take - verb

1. To obtain possession or control of: capture, gain, get, win. Slang cop. See get.
2. To gain possession of, especially after a struggle or chase: capture, catch, get, net, secure. Informal bag. Slang nail. See get.
3. To become affected with a disease: catch, contract, develop, get, sicken. See get.
4. To come upon, especially suddenly or unexpectedly: catch, hit on or upon, surprise. Informal hit. See surprise.
5. To have a sudden overwhelming effect on: catch, seize, strike. See attack. over.
6. To direct or impel to oneself by some quality or action: allure, appeal, attract, draw, entice, lure, magnetize. Informal pull. See like.
7. To cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach: ingest, swallow. See mouth.
8. To admit to one's possession, presence, or awareness: accept, have, receive. See accept.
9. To engage in sexual relations with: bed, copulate, couple, have, mate, sleep with. See sex.
10. To receive (something given or offered) willingly and gladly. accept, embrace, welcome. See accept.
11. To lay claim to for oneself or as one's right: appropriate, arrogate, assume, commandeer, preempt, seize, usurp. See give.
12. To go aboard (a means of transport): board, catch. See used.
13. To have as a need or prerequisite: ask, call for, demand, entail, involve, necessitate, require. See necessary. over.
14. To obtain from another source: derive, draw, get. See kin.
15. To put up with: abide, accept, bear, brook, endure, go, stand(for), stomach, suffer, support, sustain, swallow, tolerate, withstand. Informal lump. See accept.
16. To perform a function effectively: function, go, operate, run, work. See thrive.
17. To perceive and recognize the meaning of: accept, apprehend, catch(on), compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, get, grasp, make out, read, see, sense, take in, understand. Informal savvy. Slang dig. Chiefly British twig. Scots ken. See understand.
18. To understand in a particular way: construe, interpret, read. See understand.
19. To cause to come along with oneself: bear, bring, carry, convey, fetch, transport. See accompanied.
20. To move (something) from a position occupied: remove, take away, take off, take out, withdraw. See move.
21. To take away (a quantity) from another quantity. abate, deduct, discount, rebate, subtract. Informal knock off. See increase.
22. To get money or something else from by deceitful trickery: bilk, cheat, cozen, defraud, gull, mulct, rook, swindle, victimize. Informal chisel, flimflam, trim. Slang diddle, do, gyp, stick, sting. See honest.

take after - phrasal verb

1. To be similar to, as in appearance: resemble. Chiefly Regional favor. See same.

take away - phrasal verb

1. To move (something) from a position occupied: remove, take, take off, take out, withdraw. See move.

take back - phrasal verb

1. To occupy or take again: reassume, re-claim, reoccupy, repossess, resume, retake. See give.
2. To send, put, or carry back to a former location: give back, restore, return. See increase. keep.
3. To disavow (something previously written or said) irrevocably and usually formally: abjure, recall, recant, retract, withdraw. See accept.

take down - phrasal verb

1. To cause to descend: depress, drop, let down, lower. See rise.
2. To take (something) apart: break down, disassemble, dismantle, dismount. See assemble.

take in - phrasal verb

1. To allow admittance, as to a group: accept, admit, receive. See accept.
2. To have as a part: comprehend, comprise, contain, embody, embrace, encompass, have, include, involve, subsume. See include.
3. To perceive and recognize the meaning of: accept, apprehend, catch(on), compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, get, grasp, make out, read, see, sense, take, understand. Informal savvy. Slang dig. Chiefly British twig. Scots ken. See understand.
4. To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation: beguile, betray, bluff, cozen, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, fool, hoodwink, humbug, mislead, trick. Informal bamboozle, have. Slang four-flush. See honest.

take off - phrasal verb

1. To take from one's own person: doff, remove. See put on.
2. To move (something) from a position occupied: remove, take, take away, take out, withdraw. See move.
3. To move or proceed away from a place: depart, exit, get away, get off, go, go away, leave, pull out, quit, retire, run(along), withdraw. Informal cut out, push off, shove off. Slang blow, split. See approach.
4. To rise up in flight: lift(off). See rise.

take on - phrasal verb

1. To take upon oneself: assume, incur, shoulder, tackle, take over, undertake. See accept.
2. To go about the initial step in doing (something): approach, begin, commence, embark, enter, get off, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, lead off, open, set about, set out, set to, start, take up, undertake. Informal kick off. See start.
3. To obtain the use or services of: employ, engage, hire, retain. See get. work.
4. To enter into conflict with: encounter, engage, meet. See conflict. meet.
5. To worry over trifles: chafe, fuss, pother. See calm.
6. To take, as another's idea, and make one's own: adopt, embrace, espouse, take up. See accept. give.

take out - phrasal verb

1. To move (something) from a position occupied: remove, take, take away, take off, withdraw. See move.
2. To be with another person socially on a regular basis: date, go out, see. See connect.

take over - phrasal verb

1. To seize and move into by force: occupy. See attack.
2. To take upon oneself: assume, incur, shoulder, tackle, take on, undertake. See accept.
3. To free from a specific duty by acting as a substitute: relieve, spell. See substitute.

take to - phrasal verb

1. To find agreeable: fancy, like. Chiefly British conceit. See like.

take up - phrasal verb

1. To move (something) to a higher position: boost, elevate, heave, hoist, lift, pick up, raise, rear, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear. See rise.
2. To begin or go on after an interruption: continue, pick up, renew, reopen, restart, resume. See continue.
3. To be occupied or concerned with: consider, deal with, treat. See relevant.
4. To go about the initial step in doing (something): approach, begin, commence, embark, enter, get off, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, lead off, open, set about, set out, set to, start, take on, undertake. Informal kick off. See start.
5. To take in (moisture or liquid): absorb, drink, imbibe, soak(up), sop up. See give.
6. To take in and incorporate, especially mentally: absorb, assimilate, digest, imbibe. Informal soak(up). See accept.
7. To take, as another's idea, and make one's own: adopt, embrace, espouse, take on. See accept. give.

take - noun

1. The amount of money collected as admission, especially to a sporting event: box office, gate. See money.
2. A trying to do or make something: attempt, crack, effort, endeavor, essay, go, offer, stab, trial, try. Informal shot. Archaic assay. See try.