gain confidence or courage; to be encouraged. {To take heed}, to be careful or cautious. ``Take heed what doom against yourself you give.'' --Dryden. {To take heed to}, to attend with care, as, take heed to thy ways. {To take hold of}, to seize; to fix on. {To take horse}, to mount and ride a horse.

Synonyms for take

ask, call for, charter, choose, claim, consume, contain, deal, direct, have, have, issue, lead, learn, lease, make, occupy, pack, proceeds, remove, rent, select, strike, subscribe, subscribe to, take away, take on, train, use up, yield

Antonyms: abstain, decline, desist, disclaim, eliminate, give, obviate, pass up, refrain, refuse, reject, rid of, turn down

See also: call back | cast | cull out | deprive | empty | get | imbibe | obtain | pocket | put up | recall | rent | rescue | retake | sicken | snap up | sop up | stone | support | take out | target | tear away | transmit | try out | undertake |

The fun area, different aproach to word »take«

Let's analyse "take" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and Two vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: EKAT. Average typing speed for these characters is 1135 milliseconds. [info]

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Morse code: - .- -.- .

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: take: 1 + 5 = 6, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: take: 2 + 1 + 2 + 5 = 10, reduced: 1, and the final result is One.

Tarot cards

Letter Num. Tarot c. Intensity Meaning
A (1) 1 Magician Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
E (1) 5 Hierophant Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
K (1) 11 Justice Charismatic, Quick, Leader, Bold
T (1) 20 Judgement Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful

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