Definitions for took
took
took
Spelling: [too k]
IPA: /tʊk/
Took is a 4 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.
You can make 21 anagrams from letters in took (koot).
Definitions for took
noun
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the act of taking.
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something that is taken.
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the quantity of fish, game, etc., taken at one time.
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an opinion or assessment:
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an approach; treatment:
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Informal. money taken in, especially profits.
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Journalism. a portion of copy assigned to a Linotype operator or compositor, usually part of a story or article.
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Movies.
a scene, or a portion of a scene, photographed without any interruption or break.
an instance of such continuous operation of the camera.
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Informal. a visual and mental response to something typically manifested in a stare expressing total absorption or wonderment:
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a recording of a musical performance.
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Medicine/Medical. a successful inoculation.
verb
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simple past tense of take.
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Nonstandard. a past participle of take.
Idioms
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on the take, Slang.
accepting bribes.
in search of personal profit at the expense of others.
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take for granted. grant (def 10).
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take it,
to accept or believe something; aquiesce:
Informal. to be able to resist or endure hardship, abuse, etc.
to understand:
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take it out in, to accept as payment for services or as an equivalent of monetary compensation:
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take it out of,
to exhaust; enervate:
to exact payment from; penalize:
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take it out on, Informal. to cause (someone else) to suffer for one's own misfortune or dissatisfaction:
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take up a collection, to ask for or gather donations, usually of money, from a number of people.
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take upon oneself, to assume as a responsibility or obligation:
Verb phrases
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take after,
to resemble (another person, as a parent) physically, temperamentally, etc.:
Also, take off after, take out after. to follow; chase:
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take back,
to regain possession of:
to return, as for exchange:
to allow to return; resume a relationship with:
to cause to remember:
to retract:
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take down,
to move from a higher to a lower level or place.
to pull apart or take apart; dismantle; disassemble.
to write down; record.
to diminish the pride or arrogance of; humble:
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take for,
to assume to be:
to assume falsely to be; mistake for:
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take in,
to permit to enter; admit.
to alter (an article of clothing) so as to make smaller.
to provide lodging for.
to include; encompass.
to grasp the meaning of; comprehend.
to deceive; trick; cheat.
to observe; notice.
to visit or attend:
to furl (a sail).
to receive as proceeds, as from business activity.
Chiefly British. to subscribe to:
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take off,
to remove:
to lead away:
Informal. to depart; leave:
to leave the ground, as an airplane.
to move onward or forward with a sudden or intense burst of speed:
to withdraw or remove from:
to remove by death; kill:
to make a likeness or copy of; reproduce.
to subtract, as a discount; deduct:
Informal. to imitate; mimic; burlesque.
Informal. to achieve sudden, marked growth, success, etc.:
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take on,
to hire; employ.
to undertake; assume:
to acquire:
to accept as a challenge; contend against:
Informal. to show great emotion; become excited:
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take out,
to withdraw; remove:
to procure by application:
to carry out for use or consumption elsewhere:
to escort; invite:
to set out; start:
Slang. to kill; destroy.
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take over, to assume management or possession of or responsibility for:
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take to,
to devote or apply oneself to; become habituated to:
to respond favorably to; begin to like:
to go to:
to have recourse to; resort to:
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take up,
to occupy oneself with the study or practice of:
to lift or pick up:
to occupy; cover:
to consume; use up; absorb:
to begin to advocate or support; sponsor:
to continue; resume:
to reply to in order to reprove:
to assume:
to absorb:
to make shorter, as by hemming:
to make tighter, as by winding in:
to deal with in discussion:
to adopt seriously:
to accept, as an offer or challenge.
to buy as much as is offered:
Chiefly British. to clear by paying off, as a loan.
Obsolete. to arrest (especially a runaway slave).
