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verb
- To adopt; to receive into a family as one's offspring
- To connect in the way of descent; to trace origin to.
- to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.
- To fix the paternity of
- To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.
noun
verb
verb
verb
- adopt
- pursue or resume
- turn one's interest to
- take up time or space
- begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
- take up and practice as one's own
- occupy or take on
- take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
- take out or up with or as if with a scoop
- accept
- take in, also metaphorically
- take up as if with a sponge
- return to a previous location or condition
verb
noun
- The act of adopting.
- The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own child.
- An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God.
- Transfer between an old system to another (usually better) system.
- Ten consecutive wins against an opponent.
- Admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.
- The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance
prep
- Using or adopting (a name, identity, etc.).
- Subordinate to; subject to the control of; in accordance with; in compliance with.
- Within the category, classification or heading of.
- Below the surface of.
- Less than.
- In the face of; in response to (some attacking force).
- In or at a lower level than; in the area covered or surmounted by.
- From one side of to the other, passing beneath.
adj
- Insufficient or lacking in a particular respect.
- Lower; beneath something.
- Under anesthesia, especially general anesthesia; sedated.
- In a state of subordination, submission or defeat.
noun
adv
verb
- To adopt as one's own.
- To act as a father; to support and nurture.
- To provide with a father.
- To give rise to.
- To be a father to; to sire.
noun
- The founder of a discipline or science.
- A member of a church council.
- Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
- The archived older version of a file that immediately precedes the current version, and was itself derived from the grandfather.
- A term of respectful address for a priest.
- Something inanimate that begets.
- A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
- A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
- A (generally human) male who begets a child.
- A term of respectful address for an elderly man.
verb
- To adopt.
- To steal.
- To obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take.
- To admit, especially to a crime or wrongdoing.
- To earn by bad behavior.
- Of a pimp: to recruit a prostitute into the stable.
- To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
- To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.
noun
verb
- To adopt (select) as one's own.
- To accept (zero or more arguments).
- To seize or capture.
- To remove.
- To go.
- To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
- To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
- To proceed to fill.
- To participate in.
- To let in (water).
- To move into.
- To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
- To assume (a form).
- To go into, through, or along.
- To apply oneself to the study of.
- To deal with.
- To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
- To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
- To have sex with.
- To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
- To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- To experience or feel.
- To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
- To carry or lead (something or someone).
- To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
- An intensifier.
- To require.
- To fill, to use up (time or space).
- To avail oneself of.
- To escort or conduct (a person).
- To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
- To receive into some relationship.
- To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- To catch; to engage.
- To grasp or grip.
- To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
- To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
- To exact.
- To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
- To remove or end by death; to kill.
- To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- To believe, to accept the statements of.
- To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
- To subtract.
- To bind oneself by.
- To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
- To partake of (food or drink); to consume.
- To perform (a role).
- To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc).
- To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
- To accept and follow (advice, etc).
- To use as a means of transportation.
- To admit (a penis or the penis of) into one’s bodily cavity.
- To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
- To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- To select or choose; to pick.
- To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
- To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
- To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- To receive (medicine) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
- To have the intended effect.
- To regard in a specified way.
- To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc).
- To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
- To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- To adhere or be absorbed properly.
- To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).
- To understand (especially in a specified way).
- To have and use one's recourse to.
noun
- A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
- An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
- A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
- A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- The or an act of taking.
- A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
- Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits.
- The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
verb
verb
- adopt as a belief
- give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
- support materially or financially
- be behind; approve of
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
- support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm
- argue or speak in defense of
- play a subordinate role to (another performer)
- be a regular customer or client of
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
noun
- the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities
- aiding the cause or policy or interests of
- something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest
- a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
- documentary validation
- the financial means whereby one lives
- supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation
- the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
- a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
- any device that bears the weight of another thing
- financial resources provided to make some project possible
adj
verb
- To adopt (an idea) as one's own.
- To feign or counterfeit.
- To lend.
- To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.
- To receive money from a bank or other lender under the agreement that the lender will be paid back over time.
