took

Meaning

simple past of take
(colloquial) past participle of take

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tʊk/

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take

1. To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
2. To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
3. To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
4. To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
5. To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
6. To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
7. To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
8. To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
9. To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
10. To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
11. To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
12. To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
13. To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
14. To remove.
15. To remove.
16. To remove.
17. To have sex with.
18. To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
19. To grasp or grip.
20. To select or choose; to pick.
21. To select or choose; to pick.
22. To carry or lead (something or someone).
23. To carry or lead (something or someone).
24. To carry or lead (something or someone).
25. To carry or lead (something or someone).
26. To carry or lead (something or someone).
27. To carry or lead (something or someone).
28. To use as a means of transportation.
29. To obtain for use by payment or lease.
30. To obtain for use by payment or lease.
31. To receive (medicine or drugs) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
32. To consume (food or drink).
33. To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
34. To experience or feel.
35. To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
36. To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
37. To participate in.
38. To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
39. To regard in a specified way.
40. To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
41. To understand (especially in a specified way).
42. To believe, to accept the statements of.
43. To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
44. To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
45. To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
46. To catch or contract (an illness, etc.).
47. To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
48. To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
49. To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc.); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc.).
50. To let in (water).
51. To require.
52. To proceed to fill.
53. To fill, require, or use up (time or space).
54. To fill or require: to last or expend (an amount of time).
55. To avail oneself of; to exploit.
56. To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
57. To assume or perform (a form or role).
58. To assume or perform (a form or role).
59. To assume or perform (a form or role).
60. To bind oneself by.
61. To go into, through, or along.
62. To go into, through, or along.
63. To have and use one's recourse to.
64. To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
65. To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
66. To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
67. To make a picture, photograph, etc. of (a person, scene, etc.).
68. To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
69. To apply oneself to the study of.
70. To deal with.
71. To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
72. To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
73. To accept as an input to a relation.
74. To accept as an input to a relation.
75. To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
76. To engage, take hold or have effect.
77. To engage, take hold or have effect.
78. To engage, take hold or have effect.
79. To engage, take hold or have effect.
80. To become; to be affected in a specified way.
81. To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.
82. An intensifier.
83. (obsolete) To deliver, bring, give (something) to (someone).
84. (obsolete,slang) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or hit.
85. To visit; to include in a course of travel.
86. (obsolete) To portray in a painting.
87. Used in phrasal verbs: take in, take off, take on, take out, take to, take something to, take up.