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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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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 off,
withdraw,
take out,
draw remove by drawing or pulling; "She placed the tray down and drew off the cloth"; "draw away the cloth that is covering the cheese"
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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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confiscate,
impound,
attach,
sequester,
seize place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't stray"
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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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take over,
assume,
accept,
bear take over ownership of; of corporations and companies
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snap up,
snaffle,
grab get hold of or seize quickly and easily; "I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale"
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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 up,
scoop,
scoop out,
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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prehend,
clutch,
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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usurp,
arrogate,
seize,
take over,
assume take the place of; "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke"
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retake,
recapture photograph again; "Please retake that scene"
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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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pillage,
reave,
despoil,
foray,
loot,
ransack,
rifle,
plunder,
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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misread,
misinterpret interpret wrongly; "I misread Hamlet all my life!"
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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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deplete,
run through,
use up,
eat up,
exhaust,
consume,
eat,
wipe out finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table; "She polished off the remaining potatoes"
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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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purchase,
buy accept as true; "I can't buy this story"
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commercialism,
mercantilism,
commerce an economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests
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draw off,
withdraw,
take out,
draw remove by drawing or pulling; "She placed the tray down and drew off the cloth"; "draw away the cloth that is covering the cheese"
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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,
receive,
have,
get 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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incur,
obtain,
receive,
find,
get make oneself subject to; bring upon oneself; become liable to; "People who smoke incur a great danger to their health"
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take - be seized or affected in a specified way; "take sick"; "be taken drunk" |
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become,
go,
get 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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sleep with,
sleep together,
roll in the hay,
make love,
lie with,
have sex,
have it off,
have it away,
have intercourse,
have a go at it,
get laid,
be intimate,
do it,
eff,
get it on,
fuck,
hump,
bonk,
jazz,
love,
bed,
screw,
bang,
make out,
know have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
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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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utilise,
employ,
utilize,
use,
apply convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust)
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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" |