take

• OK
• abduct
• abide
• absorb
• abstract
• accept
• accommodate
• account
• accredit
• accroach
• acquiesce
• acquire
• act
• adaptation
• address
• admit
• adopt
• affect
• allotment
• allow
• allowance
• allure
• annex
• annihilate
• answer
• appoint
• apprehend
• appropriate
• appropriation
• arrest
• arrogate
• ask
• assassinate
• assume
• attain
• attend
• attract
• back
• backlash
• bag
• bamboozle
• be aware of
• be efficacious
• be seized
• bear
• bear with
• beat
• become popular
• beg
• behave
• believe
• best
• better
• bewitch
• bid
• bide
• bilk
• blot out
• blow away
• blow out
• bomb
• book
• booty
• borrow
• bounty
• brave
• break
• bring
• bring off
• brook
• buck
• bump off
• bury
• butcher
• buy
• call for
• cap
• capitulate
• capture
• carry
• carry off
• carry out
• cart
• carve out
• catch
• catching
• challenge
• charm
• charter
• cherry-pick
• choose
• claim
• clasp
• clench
• clobber
• clutch
• collar
• collect
• collection
• come down with
• come to grips with
• command
• commandeer
• commission
• compass
• comprehend
• con
• conclude
• conduct
• confirm
• confiscate
• conquer
• consider
• contain
• contract
• control
• convey
• convoy
• cop
• countenance
• counterreaction
• counterresponse
• cozen
• crave
• cream
• credit
• croak
• crush
• cull
• cut
• cut down
• deal with
• decide on
• decimate
• deduce
• deduct
• deem
• defeat
• defraud
• delight
• delight in
• demand
• derive
• designate
• destroy
• devour
• direct
• discount
• dispatch
• do
• do away with
• do down
• do for
• do in
• do the trick
• down
• draw
• draw back
• drink
• drive
• drub
• dupe
• earn
• earnings
• eat
• eclipse
• effect
• elect
• eliminate
• embrace
• enclose
• encompass
• end
• endure
• enfold
• engage
• engineer
• enjoin
• enjoy
• ensnare
• entail
• enter
• enter upon
• entertain
• entrap
• escort
• espouse
• euthanatize
• euthanize
• exact
• exceed
• excel
• execute
• exercise
• exert
• expect
• experience
• expropriate
• fail
• fascinate
• feed
• feed on
• feel
• fell
• fellowship
• ferry
• fetch
• fiddle
• field
• filch
• finance
• finesse
• finish
• fit
• fix
• flatten
• flimflam
• flourish
• follow
• function
• gain
• gain possession
• garner
• gate
• gather
• gather up
• get
• get around
• get hold of
• get off
• get the better of
• give access
• go
• go through
• go with
• grab
• grasp
• grin and bear it
• grip
• gross
• guide
• gull
• gun
• hack
• handle
• handpick
• hang in
• hang on
• hang on to
• hang tough
• harbor
• haul
• haul in
• have
• have a grip on
• have effect
• heel
• hire
• hold
• holding
• hoodwink
• house
• ice
• imagine
• imbibe
• inclose
• include
• income
• infer
• influence
• ingest
• inhale
• insist
• interpret as
• interpretation
• involve
• jag
• jockey
• journey
• kickback
• kill
• kill off
• knock for a loop
• knock off
• knock over
• know
• lack
• languish
• lay hold of
• lead
• lease
• let in
• liberate
• lick
• lift
• like
• live with
• look upon
• loot
• lot
• lug
• luxuriate in
• magnetize
• make
• make away with
• manage
• maneuver
• manipulate
• mark
• martyr
• massacre
• master
• meal
• meet
• member
• micromanage
• misappropriate
• move
• mow
• murder
• nab
• nail
• name
• necessitate
• need
• negotiate
• net
• neutralize
• nip
• nominate
• nose out
• observe
• obtain
• off
• offer
• okay
• operate
• opt for
• optate
• outdistance
• outdo
• outfight
• outshine
• outstrip
• overbear
• overcome
• overmatch
• overpower
• overtake
• overthrow
• overtop
• overwhelm
• pack
• pan out
• part
• partake of
• partition
• pay for
• payoff
• perceive
• percentage
• perform
• permit
• pick
• pick up
• piece
• piece of the action
• piggyback
• pilot
• pinch
• pip
• play
• please
• pluck
• plunder
• pocket
• portion
• practice
• preempt
• prefer
• prehend
• preselect
• press
• presume
• prevail
• proceeds
• procure
• profit
• proportion
• pull
• pull a fast one
• pull in
• purchase
• purloin
• put away
• put down
• put in practice
• put up with
• quest
• quota
• ratify
• ration
• reach
• react
• reaction
• reap
• rebound
• rebuy
• receipts
• receive
• reckon
• recoil
• redound
• reflex
• regard
• regulate
• relish
• remove
• rent
• reply
• repurchase
• require
• respect
• respond
• response
• result
• return
• returns
• revenue
• revulsion
• ride
• ride out
• riff
• rip off
• rise
• rout
• rub out
• run
• run off with
• salvage
• sanction
• schlepp
• score
• scrag
• seat
• section
• secure
• see
• see as
• segment
• seize
• select
• sense
• sequester
• serve
• set
• set store by
• set store on
• share
• shellac
• shoulder
• sicken with
• single out
• sink
• skin
• skunk
• slaughter
• slay
• slice
• smite
• smoke
• snag
• snare
• snatch
• snitch
• snow under
• snuff
• spoils
• stand
• stand for
• steer
• stick it out
• stick out
• stipulate
• stomach
• stop
• strike
• subdue
• subjugate
• submit to
• succeed
• suffer
• suicide
• support
• suppose
• surmount
• surpass
• suspect
• sustain
• swag
• swallow
• sway
• sweat out
• sweep
• swindle
• swing
• swipe
• tab
• tag
• take away
• take effect
• take for a ride
• take hold
• take hold of
• take in
• take it
• take it lying down
• take it on the chin
• take off
• take out
• take sick with
• takings
• tap
• terminate
• think
• think of as
• thrash
• tolerate
• top
• tote
• tough it out
• tour
• transcend
• translation
• treat
• trek
• trick
• trim
• triumph
• trounce
• truck
• trust
• undergo
• understand
• undertake
• unseat
• upend
• upset
• usher
• utilize
• vanquish
• variation
• version
• wallop
• want
• warrant
• waste
• wax
• weaken
• wear
• weather
• welcome
• whack
• whip
• wile
• wilt
• win
• win favor
• winnings
• wither
• withstand
• work
• worsen
• worst
• yield

