Etimology
From Middle English taken (“to take, lay hold of, grasp, strike”), from Old English tacan (“to grasp, touch”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse taka (“to touch, take”), from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to touch”), from pre-Germanic *deh₁g- (“to touch”), possibly a phonetically altered form of Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- (“to touch, take”) (see there for more). Gradually displaced Middle English nimen ("to take"; see nim), from Old English niman (“to take”). Cognate with Scots tak, Icelandic and Norwegian Nynorsk taka (“to take”), Norwegian Bokmål ta (“to take”), Swedish ta (“to take”), Danish tage (“to take, seize”), Middle Dutch taken (“to grasp”), Dutch taken (“to take; grasp”), Middle Low German tacken (“to grasp”). Compare tackle. Unrelated to Lithuanian tèkti (“to receive, be granted”).
verb
take (third-person singular simple present takes, present participle taking, simple past took, past participle taken or (archaic or Scotland) tane)
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
(transitive) To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
(transitive) To remove.
(transitive) To have sex with.
(transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
(transitive) To grasp or grip.
(transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
(transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
(transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
(transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
(transitive) To receive (medicine or drugs) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
(transitive) To consume (food or drink).
(transitive) To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
(transitive) To experience or feel.
(transitive) To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
(transitive) To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
(transitive) To participate in.
(transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
(transitive) To regard in a specified way.
(transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
(transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
(transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
(transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
(transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
(transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
(transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc.).
(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.
(transitive, of a material) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc.); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc.).
(transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
(transitive) To require.
(transitive) To proceed to fill.
(transitive) To fill, require, or use up (time or space).
(transitive) To fill or require: to last or expend (an amount of time).
(transitive) To avail oneself of; to exploit.
(transitive) To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
(transitive) To assume or perform (a form or role).
(transitive) To bind oneself by.
(transitive) To go into, through, or along.
(transitive) To have and use one's recourse to.
(transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
(transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
(transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
(transitive, dated) To make a picture, photograph, etc. of (a person, scene, etc.).
(transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
(transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
(transitive) To deal with.
(transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
(transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
(transitive) To accept as an input to a relation.
(intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
(intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
(intransitive, copulative) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
(intransitive, possibly dated) To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.
(intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
(transitive, obsolete) To deliver, bring, give (something) to (someone).
(transitive, obsolete outside dialects and slang) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or hit.
(archaic) To visit; to include in a course of travel.
(obsolete, rare) To portray in a painting.
Used in phrasal verbs: take in, take off, take on, take out, take to, take something to, take up.
Examples
Synonyms: confiscate, seize; see also Thesaurus:take
They took Charlton's gun from his cold, dead hands.
I'll take that plate off the table.
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: […]
That viſage miſ-becomes, thy Pipe / Caſt from thee, Warlike dame, / Take unto thee thy wonted Armes, / And keepe thy Cheekes in frame.
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.
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.
take the guards prisoner
take prisoners
After a bloody battle, they were able to take the city.
Therefoꝛe cheere vp your mindes, pꝛapare to fight, / He that can take oꝛ ſlaughter Tamburlaine, / Shall rule the Pꝛouince of Albania.
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.
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.
took ten catfish in one afternoon
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.
Billy took her pencil.
take a toll
take revenge
"Load away now, and take thy revenge, my fine fellow," said Samoa to himself. But not yet.
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.
took the next two tricks
took Smith's rook
Synonyms: garner, get, obtain, win; see also Thesaurus:receive
Antonym: give
took third place
took bribes
The camera takes 35mm film.
Moꝛeouer, yee ſhall take no ſatiſfaction foꝛ the life of a murderer, which is guiltie of death, but he ſhalbe ſurely put to death.
The store doesn't take checks.
She wouldn't take any money for her help.
Do you take plastic?
The vending machine only takes bills, it doesn't take coins.
I take no mony, but good vvords, raile not if I tell true, if I do not reuenge. Farevvell.
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.
take my advice
Between theſe, thoſe ſeem to to 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.
take a wife
The school only takes new students in the fall.
The therapist wouldn't take him as a client.
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.
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.
Synonyms: knock off, subduct; see also Thesaurus:remove
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.
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.
Synonyms: do in, terminate; see also Thesaurus:kill
The earthquake took many lives.
The plague took rich and poor alike.
Cancer took her life.
He took his life last night.
Synonyms: take away; see also Thesaurus:subtract
Take one from three and you are left with two.
Synonyms: have, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate 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.
I wonder what it would feel like to take two cocks at the same time.
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.
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.
And the queen takes the bishop...this is turning out to be quite the royal wedding! [winks at the camera]
Synonym: beat
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!"
"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?"
Synonyms: grab, nim; see also Thesaurus:grasp
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.
She sat half upright, supported on Henrietta's shoulder; and, taking her father's hand, she clasped it with her husband's.
Take whichever bag you like.
She took the best men with her and left the rest to garrison the city.
I'll take the blue plates.
I'll take two sugars in my coffee, please.
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.
She took his side in every argument.
take a stand on the important issues
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."
Antonym: bring
She took her sword with her everywhere she went.
I'll take the plate with me.
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.
The next bus will take you to Metz.
I took him for a ride
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.
These stairs take you down to the basement.
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.
She took the steps two or three at a time.
He took the curve / corner too fast.
The pony took every hedge and fence in its path.
He took her to lunch at the new restaurant, took her to the movies, and then took her home.
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 fide!
Here was my chance. I took the old man aside, and two or three glasses of Old Crow launched him into reminiscence.
