take
/teɪk टेक्/ verb [T] ( pt took /tʊk टुक्/ pp taken /ˈteɪkən ˈटेकन्/ )
1 to carry or move somebody/something; to go with somebody from one place to another किसी को लेना या ले जाना; किसी के साथ कहीं जाना
Take your coat with you—it’s cold.
I’m taking the children swimming this afternoon.
2 to put your hand round something and hold it (and move it towards you) किसी वस्तु को हाथ में लेकर पकड़ना या थामना (और अपनी ओर खींचना)
She took my hand.
3 to remove something from a place or a person, often without permission किसी स्थान या व्यक्ति से कोई चीज़ ले जाना (प्रायः बिना पूछे, चुपके से)
The burglars took all my jewellery.
4 to accept or receive something कुछ स्वीकार करना, मान लेना या प्राप्त करना, लेना
If you take my advice you’ll forget all about him.
take the blame
take the job
5 to capture a place by force; to get control of somebody/something किसी स्थान को बलपूर्वक अपने अधिकार में लेना, किसी जगह पर जबरन क़ाबिज़ होना; किसी व्यक्ति या वस्तु पर नियंत्रण स्थापित करना, (को) अपने नियंत्रण में लेना
The state will take control of the company.
6 to understand something or react to something in a particular way किसी बात को विशेष ढंग से समझना या उसकी प्रतिक्रिया करना या उसे ग्रहण करना
I wish you would take things more seriously.
7 to get a particular feeling from something किसी बात से कोई विशेष अनुभव होना
He takes great pleasure in his grandchildren.
8 to be able to deal with something difficult or unpleasant किसी कठिन या अप्रिय स्थिति का सामना करने में समर्थ होना; झेलना
I can’t take much more of this heat.
✪ पर्याय stand
9 to need something/somebody किसी बात के लिए (कुछ) आवश्यक होना, (में) लगना
It took three people to move the piano.
It took a lot of courage to say that.
11 to write or record something कुछ लिखना या रिकार्ड करना, दर्ज करना
She took notes during the lecture.
14 (not used in the continuous tenses)] to have a certain size of shoes or clothes जूतों या कपड़ों का ख़ास नाप का होना
What size shoes do you take?
15 (not used in the continuous tenses)] to have enough space for somebody/something (कहीं पर) किसी के लिए पर्याप्त स्थान होना
How many passengers can this bus take?
16 used with nouns to say that somebody is performing an action किसी कार्य को किए जाने की सूचना देने वाले संज्ञा पदों के साथ प्रयुक्त
Take a look at this article [look at it].
We have to take a decision [decide].
17 to study a subject for an exam; to do an exam परीक्षा के लिए किसी विषय की पढ़ाई करना; (कोई) परीक्षा देना
I’m taking the advanced exam this summer.
18 take somebody (for something) to give lessons to somebody किसी को (कोई विषय) पढ़ाना
Who takes you for English [who is your teacher]?
IDM
be taken with somebody/something to find somebody/something attractive or interesting कोई व्यक्ति या वस्तु आकर्षक या रोचक लगना
take after somebody (not used in the continuous tenses)] to look or behave like an older member of your family, especially a parent परिवार के बड़े-बूढ़े (विशेषतः माता-पिता) जैसा लगना या आचरण करना
take something apart to separate something into the different parts it is made of किसी वस्तु के अलग-अलग पुरज़े खोलना
take something away
1 to cause a feeling, etc. to disappear किसी मनोभाव, दर्द आदि को ग़ायब कर देना
These aspirins will take the pain away.
2 to buy cooked food at a restaurant, etc. and carry it out to eat somewhere else, for example at home रेस्तराँ में बना भोजन (खाने के लिए) घर या अन्यत्र ले जाना ⇨ takeaway noun देखिए।
take somebody/something away (from somebody) to remove somebody/something किसी से कुछ ले लेना, दूर कर देना
She took the scissors away from the child.
take something back
take something down
take somebody in
take something in to understand what you see, hear or read देखी, सुनी या पढ़ी बात को समझना
There was too much in the museum to take in at one go.
take somebody off to copy the way somebody speaks or behaves in an amusing way मज़ाक़िया ढंग से किसी के बोलने या काम करने के ढंग की नक़ल उतारना
take something off
take something on to accept a responsibility or decide to do something कोई दायित्व स्वीकार या कुछ करने का निर्णय करना
He’s taken on a lot of extra work.
take somebody out to go out with somebody (for a social occasion) किसी को साथ ले जाना (सामाजिक मेल-मिलाप की दृष्टि से)
I’m taking Smita out for a meal tonight.
take something out to remove something from inside your body शरीर के अंदर से कुछ बाहर निकालना
He’s having two teeth taken out.
take something out (of something) to remove something from something कहीं से कुछ बाहर निकालना
He took a notebook out of his pocket.
take it out on somebody to behave badly towards somebody because you are angry or upset about something, even though it is not this person’s fault किसी पर अपना ग़ुस्सा उतारना (बिना उसके क़सूर के)
take (something) over to get control of something or responsibility for something किसी का नियंत्रण या दायित्व सँभालना
The firm is being taken over by a large company.
take to somebody/something to start liking somebody/something किसी व्यक्ति या वस्तु को पसंद करने लगना
take to something/doing something to begin doing something regularly as a habit किसी बात की आदत डाल लेना
take something up to start doing something regularly (for example as a hobby) किसी काम को नियमपूर्वक करने लगना
I’ve taken up yoga recently.
take up something
to use or fill an amount of time or space किसी काम में समय चला जाना या किसी ख़ाली जगह को भर देना
All her time is taken up looking after the new baby.
✪ पर्याय occupy