• Noun: the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; example: "the average return was about 5%"
• Noun: the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
• Verb: carry out; examples: "take action", "take steps", "take vengeance"
• Verb: require (time or space); examples: "It took three hours to get to work this morning", "This event occupied a very short time"
• Verb: take somebody somewhere; examples: "We lead him to our chief", "can you take me to the main entrance?", "He conducted us to the palace"
• Verb: get into one's hands, take physically; examples: "Take a cookie!", "Can you take this bag, please"
• Verb: take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; examples: "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"
• Verb: interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression; examples: "I read this address as a satire", "How should I take this message?", "You can't take credit for this!"
• Verb: take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; examples: "Bring me the box from the other room", "Take these letters to the boss", "This brings me to the main point"
• Verb: take into one's possession; examples: "We are taking an orphan from Romania", "I'll take three salmon steaks"
• Verb: require as useful, just, or proper; examples: "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", "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"
• Verb: pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; examples: "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"
• Verb: travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route; examples: "He takes the bus to work", "She takes Route 1 to Newark"
• Verb: receive willingly something given or offered; examples: "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"
• Verb: assume, as of positions or roles; example: "She took the job as director of development"
• Verb: take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; examples: "Take the case of China", "Consider the following case"
• Verb: experience or feel or submit to; examples: "Take a test", "Take the plunge"
• Verb: make a film or photograph of something; examples: "take a scene", "shoot a movie"
• Verb: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; examples: "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 environment"
• Verb: serve oneself to, or consume regularly; examples: "Have another bowl of chicken soup!", "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
• Verb: accept or undergo, often unwillingly; example: "We took a pay cut"
• Verb: make use of or accept for some purpose; examples: "take a risk", "take an opportunity"
• Verb: take by force; examples: "Hitler took the Baltic Republics", "The army took the fort on the hill"
• Verb: occupy or take on; examples: "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"
• Verb: admit into a group or community; examples: "accept students for graduate study", "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
• Verb: ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial; examples: "take a pulse", "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors"
• Verb: be a student of a certain subject; example: "She is reading for the bar exam"
• Verb: take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; examples: "the accident claimed three lives", "The hard work took its toll on her"
• Verb: head into a specified direction; examples: "The escaped convict took to the hills", "We made for the mountains"
• Verb: aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment; examples: "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"
• Verb: be seized or affected in a specified way; examples: "take sick", "be taken drunk"
• Verb: have with oneself; have on one's person; examples: "She always takes an umbrella", "I always carry money", "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains"
• Verb: engage for service under a term of contract; examples: "We took an apartment on a quiet street", "Let's rent a car", "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
• Verb: receive or obtain by regular payment; example: "We take the Times every day"
• Verb: buy, select; example: "I'll take a pound of that sausage"
• Verb: to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort; example: "take shelter from the storm"
• Verb: have sex with; archaic use; example: "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable"
• Verb: lay claim to; as of an idea; example: "She took credit for the whole idea"
• Verb: be designed to hold or take; example: "This surface will not take the dye"
• Verb: be capable of holding or containing; examples: "This box won't take all the items", "The flask holds one gallon"
• Verb: develop a habit; example: "He took to visiting bars"
• Verb: proceed along in a vehicle; example: "We drive the turnpike to work"
• Verb: obtain by winning; examples: "Winner takes all", "He took first prize"
• Verb: be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; examples: "He got AIDS", "She came down with pneumonia", "She took a chill"
