make (clothes) smaller | be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness |
take into one's family | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
take up mentally | take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect |
fool or hoax | ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial |
serve oneself to, or consume regularly | be seized or affected in a specified way |
take up as if with a sponge | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives |
fold up | be a student of a certain subject |
express willingness to have in one's home or environs | take into consideration for exemplifying purposes |
accept | interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression |
take in, also metaphorically | accept or undergo, often unwillingly |
hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers | take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs |
see or watch | make a film or photograph of something |
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages | lay claim to; as of an idea |
call for and obtain payment of | obtain by winning |
visit for entertainment | point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards |
provide with shelter | serve oneself to, or consume regularly |
suck or take up or in | get into one's hands, take physically |
| have sex with; archaic use |
| occupy or take on |
| travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route |
| head into a specified direction |
| take somebody somewhere |
| take something or somebody with oneself somewhere |
| proceed along in a vehicle |
| experience or feel or submit to |
| take into one's possession |
| conquer by force |
| buy, select |
| engage for service under a term of contract |
| receive or obtain regularly |
| receive willingly something given or offered |
| require (time or space) |
| admit into a group or community |
| to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort |
| make use of or accept for some purpose |
| assume, as of positions or roles |
| carry out |
| develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation |
| require as useful, just, or proper |
| be designed to hold or take |
| have with oneself; have on one's person |
| be capable of holding or containing |