take, seize, grasp, clutch, snatch, grab mean to get hold of by or as if by catching up with the hand. take is a general term applicable to any manner of getting something into one's possession or control.

Many of our lives are centered on taking care of the needs of everyone around us aside from ourselves. It wanders about a third of the time while a person is reading, talking with other people, or taking care …

1. Capturing interest; fetching: a taking smile. 2. Contagious; catching. Used of an infectious disease.

TAKING definition: the act of a person or thing that takes. See examples of taking used in a sentence.

If someone takes drugs, pills, or other medicines, they take them into their body, for example, by swallowing them. She's been taking sleeping pills.

taking, + n. Government an action by the federal government, as a regulatory ruling, that imposes a restriction on the use of private property for which the owner must be compensated.

Definition of take verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [transitive] to carry or move something from one place to another. take something Remember to take your coat when you leave. …

I'm sorry, but the doctor isn't taking on [= taking] any new patients. She agreed to take him on as an assistant.

Taking definition: That captures interest; attractive; winning.

May 16, 2025 · (uncountable) A seizure of someone's goods or possessions. (uncountable) A state of mental distress, resulting in excited or erratic behavior (in the expression in a taking). quotations