• abandon
• abstain
• action
• add
• aggregate
• animate
• avoid
• backfire
• ban
• banish
• bar
• be honest
• be immune
• behavior
• blackball
• blacklist
• bore
• botch
• bungle
• bypass
• cancel
• cause
• challenge
• circumvent
• collapse
• combat
• come back
• composite
• compound
• contest
• debt
• decline
• deduction
• deliver
• deny
• deport
• depress
• destroy
• direct
• disagree
• disallow
• disapprove
• disbelieve
• discard
• discharge
• discontinue
• discourage
• discredit
• disenchant
• dislike
• dismiss
• displease
• dispute
• disregard
• dissuade
• distrust
• dodge
• doubt
• drop
• effect
• elude
• entrust
• escape
• evade
• exclude
• exile
• expel
• fail
• fall
• fight
• fire
• fizzle
• flop
• flunk
• fold
• foozle
• forbear
• forfeit
• forget
• free
• fumble
• gain
• give
• give up
• go down
• go under
• halt
• hand
• hand over
• hate
• have
• heal
• hold
• hold off
• idle
• ignore
• increase
• insert
• intrust
• jettison
• keep
• lack
• leave
• let go
• liberate
• loose
• lose
• loss
• louse up
• lower
• maintain
• market
• mend
• merchandise
• merchandize
• misconceive
• misdoubt
• mishandle
• misinterpret
• miss
• mistrust
• misunderstand
• muff
• need
• negative
• neglect
• nurture
• offer
• oppose
• ostracize
• oust
• overlook
• own
• pass
• payment
• pool
• possess
• prevent
• protest
• question
• raise
• rally
• rebound
• receive
• recoup
• recover
• recuperate
• refuse
• reject
• release
• relinquish
• repel
• repudiate
• repulse
• resist
• restore
• resurrect
• resuscitate
• retail
• return
• revive
• scamp
• sell
• shun
• snap back
• spend
• spurn
• stay
• stop
• subtraction
• sum
• surrender
• suspect
• throw away
• throw out
• tire
• total
• totality
• transfer
• transmit
• turn away
• turn down
• turn off
• turn over
• unfasten
• unhand
• vend
• veto
• want
• wash out
• weaken
• whole
• withstand

