take
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈteɪ̯k/]
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Senses
1. take (verb) — sense 1
Definition: To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
Example: They took Charlton's gun from his cold, dead hands.
2. take (verb) — sense 2
Definition: To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.: To seize or capture.
Example: take the guards prisoner
3. take (verb) — sense 3
Definition: To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.: To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
Example: took ten catfish in one afternoon
4. take (noun) — sense 4
Definition: An act of taking.
Example: 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.
5. take (noun) — sense 5
Definition: Something that is taken; a haul.: Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits; takings.
Example: He wants half of the take if he helps with the job.
6. take (noun) — sense 6
Definition: Something that is taken; a haul.: The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
Example: Since a state ban was lifted in 1984, hunters may shoot one swan per season. A permit system limited last season's take to 6,000.
Structure of the word
Roots:- teh₂g (Proto-Indo-European)
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