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have /hav/ transitive verb (prp havˈing; 2nd pers sing (archaic and dialect) hast; 3rd pers sing has or (archaic) hath; pl have; pres subjunctive have; pat and pap had; 2nd pers pat (archaic or dialect) hadst; pa subjunctive had)- To hold
- To keep
- To possess
- To own
- To hold in control
- To bear
- To be in a relation which is analogous to, if not quite the same as, ownership, as in to have a son, to have an assistant, to have no government
- To be characterized by
- To be given the use or enjoyment of
- To experience
- To know
- To entertain in the mind
- To grasp the meaning or point of
- To hold as information
- To put, assert or express
- To suffer, endure, tolerate
- To hold or esteem
- To cause or allow to (do something; esp N American)
- To convey, take, cause to go
- To accept, take
- To remove (with off or out)
- To cause to be removed
- To get
- To obtain
- To give birth to
- To get the better of, hold at a disadvantage or in one's power in a dilemma
- To take in, deceive (usu in passive)
- To entertain in one's home (with back, in, round, etc; informal)
- To ask to do a job in one's house, etc (with in, round, etc; informal)
- To have sexual intercourse with (vulgar sl)
- As an auxiliary verb, used with the pap in forming the perfect tenses
noun (pl haves)- A person who has possessions
- A trick, swindle (old sl)
ORIGIN: OE habban, pat hæfde, pap gehæfd; Ger haben, Dan have havˈer noun - A person who has or possesses, a holder
- The person in whose custody a document is (Scots law)
havˈing noun - Act of possessing
- Possession, estate
- (esp in pl /hāvˈingz/) behaviour, good manners (Scot)
adjective Greedy have-a-goˈ adjective Willing to attempt something, esp to stop a criminal in the act have-atˈ-him noun (Shakespeare) A thrust haveˈ-not noun (pl haveˈ-nots) A person who lacks possessions have-onˈ noun - A deception, a hoax
- A piece of humbug or chaff
had as good (archaic) Might as well had as lief (archaic) Would as willingly had better or had best Would do best to had like see under like1 had rather Would prefer have at - (let me) attack
- Here goes
have done see under do1 have had it (informal) - To be ruined
- To have missed one's opportunities
- To be doomed, beyond hope
- To have been killed
- (also have had that) not to be going to get or do (something)
have it - To prevail
- To exceed in any way
- To get punishment, unpleasant consequences
have it away (slang) - To escape
- To have sexual intercourse (with)
have it coming (to one) (informal) To deserve the bad luck, punishment, etc that one is getting or will get have it in for (someone) (informal) To have a grudge against (someone) have it in one To have the courage or ability within oneself (to do something) have it off or away (with) (vulgar sl) To have sexual intercourse (with) have it out To discuss a point of contention, etc explicitly and exhaustively have on - To wear
- To take in, hoax, chaff
- To have as an engagement or appointment
have to To be obliged to have to be (informal) To surely be have to do with see under do1 have up To call to account (before a court of justice, etc) have what it takes To have the necessary qualities or capabilities (to do something) have with you (archaic) I am ready to go with you I have it I have found the answer (to a problem, etc) let (someone) have it To attack (someone) with words, blows, etc not be having any (of that) To be unwilling to accept, tolerate, etc the thing proposed or mentioned take /tāk/ transitive verb (pat took; pap tāˈken)- To lay hold of
- To get into one's possession
- To seize, catch, capture
- To captivate
- To receive or come to have willingly or by an act of one's own
- To pay for, buy or rent
- To appropriate
- To assume, adopt
- To consider as an example
- To accept
- To receive
- To admit
- To submerge (Scot)
- To have normally assigned to one
- To find out, come upon, surprise, detect
- To swallow or inhale
- To eat or drink, often habitually
- To apply to oneself
- To obtain
- To engage, secure
- To seek and receive
- To have recourse to
- To make use of
- To deal with or react to in a specified way
- To teach (a subject or class)
- To attend a course in
- To undertake (a course) or attend (a regular class) in some subject
- To visit
- To call for, necessitate, use up
- To remove
- To cause to go
- To subtract
- To convey
- To carry with one
- To escort
- To detract
- To derive
- To understand
- To apprehend
- (with it) to assume, suppose
- To mistake
- To conceive or think of
- To accept as true
- To tolerate or endure
- To ascertain
- To observe or measure
- To ascertain something from
- To execute, perform
- To set down
- To portray
- To photograph
- To charge oneself with
- To declare solemnly
- To strike
- To come upon and affect
- To bewitch or charm
- To blight
- To put an end to (someone's, or one's own, life)
- To cheat, swindle or deceive (informal)
- To deliver, give (obsolete)
- To have sexual intercourse with (archaic)
- To betake
intransitive verb- To have the intended effect
- To be effective, to work
- (of plants, esp grafted buds) to begin to grow shoots (cf strike)
- To please the public
- To betake oneself, begin
- (of a fish) to bite
- To make a capture or acquisition
- To be capable of being taken
- To become, fall, eg ill (informal)
- To freeze (N American)
- To cast a spell (Shakespeare)
noun- An act of taking, or of catching (eg the ball in rugby, etc)
- A person's opinion of or perspective on a particular situation, concept, etc
- A capture
- Quantity taken on one occasion
- The amount of money taken, eg from a business enterprise, admission charges, etc
- The amount of film (eg one scene) photographed, music recorded, etc at any one time
- The amount of copy set up by a printer at one time
- A sign on the body (eg a rash) that a vaccine has been successful
- A successful tissue graft
ORIGIN: Late OE tacan (pat tōc) to touch, take, from ON taka (pat tōk; pap tekinn) takeˈable or tāˈkable adjective tāˈken adjective (with with; informal) Impressed or attracted by tāˈker noun tāˈking noun - The action of the verb in any sense
