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took, tak·en, tak·ing.

• : to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
• : to hold, grasp, or grip: to take a book in one's hand; to take a child by the hand.
• : to get into one's hands, possession, control, etc., by force or artifice: to take a bone from a snarling dog.
• : to seize or capture: to take an enemy town; to take a prisoner.
• : to catch or get, especially by killing: to take a dozen trout on a good afternoon.
• : to pick from a number; select: Take whichever you wish.
• : to receive and accept willingly: to take a compliment with a smile; to take a bribe.
• : to receive or be the recipient of: to take first prize.
• : to accept and act upon or comply with: to take advice; to take a dare.
• : to receive or accept into some relation: to take someone in marriage; to take new members once a year.
• : to receive, react, or respond to in a specified manner: Although she kept calm, she took his death hard.
• : to form in the mind; make: The company took the decision to shut down.
• : to receive as a payment or charge: He refused to take any money for the use of his car.
• : to gain for use by payment, lease, etc.: to take a box at the opera; to take a beach house for a month.
• : to secure regularly or periodically by payment: to take a magazine.
• : to get or obtain from a source; derive: The book takes its title from Dante.
• : to extract or quote: He took whole passages straight from Dickens.
• : to obtain or exact as compensation for some wrong: to take revenge.
• : to receive into the body or system, as by swallowing or inhaling: to take a pill; to take a breath of fresh air.
• : to have for one's benefit or use: to take a meal; to take a nap; to take a bath.
• : to use as a flavoring agent in a food or beverage: to take sugar in one's coffee.
• : to be subjected to; undergo: to take a heat treatment.
• : to endure or submit to with equanimity or without an appreciable weakening of one's resistance: to take a joke; unable to take punishment.
• : to enter into the enjoyment of: to take a vacation.
• : to carry off without permission: to take something that belongs to another.
• : to remove: to take the pins out of one's hair.
• : to remove by death: The flood took many families.
• : to end: She took her own life.
• : to subtract or deduct: If you take 2 from 5, that leaves 3.
• : to carry with one: Take your lunch with you. Are you taking an umbrella?
• : to convey in a means of transportation: We took them for a ride in the country.
• : to convey or transport: Will this bus take me across town?
• : to serve as a means of conducting to or through some place or region: Fifth Avenue took us through the center of town. These stairs will take you up to the attic.
• : to bring about a change in the state or condition of: Her ambition and perseverance took her quickly to the top of her field.
• : to conduct or escort: to take someone out for dinner.
• : to set about or succeed in getting over, through, or around; clear; negotiate:The horse took the hedge easily. He took the corner at top speed.
• : to come upon suddenly; catch: to take someone by surprise.
• : to get or contract; catch: He took cold over the weekend. I took a chill.
• : to attack or affect, as with a disease: suddenly taken with a fit of coughing.
• : to be capable of attaining as a result of some action or treatment: Most leathers take a high polish.
• : to absorb or become impregnated with; be susceptible to: Waxed paper will not take ink. This cloth takes dye.
• : to attract and hold: The red sweater took his eye. The urgent voice took her attention.
• : to captivate or charm: The kitten took my fancy.
• : to require: It takes courage to do that. The climb took all our strength.
• : to employ for some specified or implied purpose: to take measures to curb drugs.
• : to use as a means of transportation: to take a bus to the ferry.
• : to get on or board at a given time or in a given place: She takes the train at Scarsdale.
• : to proceed to occupy: to take a seat.
• : to occupy; fill: His hobby takes most of his spare time. The machine takes a lot of room.
• : to use up; consume: This car takes a great deal of oil. He took ten minutes to solve the problem.
• : to avail oneself of: He took the opportunity to leave. She took the time to finish it properly.
• : to do, perform, execute, etc.: to take a walk.
• : to go into or enter: Take the next road to the left.
• : to adopt and enter upon: to take the path of least resistance.
• : to act or perform: to take the part of the hero.
• : to make: to take home movies of the children.
• : to make a picture, especially a photograph, of: The photographer took us sitting down.
• : to write down: to take a letter in shorthand; to take notes at a lecture.
• : to apply oneself to; study: to take ballet; She took four courses in her freshman year.
• : to deal with; treat: to take things in their proper order.
• : to proceed to handle in some manner: to take a matter under consideration.
• : to assume or undertake: The mayor took office last month.
• : to assume or adopt as a token of office: to take the veil; to take the throne.
• : to assume the obligation of; be bound by: to take an oath.
• : to assume or adopt as one's own: to take someone's part in an argument; He took the side of the speaker.
• : to assume or appropriate as if by right: to take credit for someone else's work.
• : to accept the burden of: She took the blame for his failure.
• : to determine by inquiry, examination, measurement, scientific observation, etc.: to take someone's pulse; to take a census.
• : to make or carry out for purposes of yielding such a determination: to take someone's measurements; to take a seismographic reading.
• : to begin to have; experience: to take pride in one's appearance.
• : to form and hold in the mind: to take a gloomy view.
• : to grasp or apprehend mentally; understand; comprehend: Do you take my meaning, sir?
• : to understand in a specified way: You shouldn't take the remark as an insult.
• : to grasp the meaning of: if we take him correctly.
• : to accept the statements of: to take him at his word.
• : to assume as a fact: I take it that you will be there.
• : to regard or consider: They were taken to be wealthy.
• : to capture or win in a game.
• : Informal. to cheat, swindle, or victimize: They really take people in that shop. The museum got taken on that painting.
• : to win or obtain money from: He took me for $10 in the poker game.
• : to have sexual intercourse with.
• : Grammar. to be used with: a verb that always takes an object.
• : Law. to acquire property, as on the happening of an event: They take a fortune under the will.
• : Baseball. to allow to go by without swinging at it: He took a third strike.

took, tak·en, tak·ing.