'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.
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.
take the ferry
I took a plane.
He took the bus to London, and then took a train to Manchester.
He's 96 but he still takes the stairs.
She took a condo at the beach for the summer.
He took a full-page ad in the Times.
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.
They took two magazines.
I used to take The Sunday Times.
take two of these and call me in the morning
take the blue pill
I take aspirin every day to thin my blood.
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.
The general took dinner at seven o'clock.
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.
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.
take sun-baths
take a shower
She made the decision to take chemotherapy.
She takes pride in her work.
I take offence at that.
to take a dislike
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.
Taking great ioy / If you will daine his faculties imploy / But in the mean’st ingenious quality.
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.
took a pay cut
take a joke
If you're in an abusive relationship, don't just sit and take it; you can get help.
The hull took a lot of punishment before it broke.
I can take the noise, but I can't take the smell.
That truck bed will only take two tons.
[…] 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.
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.
She took a vacation to France but spent the whole time feeling miserable that her husband couldn't be there with her.
Aren't you supposed to take your math final today?
Despite my misgivings, I decided to take a meeting with the Russian lawyer.
He had to take it apart to fix it.
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.
He took the news badly.
Not unnaturally, "Auntie" took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago.
took the decision to close its last remaining outlet
took a dim view of city officials
Don't take my comments as an insult.
if she took my meaning
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
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.
take her word for it
take him at his word
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.
I took him to be a person of honor.
He was often taken to be a man of means.
Do you take me for a fool?
Do you take me to be stupid?
Looking at him as he came into the room, I took him for his father.
For 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.
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.
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.
take it from her comments she won't be there.
I'm not sure what moral to take from that story.
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 frmo the conſideration of the greateſt and moſt laſting happineſs and miſery that Humane nature is capable of.
"As I Lay Dying" takes its title from Book XI of Homer's "Odyssey"
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.
took a chill
to take cold
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.
cloth that takes dye well
paper that takes ink
the leather that takes a certain kind of polish
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.
It takes a while to get used to the smell.
Looks like it's gonna take a taller person to get that down.
Finishing this on schedule will take a lot of overtime.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
He took a seat in the front row.
Hunting that whale takes most of his free time.
His collection takes a lot of space.
The trip will take about ten minutes.
"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."
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.
He took the pause to allow himself time to begin to catalog all the surfaces he may have touched during the scuffle.
take a walk
take action/steps/measures to fight drug abuse
take a trip
take aim
take the tempo slowly
The kick is taken from where the foul occurred.
Pirès ran in to take the kick.
The throw-in is taken from the point where the ball crossed the touch-line.
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; […]
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.
At last they reached a little bay, and began to take soundings.
took the form of a duck
took shape
a god taking the likeness of a bird
take the part of the villain/hero
take office
take the throne
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.
he took the oath of office last night
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.
go down two blocks and take the next left
take the path of least resistance
Theſ. This way the Stag tooke.
I knew I should have taken the left toin at Albuquerque.
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.
the witness took the stand
the next team took the field
take cover/shelter/refuge
take her pulse / temperature / blood pressure
take a census
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.
He took a mental inventory of his supplies.
She took careful notes.
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.
She took a video of their encounter.
Could you take a picture of us?
The police took his fingerprints.
The photographer will take you sitting down.
to take a group/scene
took me for ten grand
As a child, she took ballet.
Next semester, I plan to take math, physics, literature, and art history.
take matters as they arise
I've had a lot of problems recently: take last Monday, for example. My car broke down on the way to work. Then […] etc.
He'll probably take this one.
This verb takes the dative; that verb takes the genitive.
The function takes two arguments, an array of size n and an integer k.
My husband and I have a dysfunctional marriage. He just takes and takes; he never gives.
And ſo likewiſe Flame percuſſing the Aire ſtrongly, giueth a Noiſe; So, Great Flames, whiles the one implelleth the other, giue a bellowing Sound.
the dye didn't take
Boiling pasta with a bit of the sauce in the water will help the sauce "take."
not all grafts take
I started some tomato seeds last spring, but they didn't 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.
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.
Each Wit may praiſe it, for his own dear Sake, / And hint He writ it, if the Thing ſhowd take.
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."
They took ill within 3 hours.
She took sick with the flu.
'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.'
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.
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'."
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."
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.
[…] 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."
Jeſus perceaved there wylynes ãd ſayde: Why tempte ye me ye ypocrytes: lett me ſe the tribute money. And they toke hym a peny.
He took me a blow on the head.
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.
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.
Beauty alone could beauty take ſo right: / Her dreſs, her ſhape, her matchleſs grace, / Were all obferv'd, as well as heavenly face.
noun
take (plural takes)
The or an act of taking.
Something that is taken; a haul.
An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
(film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
(music) 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.
(medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
(rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
(printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
Examples
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.
'I saw you in Norfolk doing twenty-odd takes with that fisherman chap and it looked perfect in the rushes.'
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.
He wants half of the take if he helps with the job.
The mayor is on the take.
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.
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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:
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.
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.
a new take on a traditional dish
Whatever the provenance, the result is a delightfully novel take on a stalwart, often deadening Victorian feature.
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.
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.
It's a take.
Act seven, scene three, take two.
did a double take and then a triple take
I did a take when I saw the new car in the driveway.
"When our client mentioned Dr. Chesterton, you did a take that was perceptible to one with my trained eye. Know the gent, amigo?"
Biddy did a 'take' and stared at Mandy speechless for a moment—then she fled back to the kitchen.
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.
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.