• noun
  1. The or an act of taking.
  2. Something that is taken; a haul.
  3. An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective.
  4. An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
  5. A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
  6. A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
  7. A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
  8. An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
  9. A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
  10. The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
• verb
  1. To get into one's hands, possession or control, with or without force.
  2. To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
  3. To remove.
  4. To have sex with.
  5. To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
  6. To grasp or grip.
  7. To select or choose; to pick.
  8. To adopt (select) as one's own.
  9. To carry or lead (something or someone).
  10. To use as a means of transportation.
  11. To visit; to include in a course of travel.
  12. To obtain for use by payment or lease.
  13. To consume.
  14. To experience, undergo, or endure.
  15. To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
  16. To regard in a specified way.
  17. To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
  18. To understand (especially in a specified way).
  19. To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
  20. To believe, to accept the statements of.
  21. To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
  22. To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
  23. To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
  24. To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
  25. To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
  26. To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
  27. (of a material) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc).
  28. (of a ship) To let in (water).
  29. To require.
  30. To proceed to fill.
  31. To fill, to use up (time or space).
  32. To avail oneself of.
  33. To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
  34. To assume or perform (a form or role).
  35. To bind oneself by.
  36. To move into.
  37. To go into, through, or along.
  38. To have and use one's recourse to.
  39. To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
  40. To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
  41. To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
  42. To take a picture, photograph, etc of (a person, scene, etc).
  43. To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
  44. (now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
  45. To deal with.
  46. To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
  47. To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
  48. To accept as an input to a relation.
  49. To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
  50. To engage, take hold or have effect.
  51. To become; to be affected in a specified way.
  52. (possibly obsolete) To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.
  53. An intensifier.
  54. To deliver, bring, give (something) to (someone).
  55. (obsolete outside dialectal and slang) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or hit.

• Take your time to consider all your options before making a decision.
• Can you take this package to the post office for me?
• I'll take the responsibility for the mistake, it was my fault.
• Take a moment to appreciate the beauty of nature around you.
• She had to take a break from work to focus on her health.

abandon

• abandonment
• abdicate
• abjure
• abort
• abrogate
• annul
• ardor
• back out
• bail out
• bask
• blank check
• bow out
• break off
• break up
• call
• call off
• cancel
• carelessness
• carte blanche
• casualness
• cease
• chicken out
• close
• conclude
• cop out
• countermand
• cry off
• cut loose
• cut off
• deliver
• desert
• discard
• discontinue
• disown
• disregard
• distance
• ditch
• drop
• drop out
• duck
• dump
• dust
• ease
• end
• enthusiasm
• escape
• excess
• excessiveness
• expire
• exuberance
• fervor
• finish
• flake out
• fling
• fly the coop
• forget
• forsake
• free hand
• freedom
• give up
• give up the ship
• halt
• hand over
• hang it up
• heedlessness
• hold back
• ignore
• immoderacy
• impulse
• impulsiveness
• impulsivity
• incontinence
• indiscretion
• indulge
• indulgence
• insouciance
• intemperance
• interrupt
• invalidate
• jettison
• jilt
• junk
• kiss goodbye
• knock off
• leave
• leave behind
• leave off
• leg it
• let go
• licentiousness
• lightheartedness
• luxuriate
• maroon
• naturalness
• neglect
• nullify
• offhandedness
• opt out
• overdo
• overindulge
• pause
• permissiveness
• pull out
• quit
• recall
• recant
• recklessness
• reject
• relinquish
• renounce
• repeal
• repudiate
• rescind
• retract
• revel
• reverse
• revoke
• roll
• roll back
• run out on
• sacrifice
• scrap
• screw
• scrub
• shed
• ship out
• shut off
• spirit
• spontaneity
• spontaneousness
• stop
• storm out
• strand
• surrender
• suspend
• take a powder
• take a walk
• take back
• taper off
• terminate
• thoughtlessness
• throw away
• throw out
• throw over
• throw up
• unconstraint
• uninhibitedness
• unrestraint
• unself-consciousness
• vacate
• void
• walk away from
• walk out on
• wallow
• wantonness
• warmth
• wash hands of
• wildness
• wind up
• withdraw
• wrap up
• write off
• yield
• zeal
• zealotry
• zealousness

