Grab vs. Take

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Grabverb

(transitive) To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.

Grabverb

(intransitive) To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).

Grabverb

To restrain someone; to arrest.

Grabverb

To grip the attention; to enthrall.

Grabverb

(informal) To quickly collect or retrieve.

Grabverb

(informal) To consume something quickly.

Grabverb

To take the opportunity of.

Grabnoun

(countable) A sudden snatch at something.

Grabnoun

(countable) An acquisition by violent or unjust means.

Grabnoun

(countable) A mechanical device that grabs or clutches.

Grabnoun

A device for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.

Grabnoun

A sound bite.

Grabnoun

(obsolete) That which is seized.

Grabnoun

(uncountable) A simple card game.

Grabnoun

A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast.

Grabnoun

A vessel used on the Malabar coast, having two or three masts.

Grabnoun

A sudden grasp or seizure.

Grabnoun

An instrument for clutching objects for the purpose of raising them; - specially applied to devices for withdrawing drills, etc., from artesian and other wells that are drilled, bored, or driven.

Grabverb

To gripe suddenly; to seize; to snatch; to clutch.

Grabnoun

a mechanical device for gripping an object

Grabnoun

the act of catching an object with the hands;

Grabverb

take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of;

Grabverb

get hold of or seize quickly and easily;

Grabverb

make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand;

Grabverb

obtain illegally or unscrupulously;

Grabverb

take or grasp suddenly;

Grabverb

capture the attention or imagination of;

Takeverb

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

Takeverb

(transitive) To seize or capture.

Takeverb

(transitive) To catch or get possession of (fish or game).

Takeverb

To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.

Takeverb

(transitive) To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.

Takeverb

(transitive) To exact.

Takeverb

(transitive) To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.

Takeverb

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

Takeverb

(transitive) To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.

Takeverb

(transitive) To accept and follow (advice, etc).

Takeverb

(transitive) To receive into some relationship.

Takeverb

To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).

Takeverb

(transitive) To remove.

Takeverb

(transitive) To remove or end by death; to kill.

Takeverb

(transitive) To subtract.

Takeverb

(transitive) To have sex with.

Takeverb

(transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.

Takeverb

(transitive) To grasp or grip.

Takeverb

(transitive) To select or choose; to pick.

Takeverb

(transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.

Takeverb

(transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).

Takeverb

To transport or carry; to convey to another place.

Takeverb

To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.

Takeverb

(transitive) To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.

Takeverb

(transitive) To escort or conduct (a person).

Takeverb

(reflexive) To go.

Takeverb

(transitive) To use as a means of transportation.

Takeverb

(obsolete) To visit; to include in a course of travel.

Takeverb

(transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.

Takeverb

(transitive) To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.

Takeverb

(transitive) To consume.

Takeverb

(transitive) To receive (medicine) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.

Takeverb

(transitive) To partake of (food or drink); to consume.

Takeverb

(transitive) To experience, undergo, or endure.

Takeverb

(transitive) To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.

Takeverb

(transitive) To experience or feel.

Takeverb

(transitive) To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).

Takeverb

(transitive) To participate in.

Takeverb

(transitive) To suffer, to endure (a hardship or damage).

Takeverb

(transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.

Takeverb

(transitive) To regard in a specified way.

Takeverb

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

Takeverb

(transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).

Takeverb

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

Takeverb

(transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.

Takeverb

(transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.

Takeverb

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

Takeverb

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

Takeverb

(transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc).

Takeverb

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

Takeverb

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

Takeverb

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

Takeverb

To let in (water).

Takeverb

(transitive) To require.

Takeverb

(transitive) To proceed to fill.

Takeverb

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

Takeverb

(transitive) To avail oneself of.

Takeverb

(transitive) To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.

Takeverb

(transitive) To assume or perform (a form or role).

Takeverb

(transitive) To assume (a form).

Takeverb

(transitive) To perform (a role).

Takeverb

(transitive) To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc).

Takeverb

(transitive) To bind oneself by.

Takeverb

(transitive) To move into.

Takeverb

(transitive) To go into, through, or along.

Takeverb

(transitive) To have and use one's recourse to.

Takeverb

(transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.

Takeverb

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

Takeverb

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

Takeverb

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

Takeverb

(transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.