- To secure the release of (someone) from prison.
- To receive (something, usually of trifling value) from somebody, with little possibility of returning it.
- To adopt a word from another language.
- To interrupt the current activity of (a person) and lead them away in order to speak with them, get their help, etc.
- To adjust one's aim in order to compensate for the slope of the green.
- To temporarily obtain (something) for (someone).
- In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result.
noun
verb
- To come into an inheritance.
- To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
- To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.
- To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).
- To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission.
- To derive from people or conditions previously in force.
- To derive a new class from (a superclass).
noun
verb
noun
- A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child; a step-parent or adoptive parent.
- A surrogate parent
- An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended.
- A parent company.
- One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father.
- The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node.
- The nuclide that decays into a daughter nuclide.
- The source or origin of something.
- A third person who has provided DNA samples in an IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material
- Sponsor, supporter, owner, protector.
noun
- The condition of being picked up, or taken up; adoption by some entity.
- A person successfully approached in this manner for romance or sex.
- In a record player, an electromagnetic component that converts the needle vibrations into an electrical signal.
- Impromptu or ad hoc, especially of sports games and teams made up of randomly selected players.
- The act of a challenging party or candidate winning an electoral district held by an incumbent party or candidate. See also gain
- The rate at which a motor vehicle picks up speed.
- The act of answering a telephone.
- A relatively minor shot filmed or recorded after the fact to augment previous footage.
- The act of collecting and taking away something or someone, usually in a vehicle.
- An instance of approaching someone and engaging in romantic flirtation and courting with the intent to pursue romance, a date, or a sexual encounter.
- A pickup truck.
- A time during which passengers, such as school children, are picked up.
- In various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground.
- electromagnetic coil receiver of metal string oscillations
- An item that can be picked up by the player, conferring some benefit or effect; a power-up.
verb
- To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.
- To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.
- To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
- To strike or attack with the fangs.
- To drive, ride, etc. at high speed or recklessly.
noun
- That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.
- Any projection, catch, shoot, or other thing by which hold is taken; a prehensile part or organ.
- A channel cut in the rock, or a pipe of wood, used for conveying air.
- A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.
- The coil or bend of a rope; (by extension) a noose; a trap.
- a long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh
- a long pointed tooth for injecting venom
- Catches on which the coal mining cage rests while cars are being moved on and off.
- The valve of a pump box.
verb
noun
verb
- take into one's family
- choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
- take up and practice as one's own
- take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- put into dramatic form
- take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
verb
- To give birth to or produce (as its female parent) a child. (Compare father.)
- To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.
- To develop mother.
- To cause to contain mother (“that substance which develops in fermenting alcohol and turns it into vinegar”).
noun
- A female parent, sometimes especially a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered).
- A female who has given birth to a baby; this person in relation to her child or children.
- The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others are fixed.
- A striking example.
- Dregs, lees; a stringy, mucilaginous or film- or membrane-like substance (consisting of acetobacters) which develops in fermenting alcoholic liquids (such as wine, or cider), and turns the alcohol into acetic acid with the help of oxygen from the air.
- Motherfucker.
- The female superior or head of a religious house; an abbess, etc.
- A female who donates a fertilized egg or donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone.
- A pregnant female, possibly as a shortened form of mother-to-be; a female who gestates a baby.
- A source or origin.
- A locomotive which provides electrical power for a slug.
- A disc produced from the electrotyped master, used in manufacturing phonograph records.
- Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind. (See mother of all.)
- A female ancestor.
- Any elderly woman, especially within a particular community.
- Any person or entity which performs mothering.
verb
- take into one's family
- provide with shelter
- fool or hoax
- suck or take up or in
- visit for entertainment
- call for and obtain payment of
- see or watch
- express willingness to have in one's home or environs
- fold up
- take up mentally
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- accept
- take in, also metaphorically
- take up as if with a sponge
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- make (clothes) smaller
verb
- To adopt (something); take (something) over.
- To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly
- To notionally transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
- To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
- To have on one's person.
