Signification

1. to take (grabbing with one's hands, to place somewhere)
2. to take (to cease touching by moving one's hands)
3. to take, to bring (to cause someone or something to be in a different place)
4. to take (to cause someone to cease being somewhere)
5. to take (to force someone to go somewhere, e.g. to the police)
6. to take (to allow to join)
7. to take (to ensure that one has something with them when they depart)
8. to take, to take away (to deprive of materially)
9. to take, to take away (to deprive of non-materially)
10. to take, to take away, to carry away (i.e. of water, to destroy, upset, or move something)
11. to take, to take away (to kill)
12. to take (to accept for transport as passengers or cargo)
13. to take (to last a certain amount of time)
14. (obsolete) to take on (to acquire a trait)
15. to get to (to begin to do some activity)
16. (colloquial) to take on (to begin to deal intensively with matters related to a specific person)
17. (colloquial) to leave (to go away from some place)
18. to take oneself somewhere (to travel or stay somewhere)
19. to take oneself somewhere (to join someone and go somewhere with them)
20. (colloquial) to come on, to make a pass (to attempt for a sexual relation with someone, typically in an unrefined manner)
21. to take drastic measures against someone or something
22. (obsolete) to spread (to become more common)