Takeverb

To apply oneself to the study of.

Takeverb

(transitive) To deal with.

Takeverb

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

Takeverb

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

Takeverb

To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).

Takeverb

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

Takeverb

(intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.

Takeverb

To adhere or be absorbed properly.

Takeverb

To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to take root, take hold.

Takeverb

To catch; to engage.

Takeverb

To win acceptance, favor or favorable reception; to charm people.

Takeverb

(intransitive) To have the intended effect.

Takeverb

(intransitive) To become; to be affected in a specified way.

Takeverb

To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.

Takeverb

An intensifier.

Takeverb

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

Takeverb

To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or hit.

Takenoun

The or an act of taking.

Takenoun

Something that is taken; a haul.

Takenoun

Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits.

Takenoun

The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.

Takenoun

An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective.

Takenoun

An approach, a (distinct) treatment.

Takenoun

(film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.

Takenoun

(music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.

Takenoun

A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.

Takenoun

(medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.

Takenoun

A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).

Takenoun

(printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.

Take

Taken.

Takeverb

In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands, or otherwise; to grasp; to get into one's hold or possession; to procure; to seize and carry away; to convey.

Takeverb

To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection to one's power or will; to capture; to seize; to make prisoner; as, to take an army, a city, or a ship; also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack; to seize; - said of a disease, misfortune, or the like.

Takeverb

In a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to bear; to endure; to acknowledge; to accept.

Takeverb

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

Takeverb

To accept, as something offered; to receive; not to refuse or reject; to admit.

Takeverb

To make a picture, photograph, or the like, of; as, to take a group or a scene.

Takeverb

To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to have recourse to; as, to take the road to the right.

Takeverb

To receive as something to be eaten or drunk; to partake of; to swallow; as, to take food or wine.

Takeverb

To give or deliver (a blow to); to strike; hit; as, he took me in the face; he took me a blow on the head.

Takeverb

To employ; to use; to occupy; hence, to demand; to require; as, it takes so much cloth to make a coat; it takes five hours to get to Boston from New York by car.

Takeverb

Not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily; to clear; as, to take a hedge or fence.

Takeverb

To form a likeness of; to copy; to delineate; to picture; as, to take a picture of a person.

Takeverb

To bear without ill humor or resentment; to submit to; to tolerate; to endure; as, to take a joke; he will take an affront from no man.

Takeverb

To draw; to deduce; to derive.

Takeverb

To admit, as, something presented to the mind; not to dispute; to allow; to accept; to receive in thought; to entertain in opinion; to understand; to interpret; to regard or look upon; to consider; to suppose; as, to take a thing for granted; this I take to be man's motive; to take men for spies.

Takeverb

To assume; to adopt; to acquire, as shape; to permit to one's self; to indulge or engage in; to yield to; to have or feel; to enjoy or experience, as rest, revenge, delight, shame; to form and adopt, as a resolution; - used in general senses, limited by a following complement, in many idiomatic phrases; as, to take a resolution; I take the liberty to say.

Takeverb

To accept the word or offer of; to receive and accept; to bear; to submit to; to enter into agreement with; - used in general senses; as, to take a form or shape.

Takeverb

To lead; to conduct; as, to take a child to church.

Takeverb

To carry; to convey; to deliver to another; to hand over; as, he took the book to the bindery; he took a dictionary with him.

Takeverb

To remove; to withdraw; to deduct; - with from; as, to take the breath from one; to take two from four.

Takeverb

To take hold; to fix upon anything; to have the natural or intended effect; to accomplish a purpose; as, he was inoculated, but the virus did not take.

Takeverb

To please; to gain reception; to succeed.

Takeverb

To move or direct the course; to resort; to betake one's self; to proceed; to go; - usually with to; as, the fox, being hard pressed, took to the hedge.

Takeverb

To admit of being pictured, as in a photograph; as, his face does not take well.

Takenoun

That which is taken, such as the quantity of fish captured at one haul or catch, or the amouont of money collected during one event; as, the box-office take.

Takenoun

The quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time.