- (usu in pl) that which is taken, receipts
- Plight (Spenser)
- Bewitchment, malignant influence (Shakespeare)
- Agitation, perplexity (informal)
adjective- Captivating
- Alluring
- Infectious, catching
tāˈkingly adverb tāˈkingness noun tāˈky adjective (old informal) Attractive takeˈaway adjective - (of cooked food) sold for consumption away from the place of sale
- (of a restaurant) selling such food
noun- Such a restaurant
- A takeaway meal
takeˈ-down noun A humiliation adjective Capable of being disassembled quickly take-home pay noun Pay after deduction of tax, etc takeˈ-in noun A deception, fraud or disappointment of hopes takeˈ-leave noun Leave-taking takeˈ-off noun - A burlesque mimicking
- The place, act or mode of leaving the ground for a jump, dive or flight (also figurative)
- A drawback
take-off rocket noun (aeronautics) A rocket used to assist the acceleration of an aircraft at take-off takeˈout adjective (N American) Takeaway adjective and noun (bridge) (of or designating) a conventional bid asking one's partner to bid a different suit takeˈover noun The acquirement of control of a business by purchase of a majority of its shares (also adjective) takeˈ-up noun The fact, or an instance, of taking up (ie using or accepting, or picking up) take-up rate noun The number of people, as a percentage of the total number eligible, who claim a benefit to which they are entitled or who accept an offer tāking-offˈ noun Removal, assassination for the taking Readily available to be taken (advantage of) have what it takes To possess the requisite skills, qualities, etc on the take Engaged in small-scale dishonest making of profit take after To resemble (eg a parent) in appearance or characteristics take against - To take a dislike to
- To oppose
take apart - To separate into component parts
- To defeat convincingly (informal)
- To criticize or scold severely (slang)
take away - To subtract
- To carry somewhere else, remove
- To detract (from)
take back - To retract, withdraw
- To carry back (mentally) in time
- To return to an original position
- To regain possession of
- To move (text) to the previous line (printing)
take down - To go above in class
- To demolish, pull down or dismantle
- To take to pieces
- To report or write down to dictation
- (of a man) to escort (a lady) to the dining room
- (also, more usu, take down a peg) to humiliate to some degree
- To reduce
- To lower
take effect - To come off, succeed
- To come into force
take five (or ten) (informal) To take a short break of five (or ten) minutes take for To suppose to be, esp wrongly take fright see under fright take heed - To be careful
- To pay attention
take in - To enclose
- To comprise
- To annex
- To grasp, realize or understand
- To accept as true
- To cheat
- To subscribe for, buy regularly
- To receive into one's home, eg as a guest or lodger
- To accept (work, eg washing) for doing in one's own home for payment
- To tighten, contract, make smaller
- To furl
- To admit
- To subdue
- To visit (a place) or go to (a show, etc) esp as part of an itinerary or plan (esp US)
- (of a man) to conduct (a lady) to the dining room (historical)
take in hand - To undertake
- To undertake to reform, help or guide (someone)
take into one's head To be seized with a notion take in vain To use (eg God's name) with unsuitable levity take it - To assume
- To endure punishment or bad luck without giving way or collapsing under the strain (informal)
take it from me You can believe me, believe me when I say take it from there To deal with a situation appropriately, at whatever point it falls to one to do so take it or leave it To accept something with all its disadvantages, or else do without it take it out of - To exhaust the strength or energy of
- To exact the utmost from
take it out on - To make (an innocent person or object) suffer for one's anger or frustration
- To vent one's bad temper, anger, etc on
take me with you (Shakespeare) Let me understand what you mean take notice - To observe
- To show that observation is made
- (with of) to remark upon
take off - To remove, detach
- To mimic
- To leave the ground for a jump or flight
- To begin a rapid improvement, expansion, or surge in popularity
- To depart or set out (informal)
- To swallow
take on - To receive aboard
- To agree to do, to undertake
- To assume or acquire
- To take into employment
- To be very upset or distraught (informal)
- To accept a challenge from (esp a stronger opponent)
- (of ideas, etc) to gain acceptance
take out - To remove from within
- To extract
- To go out with, escort
- To obtain (eg a licence) on application
- To receive an equivalent for
- To copy (Shakespeare)
- To kill, destroy or defeat (slang)
- To bid a different suit from (one's partner) (bridge)
take over - To receive by transfer
- To convey across
- To assume control of
- To move (text) to the following line (printing)
take someone out of himself or herself To make someone forget his or her problems or worries take someone up on - To accept someone's offer or challenge with respect to
- To challenge someone over (a statement, point, etc)
take to - To make for, take oneself off to
- To adapt oneself to
- To become fond of, to begin to do regularly as a habit
take to pieces To separate into component parts take to task To call to account, reprove take to wife (archaic) To marry take up - To lift, raise or collect
- To pick up for use
- To absorb
- To accept (an offer)
- To adopt the practice, study, etc, of, begin to go in for
- To begin to patronize, seek to advance
- To become interested in and begin to do
- To discuss with
- To shorten (a garment)
- To engross, occupy or fill fully
- To interrupt sharply
- To arrest
- To resume
- To take in hand
- To buy up
- To settle, compound (a quarrel) (Shakespeare)
- To reprove (Shakespeare)
- To cope with (Shakespeare)
- To obtain on credit (Shakespeare)
- (usu in passive) to interest, please (with about or with)
- To borrow
- To secure, fasten
take upon oneself - To assume
- To presume
- To take responsibility for
- To undertake
- To feign, make believe (Shakespeare)
take up with To begin to associate with, form a connection with |