1. To remove from a certain place or environment; SYN. bear off, bear away, carry away, carry off.
2. To take away a part from; diminish; SYN. detract.
3. To take from a person or place
4. To take out or remove; SYN. take out.
1. To mimic or imitate, esp. in an amusing or satirical manner
2. To prove fatal
3. To remove clothes
4. To take away or remove,
5. To take off from the ground, as of an aircraft or balloon; SYN. lift off.
6. To take time off from work; stop working temporarily; SYN. take time off.
When an airplane leaves the ground and flies up into the air, it takes off.
When a business or other organized activity becomes very successful, it takes off.
(Irregular preterit, past participle: took, taken).
1. To get into one's hands, take physically; SYN. get hold of.
2. To bring into one's possession.
3. To take by force.
4. To obtain by winning.
5. To make use of or accept for some purpose; SYN. accept.
6. To carry out.
7. To buy, select.
8. To experience or feel; submit to.
9. To be seized in a specified way.
10. To ascertain or determine by measuring, computing, etc.; take a reading from a dial.
11. To travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route.
12. To get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort.
13. To interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression; SYN. have.
(Irregular preterit, past participle: withdrew, withdrawn).
1. To pull back or move away or backward; SYN. retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back.
2. To remove funds, from a bank account; SYN. draw, take out.