Took

What do we mean by took?

See the extract. noun

Preterit and obsolete or vulgar past participle of take. noun

Imp. of take.

Simple past of take. verb

To get into one's hands, possession or control, with or without force.

To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).

To remove.

To have sex with.

To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.

To grasp or grip.

To select or choose; to pick.

To adopt (select) as one's own.

To carry or lead (something or someone).

To use as a means of transportation.

To visit; to include in a course of travel.

To obtain for use by payment or lease.

To consume.

To experience, undergo, or endure.

To cause to change to a specified state or condition.

To regard in a specified way.

To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.

To understand (especially in a specified way).

To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).

To believe, to accept the statements of.

To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.

To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).

To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.

To catch or contract (an illness, etc).

To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).

To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.

(of a material) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc).

(of a ship) To let in (water).

To require.

To proceed to fill.

To fill, to use up (time or space).

To avail oneself of.

To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.

To assume or perform (a form or role).

To bind oneself by.

To move into.

To go into, through, or along.

To have and use one's recourse to.

To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.

To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.

To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).

To take a picture, photograph, etc of (a person, scene, etc).

To obtain money from, especially by swindling.

(now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.

To deal with.

To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.

To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.

To accept as an input to a relation.

To get or accept (something) into one's possession.

To engage, take hold or have effect.

To become; to be affected in a specified way.

(possibly obsolete) To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.

An intensifier.

To deliver, bring, give (something) to (someone).

(obsolete outside dialectal and slang) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or hit.

Words that are spelled similarly to took:
took.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word took:
wicket, place, refuge, advantage, lessons, bowling, innings, possession, part.

Words that rhyme with took:
book, look, outlook, hook, overlook, crook, cook, brook, nook, rook, chinook, snook, shook, mook, gobbledygook, textbook, zook, donnybrook, notebook, forsook, logbook, chook, handbook, gook, cookbook, brooke, pocketbook, quook, yearbook, guidebook, mistook, scrapbook, checkbook, cooke, undertook, inglenook, flook, storybook, schnook, plook, hooke, blue book, passbook, hornbook, strook, comic book, overcook, rulebook, overtook, unhook, black book, precook, grappling hook, sketchbook, stroock, overbook, rebook, schoolbook, bankbook, shnook, take a look, retook, have a look, phone book, kirkuk, white book, tooke, good book, commonplace book, sihanouk, closed book, matchbook, reference book, account book, westbrook, coloring book, holbrook, sourcebook, blook, reaping hook, pastry cook, fire hook, willowbrook, by hook or by crook, day book, prayer book, rooke, seabrook, fake book, talking book, order book, pruning hook, cant hook, trade book, undercook, crochet hook, mccook, picture book, boat hook, mug book.

Adjectives that are often used to describe took:
old, how, own, human, young, chief, tick, bodied, hard, adventurous, ridiculous, bitter.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective took:
place, people, part, inheritance, clan, off, batcha.

Consonant match to took:
take, talk, tuk, tick, tech, tack, tuck, tec, toque, tic, tac, tek, tyke, tuque, turk, teak, tock, tike, tak, teck, tooke, teac, teich, turck, ptak, tacke, t a c, tauke.

Words that sound like took:
took, tooke, talk, take, tick, tech, tuck, tack, tock, tic, toke, tac, tyke, tec, tike, tak, toc, tok, teak, teck, teac, toque, tek, tik, toch, tuk, teek, tuque, tuke, teke, tuc, takk, tacke, tolk, taek, tique, teich, teq, tawk, ptak, taq, taak, theque, ttic, tyk, toq, tiq, t.c, ticc, tyc, tekke, tacc, dook, turk, turck, tark, tnk, trk, turc, trc, terc, tag, tug, tig, tog, tlc, teague, tsk, tlk, stook, togue, teg, tagg, tooks, tooker, htc, tighe, tck, tague, tugg, teeg, tookes, taig, teig, tigue, taag, tyg, tegg, twk, thq, hook, hooke, chook, dak, d.c, dack, dake, dac, dach, daq.