take

To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.

• They took Charlton's gun from his cold, dead hands.
• I'll take that plate off the table.
• take the guards prisoner

To seize or capture.

• take the guards prisoner
• take prisoners
• After a bloody battle, they were able to take the city.

To catch or get possession of (fish or game).

• took ten catfish in one afternoon

To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.

To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.

• Billy took her pencil.
• The County took his land by eminent domain.

To exact.

• take a toll
• take revenge

To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.

• took the next two tricks
• took Smith's rook

To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).

• took third place
• took bribes
• The camera takes 35mm film.

To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.

• The store doesn't take checks.
• She wouldn't take any money for her help.
• Do you take plastic?

To accept and follow (advice, etc.).

• take my advice

To receive into some relationship.

• take a wife
• The school only takes new students in the fall.
• The therapist wouldn't take him as a client.

To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).

To accept, be given (rightly or wrongly), or assume (especially as if by right).

• He took all the credit for the project, although he had done almost none of the work.
• She took the blame, in the public's eyes, although the debacle was more her husband's fault than her own.

To remove.

• take two eggs from the carton
• The earthquake took many lives.
• The plague took rich and poor alike.

To remove or end by death; to kill.

• The earthquake took many lives.
• The plague took rich and poor alike.
• Cancer took her life.

To subtract.

• Take one from three and you are left with two.

To have sex with.

To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.

• Don't try to take that guy. He's bigger than you.
• The woman guarding us looks like a professional, but I can take her!

To grasp or grip.

• He took her hand in his.

To select or choose; to pick.

• Take whichever bag you like.
• She took the best men with her and left the rest to garrison the city.
• I'll take the blue plates.

An act of taking.

Something that is taken; a haul. Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; profits; takings.

• He wants half of the take if he helps with the job.
• The mayor is on the take.

Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; profits; takings.

• He wants half of the take if he helps with the job.
• The mayor is on the take.

The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.

An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.

• What's your take on this issue, Fred?
• Another unsolicited maths take: talking about quotients in terms of "equivalence classes" or cosets is really unnatural.

An approach, a (distinct) treatment.

• a new take on a traditional dish

A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.

• It's a take.
• Act seven, scene three, take two.

A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.

A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.

• did a double take and then a triple take
• I did a take when I saw the new car in the driveway.

An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.

A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).

The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.