Definition of took

"took" in the verb sense

1. take

carry out

"take action"

"take steps"

"take vengeance"

2. take, occupy, use up

require (time or space

"It took three hours to get to work this morning"

"This event occupied a very short time"

3. lead, take, direct, conduct, guide

take somebody somewhere

"We lead him to our chief"

"can you take me to the main entrance?"

"He conducted us to the palace"

4. take, get hold of

get into one's hands, take physically

"Take a cookie!"

"Can you take this bag, please"

5. assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take

take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect

"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"

6. take, read

interpret something in a certain way convey a particular meaning or impression

"I read this address as a satire"

"How should I take this message?"

7. bring, convey, take

take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

"Bring me the box from the other room"

"Take these letters to the boss"

"This brings me to the main point"

8. take

take into one's possession

"We are taking an orphan from Romania"

"I'll take three salmon steaks"

9. take

travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route

"He takes the bus to work"

"She takes Route 1 to Newark"

10. choose, take, select, pick out

pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

"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"

11. accept, take, have

receive willingly something given or offered

"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"

12. fill, take, occupy

assume, as of positions or roles

"She took the job as director of development"

"he occupies the position of manager"

"the young prince will soon occupy the throne"

13. consider, take, deal, look at

take into consideration for exemplifying purposes

"Take the case of China"

"Consider the following case"

14. necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand

require as useful, just, or proper

"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"

15. take

experience or feel or submit to

"Take a test"

"Take the plunge"

16. film, shoot, take

make a film or photograph of something

"take a scene"

"shoot a movie"

17. remove, take, take away, withdraw

remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

"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"

18. consume, ingest, take in, take, have

serve oneself to, or consume regularly

"Have another bowl of chicken soup!"

"I don't take sugar in my coffee"

19. take, submit

accept or undergo, often unwillingly

"We took a pay cut"

20. take, accept

make use of or accept for some purpose

"take a risk"

"take an opportunity"

21. take

take by force

"Hitler took the Baltic Republics"

"The army took the fort on the hill"

22. assume, take, strike, take up

occupy or take on

"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"

23. accept, admit, take, take on

admit into a group or community

"accept students for graduate study"

"We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"

24. take

ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial

"take a pulse"

"A reading was taken of the earth's tremors"

25. learn, study, read, take

be a student of a certain subject

"She is reading for the bar exam"

26. claim, take, exact

take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs

"the accident claimed three lives"

"The hard work took its toll on her"

27. take, make

head into a specified direction

"The escaped convict took to the hills"

"We made for the mountains"

28. aim, take, train, take aim, direct

point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards

"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"

29. take

be seized or affected in a specified way

"take sick"

"be taken drunk"

30. carry, pack, take

have with oneself have on one's person

"She always takes an umbrella"

"I always carry money"

"She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains"

31. lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take

engage for service under a term of contract

"We took an apartment on a quiet street"

"Let's rent a car"

"Shall we take a guide in Rome?"

32. subscribe, subscribe to, take

receive or obtain regularly

"We take the Times every day"

33. take

buy, select

"I'll take a pound of that sausage"

34. take

to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort

"take shelter from the storm"

35. take, have

have sex with archaic use

"He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable"

36. claim, take

lay claim to as of an idea

"She took credit for the whole idea"

37. accept, take

be designed to hold or take

"This surface will not take the dye"

38. contain, take, hold

be capable of holding or containing

"This box won't take all the items"

"The flask holds one gallon"

39. take

develop a habit

"He took to visiting bars"

40. drive, take

proceed along in a vehicle

"We drive the turnpike to work"

41. take

obtain by winning

"Winner takes all"

"He took first prize"

42. contract, take, get

be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

"He got AIDS"

"She came down with pneumonia"

"She took a chill"

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Quotations for took

Troy was not took in a day. [ Proverb ]

I took him napping, as Moss caught his mare. [ Proverb ]

I took him for a worm, but he proved a serpent. [ Proverb ]

He that never took oar in his hand must not think scorn to be taught. [ Proverb ]

Love took up the harp of life, and smote on all the chords with might;
Smote the chord of Self, that, trembling, passed in music out of sight. [ Alfred Tennyson ]

I was all ear, and took in strains that might create a soul under the ribs of death. [ Milton ]

Nature meant to make woman her masterpiece, but committed a mistake in the choice of the clay; she took it too fine. [ Lessing ]

Alas! alas! why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; and he that might the vantage best have took found out the remedy. [ William Shakespeare ]

The bride, lovely herself, and lovely by her side a bevy of bright nymphs, with sober grace came glittering like a star, and took her place. [ Dryden ]

Before the birth of Love, many fearful things took place through the empire of Necessity; but when this god was born, all things rose to men. [ Socrates ]

God takes men's hearty desires and will, instead of the deed, where they have not power to fulfill it; but he never took the bare deed instead of the will. [ Richard Baxter ]

God took his softest clay and his purest colors, and made a fragile jewel, mysterious and caressing - the finger of woman; then he fell asleep. The devil awoke, and at the end of that rosy finger put a nail. [ Victor Hugo ]

The emperor one day took up a pencil which fell from the hand of Titian, who was then drawing his picture; and upon the compliment which Titian made him on that occasion he said, Titian deserves to be served by Caesar. [ Dryden ]

If I might venture to appeal to what is so much out of fashion at Paris, I mean to experience, I should tell you that in my course I have known and, according to my measure, have cooperated with great men; and I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations of those who were much inferior in understanding to the person who took the lead in the business. [ Burke ]

There is a world of science necessary in choosing books. I have known some people in great sorrow fly to a novel, or the last light book in fashion. One might as well take a rose-draught for the plague! Light reading does not do when the heart is really heavy. I am told that Goethe, when he lost his son, took to study a science that was new to him. Ah! Goethe was a physician who knew what he was about. [ Edward Bulwer-Lytton ]

Two things a master commits to his servant's care - the child and the child's clothes. It will be a poor excuse for the servant to say, at his master's return, Sir, here are all the child's clothes, neat and clean, but the child is lost. Much so of the account that many will give to God of their souls and bodies at the great day. Lord, here is my body; I am very grateful for it; I neglected nothing that belonged to its contents and welfare; but as for my soul, that is lost and cast away forever. I took little care and thought about it. [ John Flavel ]

I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. You don't have to tell me, I said. I'm off the team, aren't I? Well, said Coach, you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet. You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times. It was all true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach. He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

Since I was seven years old I have seldom take, a dose of medicine, and have still seldomer needed one. But up to seven I lived exclusively on allopathic medicines. Not that I needed them, for I don't think I did; it was for economy; my father took a drug-store for a debt, and it made cod-liver oil cheaper than the other breakfast foods. We had nine barrels of it, and it lasted me seven years. Then I was weaned. The rest of the family had to get along with rhubarb and ipecac and such things, because I was the pet. I was the first Standard Oil Trust. I had it all. By the time the drugstore was exhausted my health was established, and there has never been much the matter with me since. [ Mark Twain, Seventieth Birthday speech ]

took in Scrabble®

The word took is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters took:

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took in Words With Friends™

The word took is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters took:

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Words within the letters of took

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4 letter words in took (1 word)

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Word Growth involving took

Shorter words in took

to too

Longer words containing took

mistook unmistook

overtook

partook

retook caretook

undertook