take part
1: share in something [syn: {participate}]
take place
1: come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" [syn: {happen}, {hap}, {go on}, {pass off}, {occur}, {pass}, {fall ou...
take pride
1: feel pride of; "She took great pride in her sons" [syn: {pride oneself}]
take root
1: become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down" [syn: {settle}, {root}, {steady down}, {settle down}]
take shape
1: develop into a distinctive entity; "our plans began to take shape" [syn: {form}, {take form}, {spring}]
take stage
1: attract attention onto oneself [syn: {take the stage}]
take stock
1: to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail; "he scrutinized his likeness in the mirror" [syn: {size up}, {scrutinize}, {scrutinise}]
take ten
1: take a ten minute break; "The players took ten during the long rehearsal"
take the air
1: take a walk; go for a walk; walk for pleasure; "The lovers held hands while walking"; "We like to walk every Sunday" [syn: {walk}]
take the cake
1: rank first; used often in a negative context; "He takes the cake for chutzpah!"
take the count
1: be counted out; remain down while the referee counts to ten [syn: {remain down}]
take the field
1: go on a campaign; go off to war [syn: {campaign}] 2: go on the playing field, of a football team
take the Fifth
1: refuse to testify by invoking the Fifth Amendment, which states that nobody may be forced to testify as a witness against himself or herself [syn: {take the Fifth Amendment}]
take the Fifth Amendment
1: refuse to testify by invoking the Fifth Amendment, which states that nobody may be forced to testify as a witness against himself or herself [syn: {take the Fifth}]
take the floor
1: stand up to dance 2: rise in order to make a speech or motion
take the road
1: give theatrical performances while traveling from town to town
take the stand
1: give testimony in a court of law [syn: {testify}, {attest}, {bear witness}]
take the veil
1: become a nun; "The young woman took the veil after ther fiance died"
take time off
1: take time off from work; stop working temporarily [syn: {take off}]
take to
1: have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window" [syn: {fancy}, {go for}] 2: develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occup...
take to be
1: look on as or consider; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent" [syn: {think of}, {repute}, {regard as}, {look upon}...
take to heart
1: get down to; pay attention to; take seriously; "Attend to your duties, please" [syn: {attend to}] [ant: {neglect}]
take to the woods
1: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" [syn: {run}, {scarper}, {turn tail}, {lam}, {run away}, {hightail it}, {bunk}...
take turns
1: do something in turns; "We take turns on the night shift" [syn: {alternate}]
take up
1: pursue or resume; "take up a matter for consideration" 2: adopt; "take up new ideas" [syn: {latch on}, {fasten on}, {hook on}, {seize on}] 3: turn one's interest to; "He took up herpetology at the ...
take up arms
1: commence hostilities [syn: {go to war}, {take arms}]
take water
1: enter the water; "the wild ducks took water"
take-away
1: of or involving food to be taken and eaten off the premises; "takeout pizza"; "the takeout counter"; "`take-away' is chiefly British" [syn: {takeout}]
take-home
1: (of salary or wages) remaining after all deductions including taxes
take-home pay
1: what is left of your pay after deductions for taxes and dues and insurance etc
take-in
1: the act of taking in as by fooling or cheating or swindling someone
take-up
1: a device for reducing slack or taking up lost motion 2: the action of taking up as by tightening or absorption or reeling in
takeaway
1: prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises; "in England they call takeout food `takeaway'" [syn: {takeout}, {takeout food}] 2: a concession made by a labor union to a company th...
takedown
1: (amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position; "a takedown counts two points" 2: a crushing remark [syn: {put-down}, {squelch}, {squelcher}]
Takelma
1: a member of a North American Indian people of southwestern Oregon 2: a Penutian language spoken by the Takelma people [syn: {Takilman}]
taken for granted
1: evident without proof or argument; "an axiomatic truth"; "we hold these truths to be self-evident" [syn: {axiomatic}, {self-evident}, {taken for granted(p)}] 2: accepted as real or true without pro...
