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take - the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption |
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cinematography,
filming,
motion-picture photography the act of making a film
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retake a shot or scene that is photographed again
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| Verb |
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take - take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" |
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give proffer (a body part); "She gave her hand to her little sister"
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draw,
draw off,
take out,
withdraw cause to localize at one point; "Draw blood and pus"
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repossess,
take back cause someone to remember the past; "This photo takes me back to the good old days"
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take in make (clothes) smaller; "Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight"
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adopt,
take in take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"
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take away take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"
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repossess,
take back cause someone to remember the past; "This photo takes me back to the good old days"
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collect,
take in get or bring together; "accumulate evidence"
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attach,
confiscate,
impound,
seize,
sequester be attached; be in contact with
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sequester set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"
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pocket put in one's pocket; "He pocketed the change"
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accept,
assume,
bear,
take over tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"
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grab,
snaffle,
snap up capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"
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call back,
call in,
recall,
withdraw return or repeat a telephone call; "I am busy right now--can you call back in an hour?"; "She left a message but the contractor never called back"
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deprive,
divest,
strip take away
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unburden take the burden off; remove the burden from; "unburden the donkey"
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take - get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please" |
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take in make (clothes) smaller; "Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight"
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tackle,
take on,
undertake seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball
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lift out,
scoop,
scoop out,
scoop up,
take up take out or up with or as if with a scoop; "scoop the sugar out of the container"
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bear away,
bear off,
carry away,
carry off,
take away take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"
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gather in,
take in make (clothes) smaller; "Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight"
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discerp,
dismember,
take apart cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body"
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clutch,
prehend,
seize affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"
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seize affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful disease"
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take - take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill" |
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rescue take forcibly from legal custody; "rescue prisoners"
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scale size or measure according to a scale; "This model must be scaled down"
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extort get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner
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arrogate,
assume,
seize,
take over,
usurp make undue claims to having
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recapture,
retake capture again; "recapture the escaped prisoner"
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relieve provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"
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steal steal a base
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despoil,
foray,
loot,
pillage,
plunder,
ransack,
reave,
rifle,
strip briefly enter enemy territory
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plunder,
sack steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
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take - interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression; "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"; "You can't take credit for this!" |
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read |
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read to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!"
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read to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!"
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construe,
interpret,
see make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"
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misinterpret,
misread interpret falsely
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take - accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut" |
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submit |
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take ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial; "take a pulse"; "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors"
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undergo pass through; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "undergo a strange sensation"
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test undergo a test; "She doesn't test well"
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take - require (time or space); "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time" |
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occupy |
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consume,
deplete,
eat,
eat up,
exhaust,
run through,
use up,
wipe out engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"
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expend,
use use up, consume fully; "The legislature expended its time on school questions"
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be spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
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take - buy, select; "I'll take a pound of that sausage" |
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buy,
purchase accept as true; "I can't buy this story"
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commerce,
commercialism,
mercantilism transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
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draw,
draw off,
take out,
withdraw cause to localize at one point; "Draw blood and pus"
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take - make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity" |
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accept |
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co-opt take or assume for one's own use; "He co-opted the criticism and embraced it"
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take - experience or feel or submit to; "Take a test"; "Take the plunge" |
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experience,
get,
have,
receive go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"
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submit,
take put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
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take - ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial; "take a pulse"; "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors" |
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find,
get,
incur,
obtain,
receive come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining"
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take - be seized or affected in a specified way; "take sick"; "be taken drunk" |
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become,
get,
go enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"
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take - obtain by winning; "Winner takes all"; "He took first prize" |
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win be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious; "He won the Gold Medal in skating"; "Our home team won"; "Win the game"
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take - have sex with; archaic use; "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable" |
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have |
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bang,
bed,
be intimate,
bonk,
do it,
eff,
fuck,
get it on,
get laid,
have a go at it,
have intercourse,
have it away,
have it off,
have sex,
hump,
jazz,
know,
lie with,
love,
make love,
make out,
roll in the hay,
screw,
sleep together,
sleep with move noisily; "The window banged shut"; "The old man banged around the house"
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take - travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route; "He takes the bus to work"; "She takes Route 1 to Newark" |
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apply,
employ,
use,
utilise,
utilize ask (for something); "He applied for a leave of absence"; "She applied for college"; "apply for a job"
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take - head into a specified direction; "The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains" |
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make |
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head remove the head of; "head the fish"
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take - carry out; "take action"; "take steps"; "take vengeance" |
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act,
move behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
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take - to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort; "take shelter from the storm" |
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take - develop a habit; "He took to visiting bars" |