Past tense of take

verb

1. To seize or capture physically

   "took them as prisoners"

2. To get possession of (fish or game) by killing or capturing
3. To acquire by eminent domain
4. Grasp, grip

   "take the ax by the handle"

5. To catch or attack through the effect of a sudden force or influence

   "taken with a fit of laughing"

6. To catch or come upon in a particular situation or action

   "was taken unawares"

7. To gain the approval or liking of captivate, delight

   "was quite taken with her at their first meeting"

8. To receive into one's body (as by swallowing, drinking, or inhaling)

   "take a pill"

9. To put oneself into (sun, air, water, etc.) for pleasure or physical benefit
10. To partake of eat

    "takes dinner about seven"

11. To bring or receive into a relation or connection

    "takes just four students a year"

12. To copulate with
13. Appropriate

    "someone took my hat"

14. To obtain or secure for use (as by lease, subscription, or purchase)

    "take a cottage for the summer"

15. Assume

    "gods often took the likeness of a human being"

16. To impose upon oneself

    "take the trouble to do good work"

17. To assume as if rightfully one's own or as if granted

    "take the credit"

18. To accept the burden or consequences of

    "took the blame"

19. To have or assume as a proper part of or accompaniment to itself

    "transitive verbs take an object"

20. To secure by winning in competition

    "took first place"

21. Defeat
22. To pick out choose, select

    "took the best apple"

23. To have recourse to as an instrument for doing something

    "take a scythe to the weeds"

24. To use as a means of transportation or progression

    "take the bus"

25. To have recourse to for safety or refuge

    "take shelter"

26. To go along, into, or through

    "took a different route"

27. To obtain by deriving from a source draw

    "takes its title from the name of the hero"

28. To indulge in and enjoy

    "was taking his ease on the porch"

29. To receive or accept as a return (as in payment, compensation, or reparation)

    "we don't take credit cards"

30. To accept in a usually professional relationship
31. To refrain from hitting at (a pitched ball)

    "take a strike"

32. To be affected injuriously by (something, such as a disease) contract

    "take cold"

33. To absorb or become impregnated with (something, such as dye)
34. Apprehend, understand

    "how should I take your remark"

35. Consider, suppose

    "I take it you're not going"

36. Reckon, accept

    "taking a stride at 30 inches"

37. Feel, experience

    "take pleasure"

38. To lead, carry, or cause to go along to another place

    "this bus will take you into town"

39. To cause to move to a specified state, condition, or sphere of activity

    "took the company public"

40. To invite and accompany (someone)

    "She took me to the movies."

41. To stop prescribing a specified regimen to
42. Remove

    "take eggs from a nest"

43. Subtract

    "take two from four"

44. Exact

    "the weather took its toll"

45. To undertake and make, do, or perform

    "take a walk"

46. To participate in

    "take a meeting"

47. To deal with

    "take first things first"

48. To consider or view in a particular relation

    "taken together, the details were significant"

49. To obtain money from especially fraudulently

    "took me for all I had"

50. To pass or attempt to pass through, along, or over

    "took the curve too fast"

51. Capture
52. To receive property under law as one's own
53. To lay hold catch, hold
54. To establish a take especially by uniting or growing

    "90 percent of the grafts take"

55. To betake oneself set out go

    "take after a purse snatcher"

56. Used as an intensifier or redundantly with a following verb
57. To take effect act, operate

    "hoped the lesson he taught would take"

58. To show the natural or intended effect

    "dry fuel takes readily"

59. Charm, captivate

    "a taking smile"

60. Detract
61. To be seized or attacked in a specified way become

    "took sick"

noun

1. The act or fact of attending something or someone

   "a physician in attendance"

2. The persons or number of persons attending something

   "Attendance at the soccer games has been increasing."

3. The number of times a person attends

   "a student who has perfect attendance =a student who has been present at every class"

noun

1. A cutting tool that consists of a heavy edged head fixed to a handle with the edge parallel to the handle and that is used especially for felling trees and chopping and splitting wood
2. A hammer with a sharp edge for dressing see dress or spalling stone
3. Removal from office or release from employment dismissal
4. Abrupt elimination or severe reduction of something

   "Unlimited expense accounts, signing bonuses, and office plants—all are getting the ax =being cut or eliminated thanks to corporate cost-cutting measures."

5. Any of several musical instruments (such as a guitar or a saxophone)

noun

1. Violent physical abuse that usually involves the act of striking someone repeatedly or heavily in order to cause injury

   "Feminists turned violence against women, previously a well-kept secret, into a public political issue; made rape, incest, battering and sexual harassment understood as crimes; and got public funding for shelters for battered women."

2. A damaging experience or situation an injury, setback, or defeat

   "That was the year Canada rebounded from a 28–4 battering in the round-robin to beat the U.S. 17–16 in the championship final …"

noun

1. Either of two flaps on a horse's bridle to keep it from seeing objects at its sides
2. Something (such as an athletic play) that is dazzlingly excellent or remarkable

   "… Timsbury held some important catches, including a blinder from Greg Passingham …"

3. either of two flaps on a horse's bridle to keep it from seeing objects at its sides —usually used in plural—often used figuratively —often used in phrases like put/keep/have blinders on and take one's blinders off
4. something (such as an athletic play) that is dazzlingly excellent or remarkable

noun

1. A flag marked by alternating black and white squares that is waved at the finish line to signal the end of a race

   "Driving with a clear head and a deft right foot rather than an anxious heart, he slid into the lead three laps from the checkered flag …"

noun

1. A feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances

   "had perfect confidence in her ability to succeed"

2. Faith or belief that one will act in a right, proper, or effective way

   "consumer confidence"

3. The quality or state of being certain certitude

   "they had every confidence of success"

4. A relation of trust or intimacy in which personal or private information is shared

   "Doctors cannot betray the confidence of their patients."

5. Reliance on another's discretion

   "Their story was told in strictest confidence."

6. Support especially in a legislative body see also vote of no confidence
7. A communication made in reliance on another's discretion secret

   "accused him of betraying a confidence"

adjective

1. Emitting or having a limited or insufficient amount of light

   "dim stars"

2. Dull, lusterless

   "dim colors"

3. Lacking pronounced, clear-cut, or vigorous quality or character

   "a dim echo of the past"

4. Seen indistinctly

   "a dim outline"

5. Perceived by the senses or mind indistinctly or weakly faint

   "had only a dim notion of what was going on"

6. Having little prospect of favorable result or outcome

   "a dim future"

7. Characterized by an unfavorable, skeptical, or pessimistic attitude
8. Dim-witted

   "too dim to understand the joke"

9. Not perceiving clearly and distinctly

   "dim eyes"

noun phrase

1. A skeptical attitude