taken over
1: taken without permission or consent especially by public authority; "the condemned land was used for a highway cloverleaf"; "the confiscated liquor was poured down the drain" [syn: {appropriated}, ...
taken up
1: having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something; "became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle"; "was absolutely obsessed with the girl"; "got no help from his wife who was pr...
taken with
1: marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; "she was crazy about him"; "gaga over the rock group's new album"; "he was infatuated with her" [syn: {crazy}, {dotty}, {gaga}, {enamored}, {infatuated}, ...
takeoff
1: a departure; especially of airplanes 2: the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne 3: a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way [syn: {parody}, {lampoon}, {spoof}...
takeoff booster
1: the first stage of a multistage rocket [syn: {booster}, {booster rocket}, {booster unit}, {multistage rocket}, {takeoff rocket}]
takeoff rocket
1: the first stage of a multistage rocket [syn: {booster}, {booster rocket}, {booster unit}, {multistage rocket}, {takeoff booster}]
takeout
1: of or involving food to be taken and eaten off the premises; "takeout pizza"; "the takeout counter"; "`take-away' is chiefly British" [syn: {take-away}] n 1: prepared food that is intended to be ea...
takeout food
1: prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises; "in England they call takeout food `takeaway'" [syn: {takeout}, {takeaway}]
takeover
1: a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force [syn: {coup d'etat}, {coup}, {putsch}] 2: a change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation
takeover arbitrage
1: arbitrage involving risk; as in the simultaneous purchase of stock in a target company and sale of stock in its potential acquirer; if the takeover fails the arbitrageur may lose a great deal of mo...
takeover bid
1: an offer to buy shares in order to take over the company
takeover target
1: a company that has been chosen as attractive for takeover by a potential acquirer [syn: {target company}]
taker
1: one who accepts an offer 2: one who takes a bet or wager
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Takilman
1: a Penutian language spoken by the Takelma people [syn: {Takelma}]
takin
1: large heavily built goat antelope of eastern Himalayan area [syn: {gnu goat}, {Budorcas taxicolor}]
taking
1: very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his manner"; "a winning personality" [syn: {fetching}, {winning}] n : the act of someone who pick...
taking apart
1: the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces [syn: {dismemberment}]
taking hold
1: the act of gripping something firmly with the hands [syn: {grasping}, {seizing}, {prehension}]
taking into custody
1: the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar" [syn: {apprehension}, {arrest}, {catch}, {collar}, {pinch}]
taking over
1: acquisition of property by descent or by will [syn: {succession}]
taking possession
1: the act of occupying or taking possession of a building; "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal" [syn: {occupation}, {occupancy}, {moving in}]
takings
1: the income arising from land or other property; "the average return was about 5%" [syn: {return}, {issue}, {proceeds}, {take}, {yield}, {payoff}]
tala
1: the basic unit of money in Western Samoa
talapoin
1: smallest guenon monkey; of swampy central and west African forests [syn: {Cercopithecus talapoin}]
talaria
1: a winged sandal (as worn by Hermes in Graeco-Roman art)
Talbot
1: English inventor and pioneer in photography who published the first book illustrated with photographs (1800-1877) [syn: {Fox Talbot}, {William Henry Fox Talbot}]
talc
1: a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder [syn: {talcum}] v : apply talcum powder to (one'...
talcum
1: a fine grained mineral having a soft soapy feel and consisting of hydrated magnesium silicate; used in a variety of products including talcum powder [syn: {talc}] 2: a toilet powder made of purifie...
talcum powder
1: a toilet powder made of purified talc and usually scented; absorbs excess moisture [syn: {talcum}]
tale
1: a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disn...
