Crossword-Solution: TAKE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Take | p. p. | Taken. |
| Take | v. t. | 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. |
| Take | v. t. | 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. |
| Take | v. t. | To gain or secure the interest or affection of; to captivate; to engage; to interest; to charm. |
| Take | v. t. | To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to have recourse to; as, to take the road to the right. |
| Take | v. t. | To employ; to use; to occupy; hence, to demand; to require; as, it takes so much cloth to make a coat. |
| Take | v. t. | To form a likeness of; to copy; to delineate; to picture; as, to take picture of a person. |
| Take | v. t. | To draw; to deduce; to derive. |
| Take | v. t. | 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. |
| Take | v. t. | To lead; to conduct; as, to take a child to church. |
| Take | v. t. | To carry; to convey; to deliver to another; to hand over; as, he took the book to the bindery. |
| Take | v. t. | To remove; to withdraw; to deduct; -- with from; as, to take the breath from one; to take two from four. |
| Take | v. t. | In a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to bear; to endure; to acknowledge; to accept. |
| Take | v. t. | To accept, as something offered; to receive; not to refuse or reject; to admit. |
| Take | v. t. | To receive as something to be eaten or dronk; to partake of; to swallow; as, to take food or wine. |
| Take | v. t. | Not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily; to clear; as, to take a hedge or fence. |
| Take | v. t. | 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. |
| Take | v. t. | 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. |
| Take | v. t. | 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. |
| Take | v. i. | To take hold; to fix upon anything; to have the natural or intended effect; to accomplish a purpose; as, he was inoculated, but the virus did not take. |
| Take | v. i. | To please; to gain reception; to succeed. |
| Take | v. i. | To move or direct the course; to resort; to betake one's self; to proceed; to go; -- usually with to; as, the fox, being hard pressed, took to the hedge. |
| Take | v. i. | To admit of being pictured, as in a photograph; as, his face does not take well. |
| Take | n. | That which is taken; especially, the quantity of fish captured at one haul or catch. |
| Take | n. | The quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| TAKE | anagram | KATE, KETA, TEAK |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
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CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with TAKE (5)
Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the Concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question of Adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States; and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him, or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill.
Fellow citizens of the United States: in compliance with a custom as old as the government itself, I appear before you to address you briefly and to take, in your presence, the oath prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, to be taken by the President “before he enters on the execution of his office.” I do not consider it necessary, at present, for me to discuss those matters of administration about which there is no special anxiety, or excitement.
Darling said bravely, “and I would take it now as an example to you, Michael, if I hadn’t lost the bottle.” He had not exactly lost it; he had climbed in the dead of night to the top of the wardrobe and hidden it there.
Take heed lest his beams fall on you, For the rays he darts around him Are the power of his enchantment, Are the arrows that he uses.’ “Many years, in peace and quiet, On the peaceful Star of Evening Dwelt Osseo with his father; Many years, in song and flutter, At the doorway of the wigwam, Hung the cage with rods of silver, And fair Oweenee, the faithful, Bore a son unto Osseo, With the beauty of his mother, With the courage of his father.
The Hare said, “Oh, how I have longed to see this day, in which the weak shall take their place with impunity by the side of the strong.” And after the Hare said this, he ran for his life.
Quotes with TAKE (3)
Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people’s sins, but delights in the truth. It is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes.
I think if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don't walk away, don't be distracted, don't be too busy or tired, don't take them for granted. Friends are part of the glue that holds life and faith together. Powerful stuff.
I love you. Remember. They cannot take it
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, Daily Beast, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, S&S, Slate, The Atlantic, Three Across, TIME, Tribune, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 518 times in crossword archives (1942–2025).