I
n. (colloq.)
reaction
1) a double take ('delayed reaction') (to do a double take)
illegal payments
2) on the take (they were all on the take) ('they were all accepting bribes')
II
v.
1) to take (a matter) lightly; seriously
2) (A) ('to carry') she took a cup of tea to him; or: she took him a cup of tea
3) (d; intr.) to take after ('to resemble') (he takes after his father)
4) (d; tr.) ('to construe') to take as (we took her gesture as a sign of friendship; I took his remark as a compliment)
5) (d; tr.) ('to grasp') to take by (she took him by the hand)
6) (D; tr.) ('to lead, accompany') to take for (she took her daughter for a walk; he took us for a ride)
7) (D; tr.) ('to obtain, secure') to take for (I took the book for him)
8) (d; tr.) to take for ('to assume to be') (do you take me for a fool?)
9) (D; tr.) ('to obtain'); ('to remove') to take from (he took the book from her; I took the money from the safe)
10) (d; tr.) ('to subtract') to take from (take five from ten)
11) (d; tr.) ('to carry') to take into (take the chairs into the house)
12) (d; tr.) to take into ('to bring into') (to take smb. into one's confidence; they took the prisoner into custody)
13) (d; tr.) to take into ('to include') (to take smt. into consideration; we took all the facts into account)
14) (d; tr.) ('to remove'); ('to deduct') to take off (I took the books off the shelf; they took ten pounds off the bill)
15) (d; tr.) ('to carry') to take out of (take the chairs out of the house)
16) (d; intr.) to take to ('to like') (to take kindly to an offer; she took to them at once)
17) (d; intr.) to take to ('to begin'); ('to engage in') (to take to drink; she took to gambling at the casinos; he took to fishing with great gusto)
18) (d; intr.) ('to go'); ('to have recourse') to take to (to take to one's bed; to take to the streets; to take to the lifeboats; to take to the air-waves)
19) (d; tr.) ('to lead, accompany, transport') to take to (to take smb. to dinner; she took us to the art museum; we took them to the station)
20) (d; tr.) ('to carry') to take to (I took the books to the library; she took the money to the bank)
21) (d; tr.) ('to move, transfer') to take to (they took the case to the supreme court)
22) (D; tr.) ('to accept, bear') to take with (he took his punishment with a smile; to take a remark with a grain of salt)
23) (M) ('to consider'); ('to accept') I took him to be a friend; do you take this man to be your lawful wedded husband.
24) (O) ('to require') the job took us two hours
25) (O) ('to seize') we took him prisoner; to take smb. hostage
26) (R) ('to demand, require') it sometimes takes courage to tell the truth
27) (misc.) she took it on herself to break the news; to take five (esp. AE; colloq.) ('to have a five minute break'); they took the law into their own hands ('they dispensed justice without a trial'); to take smb. to court ('to sue smb.'); to take smb. under one's wing ('to protect and help smb.'); to take to one's heels ('to flee'); to take by storm ('to overwhelm completely'); to take by surprise ('to surprise'); to take smt. lying down ('to accept a defeat without protest'); to take smt. for granted (see granted)