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take 
noun
- the income arising from land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"
Synonyms: issue, payoff, proceeds, return, takings, yield - the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
verb
- carry out; "take action"; "take steps"; "take vengeance"
- as of time or space; "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"
Synonyms: occupy, use up - take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"
Synonyms: conduct, direct, guide, lead - get into one''s hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please"
Synonyms: get hold of - take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"
Synonyms: acquire, adopt, assume, take on - 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!"
Synonyms: read - take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"
Synonyms: bring, convey - take into one''s possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I''ll take three salmon steaks"
Antonyms: give - require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert";
Synonyms: ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require Antonyms: obviate, rid of, eliminate - pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"
Synonyms: choose, pick out, select - 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"
- receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller''s daughter"; "I won''t have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"
Synonyms: accept, have Antonyms: refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline - assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as director of development"
Synonyms: fill - take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case"
Synonyms: consider, deal, look at - experience or feel or submit to; "Take a test"; "Take the plunge"
- make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"
Synonyms: film, shoot - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the envir
Synonyms: remove, take away, withdraw - serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don''t take sugar in my coffee"
Synonyms: consume, have, ingest, take in Antonyms: abstain, refrain, desist - accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut"
Synonyms: submit, undergo - make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity"
Synonyms: accept - take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill"
- occupy or take on; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose"
Synonyms: assume, strike, take up - admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We''ll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
Synonyms: accept, admit, take on - 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"
- be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam"
Synonyms: learn, read, study - take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her"
Synonyms: claim, exact - head into a specified direction; "The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains"
Synonyms: make - aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment; "Please don''t aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don''t train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one''s opponent"
Synonyms: aim, direct, take aim, train - be seized or affected in a specified way; "take sick"; "be taken drunk"
- have with oneself; have on one''s person; "She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains"
Synonyms: carry, pack - engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let''s rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
Synonyms: charter, engage, hire, lease, rent - receive or obtain by regular payment; "We take the Times every day"
Synonyms: subscribe, subscribe to - buy, select; "I''ll take a pound of that sausage"
- to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort; "take shelter from the storm"
- have sex with; archaic use; "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable"
Synonyms: have - lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea"
Synonyms: claim Antonyms: disclaim - be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye"
Synonyms: accept - be capable of holding or containing; "This box won''t take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon"
Synonyms: contain, hold - develop a habit; "He took to visiting bars"
- proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work"
Synonyms: drive - obtain by winning; "Winner takes all"; "He took first prize"
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
Synonyms: contract, get
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