A Quick and Simple Dictionary

take

1. Verb.  (transitive) To grasp with the hands.
2. Verb.  (transitive) To grab and move to oneself.
3. Verb.  (transitive) To get into one's possession.
4. Verb.  (transitive) To accept.
5. Verb.  (transitive, military) To gain a position by force.
6. Verb.  (transitive) To have sex forcefully with, possibly without consent.
7. Verb.  (transitive) To carry, particularly to a particular destination.
8. Verb.  (transitive) To choose.
9. Verb.  (transitive) To support or carry without failing or breaking.
10. Verb.  (transitive) To endure or cope with.
11. Verb.  (transitive, baseball) To not swing at a pitch.
12. Verb.  (transitive) To ingest medicine, drugs, etc.
13. Verb.  (transitive, often with “for”) To assume or interpret to be.
14. Verb.  (transitive) To enroll (in a class, or a course of study).
15. Verb.  (transitive) To participate in, undergo, or experience.
16. Verb.  (transitive, climbing) To tighten (take up) a belaying rope. Often used imperatively.
17. Verb.  (transitive) To fight or attempt to fight somebody. (See also take on.).
18. Verb.  (intransitive) To stick, persist, thrive or remain.
19. Verb.  (intransitive) To become.
20. Verb.  (transitive, cricket) To catch the ball; especially for the wicket-keeper to catch the ball after the batsman has missed or edged it.
21. Verb.  (transitive) To require.
22. Verb.  (transitive, photography) To capture using a photographic camera.
23. Verb.  (transitive) To last or expend [an amount of time].
24. Verb.  (transitive) To use.
25. Verb.  (transitive) To consider as an instance or example.
26. Verb.  (obsolete, transitive) To deliver, give (something); to entrust.
27. Verb.  (reflexive) To go.
28. Verb.  (intransitive) To habituate to or gain competency at a task.
29. Noun.  An act of taking.
30. Noun.  Something that is taken.
31. Noun.  A (1) profit, (2) reward, (3) bribe, illegal payoff or unethical kickback.
32. Noun.  An interpretation or view; perspective.
33. Noun.  (film) An attempt to record a scene.
34. Noun.  (rugby) A catch.
35. Noun.  (acting) A facial gesture in response to an event.
36. Noun.  (cricket) A catch of the ball, especially by the wicket-keeper.