took

We have found lemma(root) word of took : take.

Definitions


[teɪk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- lay hold of (something) with one's hands; reach for and hold
(e.g: Mrs Morgan took another biscuit)

- remove (someone or something) from a particular place
(e.g: he took an envelope from his inside pocket)

- carry or bring with one; convey
(e.g: he took along a portfolio of his drawings)

- accept or receive (someone or something)
(e.g: she was advised to take any job offered)

- consume as food, drink, medicine, or drugs
(e.g: take an aspirin and lie down)

- make, undertake, or perform (an action or task)
(e.g: Lucy took a deep breath)

- require or use up (a specified amount of time)
(e.g: the jury took an hour and a half to find McPherson guilty)

- be attracted or charmed by
(e.g: Billie was very taken with him)

- (of a plant or seed) take root or begin to grow; germinate
(e.g: the fuchsia cuttings had taken and were looking good)

- have or require as part of the appropriate construction
(e.g: verbs which take both the infinitive and the finite clause as their object)


Phrases:
- be on the take
- be taken ill
- have what it takes
- take a seat
- take five
- take ill
- take it
- take it from me
- take it on oneself to do something
- take it or leave it
- take it out of
- take one's time
- take some —
- take someone in hand
- take someone out of themselves
- take something ill
- take something in hand
- take that!
- take the biscuit
- take the cake
- take the heat
- take the stand

Origin:
late Old English tacan ‘get (especially by force), capture’, from Old Norse taka ‘grasp, lay hold of’, of unknown ultimate origin


[teɪk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a scene or sequence of sound or vision photographed or recorded continuously at one time
(e.g: he completed a particularly difficult scene in two takes)

- an amount of something gained or acquired from one source or in one session
(e.g: the take from commodity taxation)

- an amount of copy set up at one time or by one compositor


Phrases:
- be on the take
- be taken ill
- have what it takes
- take a seat
- take five
- take ill
- take it
- take it from me
- take it on oneself to do something
- take it or leave it
- take it out of
- take one's time
- take some —
- take someone in hand
- take someone out of themselves
- take something ill
- take something in hand
- take that!
- take the biscuit
- take the cake
- take the heat
- take the stand

Origin:
late Old English tacan ‘get (especially by force), capture’, from Old Norse taka ‘grasp, lay hold of’, of unknown ultimate origin




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