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take up with, Informal. to become friendly with; keep company with:
verb (used with object)
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to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action:
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to hold, grasp, or grip:
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to get into one's hands, possession, control, etc., by force or artifice:
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to seize or capture:
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to catch or get (fish, game, etc.), especially by killing:
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to pick from a number; select:
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to receive and accept willingly (something given or offered):
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to receive or be the recipient of (something bestowed, administered, etc.):
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to accept and act upon or comply with:
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to receive or accept (a person) into some relation:
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to receive, react, or respond to in a specified manner:
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to form in the mind; make:
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to receive as a payment or charge:
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to gain for use by payment, lease, etc.:
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to secure regularly or periodically by payment:
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to get or obtain from a source; derive:
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to extract or quote:
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to obtain or exact as compensation for some wrong:
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to receive into the body or system, as by swallowing or inhaling:
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to have for one's benefit or use:
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to use as a flavoring agent in a food or beverage:
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to be subjected to; undergo:
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to endure or submit to with equanimity or without an appreciable weakening of one's resistance:
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to enter into the enjoyment of (recreation, a holiday, etc.):
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to carry off without permission:
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to remove:
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to remove by death:
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to end (a life):
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to subtract or deduct:
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to carry with one:
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to convey in a means of transportation:
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(of a vehicle) to convey or transport:
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(of a road, path, etc.) to serve as a means of conducting to or through some place or region:
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to bring about a change in the state or condition of:
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to conduct or escort:
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to set about or succeed in getting over, through, or around (some obstacle); clear; negotiate:
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to come upon suddenly; catch:
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to get or contract; catch:
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to attack or affect, as with a disease:
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to be capable of attaining as a result of some action or treatment:
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to absorb or become impregnated with; be susceptible to:
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to attract and hold:
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to captivate or charm:
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to require:
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to employ for some specified or implied purpose:
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to use as a means of transportation:
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to get on or board (a means of transportation) at a given time or in a given place:
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to proceed to occupy:
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to occupy; fill (time, space, etc.):
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to use up; consume:
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to avail oneself of:
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to do, perform, execute, etc.:
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to go into or enter:
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to adopt and enter upon (a way, course, etc.):
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to act or perform:
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to make (a reproduction, picture, or photograph):
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to make a picture, especially a photograph, of:
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to write down:
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to apply oneself to; study:
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to deal with; treat:
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to proceed to handle in some manner:
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to assume or undertake (a function, duty, job, etc.):
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to assume or adopt (a symbol, badge, or the like) as a token of office:
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to assume the obligation of; be bound by:
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to assume or adopt as one's own:
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to assume or appropriate as if by right:
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to accept the burden of:
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to determine by inquiry, examination, measurement, scientific observation, etc.:
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to make or carry out for purposes of yielding such a determination:
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to begin to have; experience (a certain feeling or state of mind):
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to form and hold in the mind:
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to grasp or apprehend mentally; understand; comprehend:
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to understand in a specified way:
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to grasp the meaning of (a person):
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to accept the statements of:
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to assume as a fact:
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to regard or consider:
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to capture or win (a piece, trick, etc.) in a game.
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Informal. to cheat, swindle, or victimize:
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to win or obtain money from:
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(of a man) to have sexual intercourse with.
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Grammar. to be used with (a certain form, accent, case, mood, etc.):
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Law. to acquire property, as on the happening of an event:
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Baseball. (of a batter) to allow (a pitch) to go by without swinging at it:
verb (used without object)
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to catch or engage, as a mechanical device:
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to strike root or begin to grow, as a plant.
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to adhere, as ink, dye, or color.
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(of a person or thing) to win favor or acceptance:
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to have the intended result or effect, as a medicine, inoculation, etc.:
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to enter into possession, as of an estate.
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to detract (usually followed by from).
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to apply or devote oneself:
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to make one's way; proceed; go:
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to fall or become:
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to admit of being photographed in a particular manner:
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to admit of being moved or separated:
Origin of took
before 1100; Middle English taken to take, strike, lay hold of, grasp, late Old English tacan to grasp, touch Old Norse taka to take; cognate with Middle Dutch taken to grasp, Gothic tekan to
Examples for took
Eudora took it with a deep blush, saying, "Aspasia gave it to me."
In 2011 LGBT media outlet Queerty took the app to task for allegedly deleting accounts that made reference to being trans.
They carjacked a Renault Clio, took the car, and fled with it.
He took the card from the florist's envelope and glanced at the name.
"But you went to Athens, and took no care for your country," rejoined the prince.
He took a cab and was driven to the local branch of his favourite temple of chance.
An additional 12,000 took to the streets in other German towns.
These were conversations that took a fairly grim twist pretty quickly.
They took cover inside a print works to the north east of Paris, where they held a member of staff as a hostage.
Mrs. Bines, stooping, took the limp and wide-eyed Paul up in her arms.