TAKE

Carry out

Example: "Take action"

Require (time or space)

Example: "It took three hours to get to work this morning"

• occupy  15
• use up

• expend  16
• use  3

• be  4

Take somebody somewhere

Example: "We led him to our chief"

• conduct  12
• direct  9
• guide  7
• lead  5

• beacon  10
• hand  8
• lead astray
• misdirect  14
• • misguide  12
  • mislead  10
  • show  10
  • usher  8
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Get into one's hands, take physically

Example: "Take a cookie!"

• get hold of

• clutch  13
• prehend  13
• seize  14
• seize  14

Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect

Example: "His voice took on a sad tone"

• acquire  18
• adopt  8
• assume  8
• take on

• change  12

• re-assume

Interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression

Example: "I read this address as a satire"

• read  5

• construe  10
• interpret  11
• see  3

• misinterpret  16
• misread  10

Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

Example: "Bring me the box from the other room"

• bring  8
• convey  14

• carry  10
• transport  11

• fetch  13
• transit  7
• ferry  11
• bring back
• • return  6
  • take back
  • tube  6
  • whisk  15
  • carry  10
  • channel  12
  • conduct  12
  • convey  14
  • impart  10
  • transmit  10
  • land  5
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Take into one's possession

Example: "We are taking an orphan from romania"

• adopt  8
• repossess  11
• take back
• collect  11
• • attach  11
  • confiscate  17
  • impound  12
  • seize  14
  • sequester  18
  • sequester  18
  • pocket  14
  • accept  12
  • assume  8
  • bear  6
  • take over
  • grab  7
  • snaffle  13
  • snap up
  • recall  8
  • withdraw  18
  • deprive  13
  • divest  10
  • unburden  11
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• give  8

Travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route

Example: "He takes the bus to work"

Pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

Example: "Take any one of these cards"

• choose  11
• pick out
• select  8

• decide  10
• determine  12
• make up one's mind

• empanel  11
• impanel  11
• panel  7
• anoint  6
• • field  9
  • sieve  8
  • sift  7
  • draw  8
  • dial  5
  • go  3
  • plump  11
  • pick  12
  • elect  7
  • excerpt  18
  • extract  16
  • take out
  • cull out
  • winnow  12
  • cream off
  • skim off
  • pick over
  • sieve out
  • assign  7
  • specify  17
  • single out
  • think of
  • define  10
  • determine  12
  • fix  13
  • limit  7
  • set  3
  • specify  17
  • adopt  8
  • espouse  9
  • follow  12
  • screen  8
  • screen out
  • sieve  8
  • sort  4
  • vote in
  • elect  7
  • nominate  10
  • propose  11
  • vote  7
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Receive willingly something given or offered

Example: "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"

• accept  12
• have  10

• acquire  18
• get  4

• accept  12
• admit  8
• take  8
• take on
• • welcome  14
  • honor  8
  • honour  9
  • adopt  8
  • borrow  11
  • take over
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Assume, as of positions or roles

Example: "She took the job as director of development"

• fill  7
• occupy  15

Take into consideration for exemplifying purposes

Example: "Take the case of china"

• consider  11
• deal  5
• look at

• think about

• contemplate  17
• dally  9
• play  9
• trifle  9
• • abstract  12
  • warm to
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Require as useful, just, or proper

Example: "It takes nerve to do what she did"

• ask  7
• call for
• demand  10
• involve  13
• necessitate  13
• need  5
• postulate  11
• require  16

• claim  9
• exact  14
• take  8
• govern  10
• • draw  8
  • cost  6
  • cry for
  • cry out for
  • compel  12
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Experience or feel or submit to

Example: "Take a test"

Make a film or photograph of something

Example: "Take a scene"

• film  9
• shoot  8

• enter  5
• record  9

• reshoot  10

Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

Example: "Remove a threat"

