grubstake | (verb) supply with funds in return for a promised share of profits | - |
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mistake | (verb) to make a mistake or be incorrect | Synonyms: err, slip |
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(verb) identify incorrectly | Synonyms: misidentify |
overtake | (verb) catch up with and possibly overtake | Synonyms: catch, catch up with |
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(verb) overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli | Synonyms: overcome, overpower, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm |
(verb) travel past | Synonyms: overhaul, pass |
partake | (verb) consume | Synonyms: touch |
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(verb) have, give, or receive a share of | Synonyms: partake in, share |
(verb) have some of the qualities or attributes of something | - |
retake | (verb) photograph again | - |
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(verb) capture again | Synonyms: recapture |
(verb) take back by force, as after a battle | Synonyms: recapture |
stake | (verb) place a bet on | Synonyms: back, bet on, gage, game, punt |
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(verb) mark with a stake | Synonyms: post |
(verb) tie or fasten to a stake | - |
(verb) kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole | Synonyms: impale |
(verb) put at risk | Synonyms: adventure, hazard, jeopardize, venture |
take | (verb) be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness | Synonyms: contract, get |
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(verb) remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract | Synonyms: remove, take away, withdraw |
(verb) take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect | Synonyms: acquire, adopt, assume, take on |
(verb) ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial | - |
(verb) be seized or affected in a specified way | - |
(verb) pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives | Synonyms: choose, pick out, select |
(verb) be a student of a certain subject | Synonyms: learn, read, study |
(verb) take into consideration for exemplifying purposes | Synonyms: consider, deal, look at |
(verb) interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression | Synonyms: read |
(verb) accept or undergo, often unwillingly | Synonyms: submit |
(verb) take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs | Synonyms: claim, exact |
(verb) make a film or photograph of something | Synonyms: film, shoot |
(verb) lay claim to; as of an idea | Synonyms: claim |
(verb) obtain by winning | - |
(verb) point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards | Synonyms: aim, direct, take aim, train |
(verb) serve oneself to, or consume regularly | Synonyms: consume, have, ingest, take in |
(verb) get into one's hands, take physically | Synonyms: get hold of |
(verb) have sex with; archaic use | Synonyms: have |
(verb) occupy or take on | Synonyms: assume, strike, take up |
(verb) travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route | - |
(verb) head into a specified direction | Synonyms: make |
(verb) take somebody somewhere | Synonyms: conduct, direct, guide, lead |
(verb) take something or somebody with oneself somewhere | Synonyms: bring, convey |
(verb) proceed along in a vehicle | Synonyms: drive |
(verb) experience or feel or submit to | - |
(verb) take into one's possession | - |
(verb) conquer by force | - |
(verb) buy, select | - |
(verb) engage for service under a term of contract | Synonyms: charter, engage, hire, lease, rent |
(verb) receive or obtain regularly | Synonyms: subscribe, subscribe to |
(verb) receive willingly something given or offered | Synonyms: accept, have |
(verb) require (time or space) | Synonyms: occupy, use up |
(verb) admit into a group or community | Synonyms: accept, admit, take on |
(verb) to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort | - |
(verb) make use of or accept for some purpose | Synonyms: accept |
(verb) assume, as of positions or roles | Synonyms: fill, occupy |
(verb) carry out | - |
(verb) develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation | Synonyms: take to |
(verb) require as useful, just, or proper | Synonyms: ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require |
(verb) be designed to hold or take | Synonyms: accept |
(verb) have with oneself; have on one's person | Synonyms: carry, pack |
(verb) be capable of holding or containing | Synonyms: contain, hold |
undertake | (verb) promise to do or accomplish | Synonyms: guarantee |
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(verb) enter into a contractual arrangement | Synonyms: contract |
(verb) enter upon an activity or enterprise | Synonyms: attempt, set about |
(verb) accept as a charge | Synonyms: take in charge |
(verb) accept as a challenge | Synonyms: tackle, take on |