What is the meaning of taking?

noun

• The act of someone who picks up or takes something.
  • usage: "the pickings were easy"; "clothing could be had for the taking"
  • synonyms: pickings

verb

• Carry out.
  • usage: "take action"; "take steps"; "take vengeance"
  • synonyms: take
• Require (time or space. )
  • usage: "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"
  • synonyms: take, occupy, use up
• Take somebody somewhere.
  • usage: "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance"; "He conducted us to the palace"
  • synonyms: lead, take, direct, conduct, guide
• Get into one's hands, take physically.
  • usage: "Take a cookie"; "Can you take this bag, please"
  • synonyms: take, get hold of
• Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take
• Interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression.
  • usage: "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message"; "You can't take credit for this"
  • synonyms: take, read
• Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere.
  • usage: "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"
  • synonyms: bring, convey, take
• Take into one's possession.
  • usage: "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks"
  • synonyms: take
• Travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route.
  • usage: "He takes the bus to work"; "She takes Route 1 to Newark"
  • synonyms: take
• Pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: choose, take, select, pick out
• Receive willingly something given or offered.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: accept, take, have
• Assume, as of positions or roles.
  • usage: "She took the job as director of development"; "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne"
  • synonyms: fill, take, occupy
• Take into consideration for exemplifying purposes.
  • usage: "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case"
  • synonyms: consider, take, deal, look at
• Require as useful, just, or proper.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
• Experience or feel or submit to.
  • usage: "Take a test"; "Take the plunge"
  • synonyms: take
• Make a film or photograph of something.
  • usage: "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"
  • synonyms: film, shoot, take
• Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Serve oneself to, or consume regularly.
  • usage: "Have another bowl of chicken soup"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
  • synonyms: consume, ingest, take in, take, have
• Accept or undergo, often unwillingly.
  • usage: "We took a pay cut"
  • synonyms: take, submit
• Make use of or accept for some purpose.
  • usage: "take a risk"; "take an opportunity"
  • synonyms: take, accept
• Take by force.
  • usage: "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill"
  • synonyms: take
• Occupy or take on.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: assume, take, strike, take up
• Admit into a group or community.
  • usage: "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
  • synonyms: accept, admit, take, take on
• Ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial.
  • usage: "take a pulse"; "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors"
  • synonyms: take
• Be a student of a certain subject.
  • usage: "She is reading for the bar exam"
  • synonyms: learn, study, read, take
• Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs.
  • usage: "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her"
  • synonyms: claim, take, exact
• Head into a specified direction.
  • usage: "The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains"
  • synonyms: take, make
• Point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: aim, take, train, take aim, direct
• Be seized or affected in a specified way.
  • usage: "take sick"; "be taken drunk"
  • synonyms: take
• Have with oneself; have on one's person.
  • usage: "She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains"
  • synonyms: carry, pack, take
• Engage for service under a term of contract.
  • usage: "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome"
  • synonyms: lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
• Receive or obtain regularly.
  • usage: "We take the Times every day"
  • synonyms: subscribe, subscribe to, take
• Buy, select.
  • usage: "I'll take a pound of that sausage"
  • synonyms: take
• To get into a position of having, e. G., safety, comfort.
  • usage: "take shelter from the storm"
  • synonyms: take
• Have sex with; archaic use.
  • usage: "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable"
  • synonyms: take, have
• Lay claim to; as of an idea.
  • usage: "She took credit for the whole idea"
  • synonyms: claim, take
• Be designed to hold or take.
  • usage: "This surface will not take the dye"
  • synonyms: accept, take
• Be capable of holding or containing.
  • usage: "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon"
  • synonyms: contain, take, hold
• Develop a habit.
  • usage: "He took to visiting bars"
  • synonyms: take
• Proceed along in a vehicle.
  • usage: "We drive the turnpike to work"
  • synonyms: drive, take
• Obtain by winning.
  • usage: "Winner takes all"; "He took first prize"
  • synonyms: take
• Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness.
  • usage: "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
  • synonyms: contract, take, get

adjective

• Very attractive; capturing interest.
  • usage: "a fetching new hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his manner"; "a winning personality"
  • synonyms: fetching, winning