Takenoun

the income arising from land or other property;

Takenoun

the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption

Takeverb

carry out;

Takeverb

as of time or space;

Takeverb

take somebody somewhere;

Takeverb

get into one's hands, take physically;

Takeverb

take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect;

Takeverb

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

Takeverb

take something or somebody with oneself somewhere;

Takeverb

take into one's possession;

Takeverb

require as useful, just, or proper;

Takeverb

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

Takeverb

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

Takeverb

receive willingly something given or offered;

Takeverb

assume, as of positions or roles;

Takeverb

take into consideration for exemplifying purposes;

Takeverb

experience or feel or submit to;

Takeverb

make a film or photograph of something;

Takeverb

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

Takeverb

serve oneself to, or consume regularly;

Takeverb

accept or undergo, often unwillingly;

Takeverb

make use of or accept for some purpose;

Takeverb

take by force;

Takeverb

occupy or take on;

Takeverb

admit into a group or community;

Takeverb

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

Takeverb

be a student of a certain subject;

Takeverb

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

Takeverb

head into a specified direction;

Takeverb

aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment;

Takeverb

be seized or affected in a specified way;

Takeverb

have with oneself; have on one's person;

Takeverb

engage for service under a term of contract;

Takeverb

receive or obtain by regular payment;

Takeverb

buy, select;

Takeverb

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

Takeverb

have sex with; archaic use;

Takeverb

lay claim to; as of an idea;

Takeverb

be designed to hold or take;

Takeverb

be capable of holding or containing;

Takeverb

develop a habit;

Takeverb

proceed along in a vehicle;

Takeverb

obtain by winning;

Takeverb

be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness;

Takeverb

lay hold of (something) with one's hands; reach for and hold

Takeverb

capture or gain possession of by force or military means

Takeverb

(in bridge, whist, and similar card games) win (a trick)

Takeverb

capture (an opposing piece or pawn)

Takeverb

dismiss a batsman from (his wicket)

Takeverb

dispossess someone of (something); steal or illicitly remove

Takeverb

occupy (a place or position)

Takeverb

rent (a house)

Takeverb

agree to buy (an item)

Takeverb

(of a person) already be married or in an emotional relationship.

Takeverb

use or have ready to use

Takeverb

use as an instance or example in support of an argument

Takeverb

regularly buy or subscribe to (a particular newspaper or periodical).

Takeverb

ascertain by measurement or observation

Takeverb

write down

Takeverb

make (a photograph) with a camera

Takeverb

(especially of illness) suddenly strike or afflict (someone)

Takeverb

have sexual intercourse with.

Takeverb

remove (someone or something) from a particular place

Takeverb

subtract

Takeverb

carry or bring with one; convey

Takeverb

accompany or guide (someone) to a specified place

Takeverb

bring into a specified state

Takeverb

use as a route or a means of transport

Takeverb

accept or receive (someone or something)

Takeverb

understand or accept as valid

Takeverb

acquire or assume (a position, state, or form)

Takeverb

receive (a specified amount of money) as payment or earnings

Takeverb

achieve or attain (a victory or result)

Takeverb

act on (an opportunity)

Takeverb

experience or be affected by

Takeverb

react to or regard (news or an event) in a specified way

Takeverb

deal with (a physical obstacle or course) in a specified way

Takeverb

regard or view in a specified way

Takeverb

be attracted or charmed by

Takeverb

submit to, tolerate, or endure

Takeverb

assume

Takeverb

consume as food, drink, medicine, or drugs

Takeverb

make, undertake, or perform (an action or task)

Takeverb

conduct (a ceremony or gathering).

Takeverb

be taught or examined in (a subject)

Takeverb

obtain (an academic degree) after fulfilling the required conditions

Takeverb

require or use up (a specified amount of time)

Takeverb

(of a task or situation) need or call for (a particular person or thing)

Takeverb

hold; accommodate

Takeverb

wear or require (a particular size of garment or type of complementary article)

Takeverb

(of a plant or seed) take root or begin to grow; germinate

Takeverb

(of an added substance) become successfully established

Takeverb

have or require as part of the appropriate construction

Takenoun

a scene or sequence of sound or vision photographed or recorded continuously at one time

Takenoun

a particular version of or approach to something

Takenoun

an amount of something gained or acquired from one source or in one session

Takenoun

the money received at a cinema or theatre for seats.

Takenoun

an amount of copy set up at one time or by one compositor.

Take

A take is a single continuous recorded performance. The term is used in film and music to denote and track the stages of production.

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