• remove  11
• withdraw  18

• depilate  11
• epilate  9
• harvest  13
• tip  5
• • stem  6
  • extirpate  18
  • enucleate  11
  • exenterate  17
  • enucleate  11
  • decorticate  16
  • bail  6
  • disinvest  13
  • divest  10
  • undress  8
  • ablate  8
  • clean  7
  • pick  12
  • clean  7
  • fan  6
  • winnow  12
  • pick  12
  • clear  7
  • clear up
  • muck  12
  • lift  7
  • lift  7
  • lift  7
  • tear away
  • tear off
  • take off
  • take out
  • pit  5
  • stone  5
  • seed  5
  • unhinge  11
  • shuck  14
  • hull  7
  • crumb  11
  • chip away
  • chip away at
  • burl  6
  • knock out
  • clean  7
  • scavenge  14
  • hypophysectomise
  • hypophysectomize
  • degas  7
  • husk  11
  • shell  8
  • bur  5
  • burr  6
  • clear away
  • clear off
  • flick  14
  • dismantle  12
  • clear  7
  • defang  11
  • debone  9
  • disembowel  18
  • draw  8
  • eviscerate  15
  • shell  8
  • shuck  14
  • detusk
  • tusk  8
  • dehorn  10
  • scalp  9
  • condense  11
  • bail out
  • bale out
  • leach  10
  • decalcify  20
  • detoxicate  20
  • detoxify  22
  • deionize  18
  • de-iodinate
  • decarbonise  16
  • decarbonize  25
  • decarburise  16
  • decarburize  25
  • decoke  13
  • delouse  8
  • ream  6
  • brush  10
  • wash  10
  • wash away
  • wash off
  • wash out
  • desorb  9
  • pull  6
  • demineralise  15
  • demineralize  24
  • eliminate  11
  • clear out
  • drive out
  • expectorate  22
  • carve out
  • defuse  10
  • dredge  9
  • wear away
  • wear off
  • amputate  12
  • cut off
  • eviscerate  15
  • resect  8
  • cream  9
  • cream off
  • skim  10
  • skim off
  • descale  10
  • scale  7
  • circumcise  18
  • undock  13
  • cut into
  • delve  9
  • dig  5
  • turn over
  • dig  5
  • excavate  20
  • hollow  12
  • lift out
  • scoop  9
  • scoop out
  • scoop up
  • draw out
  • extract  16
  • pull  6
  • pull out
  • rip out
  • take out
  • tear out
  • take out
  • unstring  9
  • string  7
  • wipe away
  • wipe off
  • bear away
  • bear off
  • carry away
  • carry off
  • unveil  9
  • take out
  • unpack  14
  • disburden  13
  • unburden  11
  • empty  12
  • discharge  16
  • offsaddle  17
  • unsaddle  10
  • cast  6
  • drop  7
  • shake off
  • shed  8
  • throw  11
  • throw away
  • throw off
  • dislodge  11
  • free  7
  • clean  7
  • aspirate  10
  • draw out
  • suck out
  • cancel  10
  • delete  7
  • lade  5
  • laden  6
  • ladle  6
  • spoon  7
  • gut  4
  • head  8
  • draw away
  • draw off
  • clean  7
  • draw  8
  • take out
  • draw  8
  • get out
  • pull  6
  • pull out
  • take out
  • leach  10
  • draw  8
  • draw  8
  • draw off
  • take out
  • withdraw  18
  • unfriend  12
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Serve oneself to, or consume regularly

Example: "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"

• consume  11
• have  10
• ingest  7

• cannibalise  15
• cannibalize  24
• habituate  14
• use  3
• • eat  3
  • drink  10
  • imbibe  12
  • drink  10
  • fuddle  11
  • hit the bottle
  • partake  13
  • touch  10
  • eat  3
  • feed  8
  • fill  7
  • replete  9
  • sate  4
  • satiate  7
  • sample  10
  • taste  5
  • try  6
  • try out
  • sop up
  • suck in
  • sup  5
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Accept or undergo, often unwillingly

Example: "We took a pay cut"

• submit  10

• undergo  9

• test  4

Make use of or accept for some purpose

Example: "Take a risk"

• accept  12

• co-opt

Conquer by force

Example: "Hitler took the baltic republics"

• rescue  8
• scale  7
• extort  13
• arrogate  9
• • assume  8
  • seize  14
  • take over
  • usurp  7
  • recapture  13
  • retake  10
  • relieve  10
  • rip  5
  • steal  5
  • despoil  10
  • foray  11
  • loot  4
  • pillage  10
  • plunder  10
  • ransack  13
  • reave  8
  • rifle  8
  • plunder  10
  • sack  10
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Occupy or take on

Example: "He assumes the lotus position"

• assume  8
• strike  10

Admit into a group or community

Example: "Accept students for graduate study"

• accept  12
• admit  8
• take on

• accept  12
• have  10
• take  8

• profess  12

Ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial

Example: "Take a pulse"

Be a student of a certain subject

Example: "She is reading for the bar exam"

• learn  5
• read  5
• study  9

• audit  6
• prepare  11
• train  5
• drill  6
• • exercise  17
  • practice  14
  • practise  12
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Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs

Example: "The accident claimed three lives"

• claim  9
• exact  14

Head into a specified direction

Example: "The escaped convict took to the hills"

• make  10

Point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards

Example: "Please don't aim at your little brother!"

• aim  5
• direct  9
• take aim
• train  5

• position  10

• aim  5
• direct  9
• place  9
• point  7
• • target  7
  • draw a bead on
  • hold  8
  • turn  4
  • swing  9
  • charge  12
  • level  8
  • point  7
  • level  8
  • sight  9
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Be seized or affected in a specified way

Example: "Take sick"

Have with oneself; have on one's person

Example: "She always takes an umbrella"

• carry  10
• pack  12

Engage for service under a term of contract

Example: "We took an apartment on a quiet street"

• charter  12
• engage  8
• hire  7
• lease  5
• rent  4

Receive or obtain regularly

Example: "We take the times every day"

• subscribe  15
• subscribe to

• buy  8
• purchase  15

• follow  12
• follow  12

Buy, select

Example: "I'll take a pound of that sausage"

To get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort

Example: "Take shelter from the storm"

Have sex with; archaic use

Example: "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable"

• have  10

Lay claim to; as of an idea

Example: "She took credit for the whole idea"

• claim  9

Be designed to hold or take

Example: "This surface will not take the dye"

• accept  12

Be capable of holding or containing

Example: "This box won't take all the items"

• contain  9
• hold  8

Develop a habit

Example: "He took to visiting bars"

Proceed along in a vehicle

Example: "We drive the turnpike to work"

• drive  9

Obtain by winning

Example: "Winner takes all"

Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

Example: "He got aids"

• contract  12
• get  4

• come down
• sicken  12

• catch  12