Taleban
1: a fundamentalist Islamic militia; in 1995 the Taliban militia took over Afghanistan and in 1996 took Kabul and set up an Islamic government; "the Taliban enforced a strict Muslim code of behavior" ...
talebearer
1: someone who gossips indiscreetly [syn: {tattletale}, {tattler}, {taleteller}, {telltale}, {blabbermouth}]
talebearing
1: prone to communicate confidential information [syn: {blabbermouthed}, {leaky}, {talebearing(a)}, {tattling(a)}]
talent
1: natural qualities or talents [syn: {endowment}, {gift}, {natural endowment}] 2: a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity
talent scout
1: someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports) [syn: {scout}]
talented
1: showing a natural aptitude for something [syn: {gifted}]
taleteller
1: someone who gossips indiscreetly [syn: {tattletale}, {tattler}, {talebearer}, {telltale}, {blabbermouth}]
Taliban
1: a fundamentalist Islamic militia; in 1995 the Taliban militia took over Afghanistan and in 1996 took Kabul and set up an Islamic government; "the Taliban enforced a strict Muslim code of behavior" ...
Talinum
1: genus of mainly American more-or-less succulent herbs [syn: {genus Talinum}]
Talinum augustissimum
1: similar to Talinum aurantiacum but with narrower leaves and yellow-orange flowers; southwestern United States [syn: {narrow-leaved flame flower}]
Talinum aurantiacum
1: plant with fleshy roots and erect stems with narrow succulent leaves and one reddish-orange flower in each upper leaf axil; southwestern United States; Indians once cooked the fleshy roots [syn: {f...
Talinum brevifolium
1: low plant with crowded narrow succulent leaves and fairly large deep pink axillary flowers that seem to sit on the ground; southwestern United States [syn: {pigmy talinum}]
Talinum calycinum
1: pink-flowered perennial of rocky regions of western United States [syn: {rock pink}]
Talinum paniculatum
1: erect plant with tuberous roots and terminal panicles of red to yellow flowers; southwestern North America to Central America; widely introduced elsewhere [syn: {jewels-of-opar}]
Talinum spinescens
1: low cushion-forming plant with rose to crimson-magenta flowers and leaf midribs that persist as spines when the leaves die; southwestern United States [syn: {spiny talinum}]
talipes
1: congenital deformity of the foot usually marked by a curled shape or twisted position of the ankle and heel and toes [syn: {clubfoot}]
talipes calcaneus
1: talipes in which the toes are pointed upward and the person walks on the heel of the foot
talipes valgus
1: deformity of the foot in which the foot is twisted outward
talipot
1: tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing paper [syn: {talipot palm}, {Corypha umbraculifera}]
talipot palm
1: tall palm of southern India and Sri Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrellas and fans or cut into strips for writing paper [syn: {talipot}, {Corypha umbraculifera}]
talisman
1: a trinket or piece of jewelry thought to be a protection against evil [syn: {amulet}]
talismanic
1: possessing or believed to possess magic power especially protective power; "a talismanic amulet"
talk
1: an exchange of ideas via conversation; "let's have more work and less talk around here" [syn: {talking}] 2: (`talk about' is a less formal alternative for `discussion of') discussion; "his poetry c...
talk about
1: to consider or examine in speech or writing; "The article covered all the different aspects of this question"; "The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'" [syn: {discourse}, {discuss}] 2: discuss or me...
talk down
1: belittle through talk 2: speak in a condescending manner, as if to a child; "He talks down to her"
talk into
1: persuade somebody to do something [ant: {talk out of}]
talk of
1: discuss or mention; "They spoke of many things" [syn: {talk about}]
talk of the town
1: idle gossip or rumor; "there has been talk about you lately" [syn: {talk}]
talk out of
1: persuade someone not to do something [ant: {talk into}]
talk over
1: speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion; "We discussed our household budget" [syn: {hash out}, {discuss}]
talk shop
1: discuss work-related matters; "As soon as they met, the linguists started to talk shop"
talk show
1: a program during which well-known people discuss a topic or answer questions telephoned in by the audience; "in England they call a talk show a chat show" [syn: {chat show}]
talk terms
1: discuss the terms of an arrangement; "They negotiated the sale of the house" [syn: {negociate}, {negotiate}]
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