• : to catch or engage, as a mechanical device: She turned the key and heard a click as the catch took.
• : to strike root or begin to grow, as a plant.
• : to adhere, as ink, dye, or color.
• : to win favor or acceptance: a new TV show that took with the public.
• : to have the intended result or effect, as a medicine, inoculation, etc.: The vaccination took.
• : to enter into possession, as of an estate.
• : to detract.
• : to apply or devote oneself: He took to his studies.
• : to make one's way; proceed; go: to take across the meadow.
• : to fall or become: She took sick and had to go home.
• : to admit of being photographed in a particular manner: a model who takes exceptionally well.
• : to admit of being moved or separated: This crib takes apart for easy storage.

• : the act of taking.
• : something that is taken.
• : the quantity of fish, game, etc., taken at one time.
• : an opinion or assessment: What's your take on the candidate?
• : an approach; treatment: a new take on an old idea.
• : Informal. money taken in, especially profits.
• : Journalism. a portion of copy assigned to a Linotype operator or compositor, usually part of a story or article.
• : Movies. a scene, or a portion of a scene, photographed without any interruption or break.an instance of such continuous operation of the camera.
• : Informal. a visual and mental response to something typically manifested in a stare expressing total absorption or wonderment: She did a slow take on being asked by reporters the same question for the third time.
• : a recording of a musical performance.
• : Medicine/Medical. a successful inoculation.

• : take after, to resemble physically, temperamentally, etc.: The baby took after his mother.Also take off after, take out after. to follow; chase: The detective took after the burglars.
• : take back, to regain possession of: to take back one's lawn mower.to return, as for exchange: It was defective, so I took it back to the store.to allow to return; resume a relationship with: She said she would never take him back again.to cause to remember: It takes one back to the old days.to retract: to take back a statement.
• : take down, to move from a higher to a lower level or place.to pull apart or take apart; dismantle; disassemble.to write down; record.to diminish the pride or arrogance of; humble: to take someone down a notch or two.
• : take for, to assume to be: I took it for the truth.to assume falsely to be; mistake for: to be taken for a foreigner.
• : take in, to permit to enter; admit.to alter so as to make smaller.to provide lodging for.to include; encompass.to grasp the meaning of; comprehend.to deceive; trick; cheat.to observe; notice.to visit or attend: to take in a show.to furl.to receive as proceeds, as from business activity.Chiefly British.to subscribe to: to take in a magazine.
• : take off, to remove: Take off your coat.to lead away: The child was taken off by kidnappers.Informal.to depart; leave: They took off yesterday for California.to leave the ground, as an airplane.to move onward or forward with a sudden or intense burst of speed: The police car took off after the drunken driver.to withdraw or remove from: She was taken off the night shift.to remove by death; kill: Millions were taken off by the Black Plague.to make a likeness or copy of; reproduce.to subtract, as a discount; deduct: Shop early and we'll take off 20 percent.Informal.to imitate; mimic; burlesque.Informal.to achieve sudden, marked growth, success, etc.: Sales took off just before Christmas. The actor's career took off after his role in that movie.
• : take on, to hire; employ.to undertake; assume: to take on new responsibilities.to acquire: The situation begins to take on a new light.to accept as a challenge; contend against: to take on a bully.Informal.to show great emotion; become excited: There's no need to take on so.
• : take out, to withdraw; remove: to take out a handkerchief.to procure by application: to take out an insurance policy.to carry out for use or consumption elsewhere: to take a book out of the library; to get food to take out.to escort; invite: He takes out my sister now and then.to set out; start: They took out for the nearest beach.Slang.to kill; destroy.
• : take over, to assume management or possession of or responsibility for: The first officer took over the ship when the captain suffered a heart attack.
• : take to, to devote or apply oneself to; become habituated to: to take to drink.to respond favorably to; begin to like: They took to each other at once.to go to: to take to one's bed.to have recourse to; resort to: She took to getting up at five to go jogging before work.
• : take up, to occupy oneself with the study or practice of: She took up painting in her spare time.to lift or pick up: He took up the fallen leaves with a rake.to occupy; cover: A grand piano would take up half of our living room.to consume; use up; absorb: Traveling to her job takes up a great deal of time.to begin to advocate or support; sponsor: He has taken up another struggling artist.to continue; resume: We took up where we had left off.to reply to in order to reprove: The author takes up his critics in the preface of his latest book.to assume: He took up the duties of the presidency.to absorb: Use a sponge to take up the spilled milk.to make shorter, as by hemming: to take up the sleeves an inch.to make tighter, as by winding in: to take up the slack in a reel of tape.to deal with in discussion: to take up the issue of mass transit.to adopt seriously: to take up the idea of seeking public office.to accept, as an offer or challenge.to buy as much as is offered: The sale was taken up in a matter of days.to arrest.Chiefly British.to clear by paying off, as a loan.
• : take up with, Informal. to become friendly with; keep company with: He took up with a bad crowd.