English definition of Take

English to English Dictionary ⇛
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Definition of take

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of take is as below...

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..

Lern More About Take

☛ Wiki Definition of Take

☛ Wiki Article of Take

☛ Google Meaning of Take

☛ Google Search for Take

Relish :: Relish (n.) That which is used to impart a flavor; specifically, something taken with food to render it more palatable or to stimulate the appetite; a condiment..

Bait :: Bait (v. i.) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment of one's self or one's beasts, on a journey..

Grain :: Grain (n.) The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called because considered equal to the average of grains taken from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See Gram..

Querpo :: Querpo (n.) The inner or body garments taken together. See Cuerpo.

Lick :: Lick (v. t.) To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk..

Backsight :: Backsight (n.) The reading of the leveling staff in its unchanged position when the leveling instrument has been taken to a new position; a sight directed backwards to a station previously occupied. Cf. Foresight, n., 3..

Profilist :: Profilist (n.) One who takes profiles.

Catch :: Catch (v. i.) To take hold; as, the bolt does not catch..

Suboval :: Suborner (n.) One who suborns or procures another to take, a false oath; one who procures another to do a bad action..

Straddling :: Straddle (n.) A stock option giving the holder the double privilege of a put and a call, i. e., securing to the buyer of the option the right either to demand of the seller at a certain price, within a certain time, certain securities, or to require him to take at the same price, and within the same time, the same securities..

Pluralize :: Pluralize (v. i.) To take a plural; to assume a plural form; as, a noun pluralizes..

Steeplechasing :: Steeple (n.) A spire; also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form. See Spire..

Tea :: Tea (v. i.) To take or drink tea.

Ensue :: Ensue (v. t.) To follow; to pursue; to follow and overtake.

Draught :: Draught (n.) That which is taken by sweeping with a net.

Undertaking :: Undertaking (n.) Specifically, the business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals..

Levy :: Levy (v. t.) To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.

Raffle :: Raffle (v.) A kind of lottery, in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor..

Taker :: Taker (n.) One who takes or receives; one who catches or apprehends.

Eider :: Eider (n.) Any species of sea duck of the genus Somateria, esp. Somateria mollissima, which breeds in the northern parts of Europe and America, and lines its nest with fine down (taken from its own body) which is an article of commerce; -- called also eider duck. The American eider (S. Dresseri), the king eider (S. spectabilis), and the spectacled eider (Arctonetta Fischeri) are related species..