has gloss | (verb) take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" take |
lexicalization | eng: take |
has subclass | (verb) take from a person or place; "We took the abused child away from its parents" take away |
has subclass | (verb) regain possession of something take back, repossess |
has subclass | (verb) call for and obtain payment of; "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent" collect, take in |
has subclass | (verb) take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the stolen artwork" confiscate, seize, sequester, attach, impound |
has subclass | (verb) requisition forcibly, as of enemy property; "the estate was sequestered" sequester |
has subclass | (verb) put in one's pocket; "He pocketed the change" pocket |
has subclass | (verb) take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility" take over, accept, assume, bear |
has subclass | (verb) get hold of or seize quickly and easily; "I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale" snaffle, snap up, grab |
has subclass | (verb) cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt" withdraw, recall, call back, call in |
has subclass | (verb) take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets" strip, deprive, divest |
has subclass | (verb) free or relieve (someone) of a burden unburden |
has subclass | (verb) take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua" take in, adopt |