| take |
|
noun
- An act of taking.
- Something that is taken.
- A profit or reward.
- He wants half of the if he helps with the job.
- An interpretation or view.
- What"s your on this issue, Fred?
- (film) An attempt to record a scene.
- It"s a .
- Act seven, scene three, two.
- (rugby) A catch.
- (acting) A facial gesture in response to an event.
- I did a when I saw the new car in the driveway.
- (cricket) a catch of the ball, especially by the wicket-keeper
verb (takes, taking, took, taken)
- To grasp with the hands.
- To grab and move to oneself.
- I"ll that plate off the table.
- To get into one's possession.
- (military) To gain a position by force.
- After a bloody battle, they were able to the city.
- To have sex with forcefully, possibly without consent.
- The rapist took his victims in dark alleys.
- To carry, particularly to a particular destination.
- I'll the plate with me.
- To choose.
- I'll the blue plates.
- To support or carry without failing or breaking.
- That truck bed will only two tons.
- To endure or cope with.
- I can the noise, but I can't take the smell.
- (baseball) To not swing at a pitch
- He"ll probably this one.
- To ingest medicine, drugs, etc.
- I aspirin every day to thin my blood.
- (italbrac, Usually with "for") To assume or interpret to be.
- Do you me for a fool?
- I it you're not going?''
- To enroll (in a class, or a course of study)
- I plan to math, physics, literature and flower arrangment this semester.
- To participate in, undergo (a test or exam).
- Aren't you supposed to your math final today?
- (climbing) To tighten (take up) a belaying rope. Often used imperatively.
- Take.
- To fight or attempt to fight somebody. (See also take on.)
- Don't try to that guy. He's bigger than you.
- To stick, persist, thrive or remain.
- I started some tomato seeds last spring, but they didn't .
- (cricket) To catch the ball; especially for the wicket-keeper to catch the ball after the batsman has missed or edged it.
- (impersonal) To require.
- Looks like it's gonna a taller person to get that down.
- It takes a village to raise a child.
- (transitive) To require.
- You'll need to your textbook with you to every class.
- To last an amount of time.
- I estimate the trip will about ten minutes.
| | | | tight |
|
adjective (tighter, tightest)
- Pushed or pulled together.
- My socks are too tight.
- Of a space, etc, narrow, so that it is difficult for something or someone to pass through it.
- The passageway was so we could barely get through.
- They flew in a formation.
- Under high tension.
- Make sure to pull the rope .
- Well-rehearsed and accurate in execution.
- Their marching band is extremely .
- (colloquial) Intimately friendly.
- We've grown tighter over the years.
- (slang) (archaic) Intoxicated; drunk.
- We went drinking and got .
- (slang) Extraordinarily great or special.
- That is one bicycle!
- (context, slang, usually, _, derogatory) Miserly or frugal.
- He's a bit with his money
- (colloquial) scarce, Scarce, hard to come by.
- I grew up in a poor neighborhood; money was very , but we made do.
- (poker) A player who plays very few hands
- (poker) A strategy which involves playing very few hands
adverb
- Firmly, so as not to come loose easily.
- Make sure the lid is closed .
- Soundly.
- Good night, sleep tight.
| | turn |
|
noun
- A change of direction or orientation.
- Give the handle a , then pull it.
- A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
- A single loop of a coil.
- A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
- They took turns playing with the new toy.
- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
- (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.
- They quote a three-day on parts like those.
- A fit or a period of giddiness.
- I've had a funny turn.
- A change in temperament or circumstance.
- She took a for the worse.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight)
- (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
- (context, poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em
- (context, electricity) the basic coil element that forms a single conducting loop comprised of one insulated conductor.
verb
- (intransitive) Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.
- the Earth turns
- on the spot
- (transitive) To change the direction or orientation of.
- Turn the knob clockwise.
- (intransitive) To change one's direction of travel.
- Turn right here.
- (transitive) To position (something) by folding it.
- Turn the bed covers.
- (transitive) To become.
- The leaves brown in autumn.
- When I asked him for the money, he turned nasty.
- To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
- The prisoners turned on the warden.
- (transitive) To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
- She turned the table legs with care and precision.
- (intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad.
- This milk has turned; it smells awful.
- (italbrac, usually with over) To complete.
- They say they can the parts in two days.
- (context, transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (context, intransitive, cricket) Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (context, professional wrestling, intransitive) To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
|
|