abandons

• abjures
• aborts
• abrogates
• annuls
• basks
• breaks off
• breaks up
• calls
• calls off
• cancels
• ceases
• closes
• concludes
• countermands
• cries off
• cuts off
• delivers
• deserts
• discards
• discontinues
• disowns
• disregards
• distances
• ditches
• drops
• dumps
• ends
• escapes
• expires
• finishes
• flings
• forgets
• forsakes
• gives up
• halts
• hands over
• hangs it up
• holds back
• ignores
• indulges
• interrupts
• invalidates
• jettisons
• junks
• knocks off
• leaves
• leaves off
• luxuriates
• maroons
• neglects
• nullifies
• overdoes
• overindulges
• pauses
• quits
• recalls
• recants
• rejects
• relinquishes
• renounces
• repeals
• repudiates
• rescinds
• retracts
• revels
• reverses
• revokes
• rolls
• rolls back
• sacrifices
• scraps
• scrubs
• sheds
• shuts off
• stops
• strands
• surrenders
• suspends
• takes back
• tapers off
• terminates
• throws away
• throws out
• throws up
• vacates
• voids
• walks away from
• walks out on
• wallows
• winds up
• withdraws
• wraps up
• writes off
• yields

abase

• abash
• affront
• bad-mouth
• bastardize
• befoul
• begrime
• belittle
• blemish
• canker
• castigate
• censure
• chasten
• cheapen
• condemn
• confound
• confuse
• contaminate
• corrupt
• criticize
• cry down
• damage
• damn
• debase
• debauch
• decry
• deface
• defame
• defile
• degrade
• demean
• demoralize
• denounce
• deprave
• depreciate
• descend
• destroy
• deteriorate
• detract
• dilute
• diminish
• dirty
• discomfit
• disconcert
• discount
• discountenance
• discredit
• disgrace
• dishonor
• disparage
• downgrade
• embarrass
• execrate
• faze
• flaw
• fluster
• foul
• harm
• humble
• humiliate
• hurt
• impair
• insult
• lessen
• libel
• lower
• malign
• mar
• minimize
• mortify
• nonplus
• pervert
• poison
• pollute
• profane
• prostitute
• put down
• rattle
• reduce
• reprehend
• reprobate
• ridicule
• ruin
• shame
• sink
• slander
• smirch
• spoil
• stain
• subvert
• taint
• take down
• tarnish
• thin
• vitiate
• warp
• water down
• weaken
• wreck
• write off

abases

• abashes
• affronts
• bad-mouths
• bastardizes
• befouls
• begrimes
• belittles
• blemishes
• cankers
• castigates
• censures
• chastens
• cheapens
• condemns
• confounds
• confuses
• contaminates
• corrupts
• cries down
• criticizes
• damages
• damns
• debases
• debauches
• decries
• defaces
• defames
• defiles
• degrades
• demeans
• demoralizes
• denounces
• depraves
• depreciates
• descends
• destroys
• deteriorates
• detracts
• dilutes
• diminishes
• dirties
• discomfits
• disconcerts
• discountenances
• discounts
• discredits
• disgraces
• dishonors
• disparages
• downgrades
• embarrasses
• execrates
• fazes
• flaws
• flusters
• fouls
• harms
• humbles
• humiliates
• hurts
• impairs
• insults
• lessens
• libels
• lowers
• maligns
• mars
• minimizes
• mortifies
• nonpluses
• nonplusses
• perverts
• poisons
• pollutes
• profanes
• prostitutes
• puts down
• rattles
• reprehends
• reprobates
• ridicules
• ruins
• shames
• sinks
• slanders
• smirches
• spoils
• stains
• subverts
• taints
• takes down
• tarnishes
• thins
• vitiates
• warps
• waters down
• weakens
• wrecks
• writes off

abashed

• agitated
• ashamed
• awkward
• backward
• bashful
• bewildered
• bothered
• bugged
• chagrined
• clumsy
• confounded
• confused
• coy
• crushed
• debased
• degraded
• demeaned
• demure
• diffident
• discombobulated
• discomfited
• discomforted
• discomposed
• disconcerted
• discountenanced
• dismayed
• disquieted
• distressed
• disturbed
• embarrassed
• fazed
• flustered
• fuddled
• gauche
• graceless
• humbled
• humiliated
• in a tizzy
• inelegant
• inhibited
• insecure
• introverted
• jittery
• jumpy
• meek
• modest
• mortified
• nervous
• nonplused
• nonplussed
• perturbed
• put off
• put out
• queered
• rattled
• recessive
• reserved
• retiring
• rough-hewn
• rustic
• rustical
• self-conscious
• self-doubting
• self-effacing
• shamed
• sheepish
• shy
• stiff
• stilted
• taken aback
• timid
• unadventurous
• unassertive
• unassuming
• uncomfortable
• uneasy
• unenterprising
• ungraceful
• unhinged
• unpretentious
• unsettled
• upset
• uptight
• withdrawn
• wooden

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