- To have propulsive power; to propel.
- to physically transport (in the general sense, not necessarily by lifting)
- To be pregnant (with).
- To lead or guide.
- To hold the head; said of a horse.
- To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
- To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success.
- To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, for example a leader or principle
- To be transmitted; to travel.
- To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
- To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.
- To contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit
- To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
- To stock or supply (something); to have in store.
- To have, hold, possess or maintain (something).
- To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
- To insult, to diss.
- to succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win.
- To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
- To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
- To bear a firearm, such as a gun.
- In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.
noun
- A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
- The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground.
- The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.
- Carried interest.
- The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time.
- A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
- The sky; cloud-drift.
noun
noun
- Offspring: one's natural child or children.
- Income derived from fines levied by a court or law-enforcement officer; the fines themselves.
- A point of law or fact in dispute or question in a legal action presented for resolution by the court.
- The action or an instance of a company selling bonds, stock, or other securities.
- Any financial instrument issued by a company.
- The production or distribution of something for general use.
- A psychological or emotional difficulty, (now informal, figurative and usually euphemistic) any problem or concern considered as a vague and intractable difficulty.
- The outflow of a bodily fluid, particularly (now rare) in abnormal amounts.
- The entire set of something; all of something.
- The distribution of something (particularly rations or standardized provisions) to someone or some group.
- The entire set of some item printed and disseminated during a certain period, particularly (publishing) a single printing of a particular edition of a work when contrasted with other print runs.
- The action or an instance of sending something out
- A small incision, tear, or artificial ulcer, used to drain fluid and usually held open with a pea or other small object.
- The means or opportunity by which something flows or comes out
- Anything in dispute, an area of disagreement whose resolution is being debated or decided.
- A single edition of a newspaper or other periodical publication.
- Any question or situation to be resolved
- The loan of a book etc. from a library to a patron; all such loans by a given library during a given period.
- Progeny: all one's lineal descendants.
verb
- To rush out, to sally forth.
- To deliver for use.
- To deliver by authority.
- To flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from.
- To extend into, to open onto.
- To send out; to put into circulation.
- To turn out in a certain way, to result in.
- To come to a point in fact or law on which the parties join issue.
verb
- To become married, or a householder.
- To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house, etc.
- To silence, especially by force.
- To colonize (an area); to migrate to (a land, territory, site, etc).
- To conclude a lawsuit by agreement of the parties rather than a decision of a court.
- To sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.
- To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
- To become stationary or fixed; to come to rest.
- To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).
- To cause to no longer be in a disturbed, confused or stormy; to quiet; to calm (nerves, waters, a boisterous or rebellious child, etc).
- To kill.
- To become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared.
- Of an animal: to make or become pregnant.
- To cause to sink down or to be deposited (dregs, sediment, etc).
- To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.
- To become compact due to sinking.
- To place in(to) a fixed or permanent condition or position or on(to) a permanent basis; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish or fix.
- To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement on matters in dispute.
- To clear or purify (a liquid) of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink.
- To close, liquidate or balance (an account) by payment, sometimes of less than is owed or due.
- In particular, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, etc.
- To be established in a profession or in employment.
- To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place).
- To conclude, to cause (a dispute) to finish.
- In particular, to terminate (a lawsuit), usually out of court, by agreement of all parties.
- To put into (proper) place; to make sit or lie properly.
- To pay (a bill).
- To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare settle down.)
- To render compact or solid; to cause to become packed down.
- To become clear due to the sinking of sediment. (Used especially of liquid. also used figuratively.)
- To bring or restore (ground, roads, etc) to a smooth, dry, or passable condition.
- To formally, legally secure (an annuity, property, title, etc) on (a person).
adj
- Having an ancestral relationship to mothers, fathers, grandparents, (etc.) and having a descendant relationship to sons, daughters, grandchildren (etc.), exclusive of collateral siblings.
- Composed of lines; delineated.
- Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).
- In the direction of a line; of a line; of or relating to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear.
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