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Verbs (26)

take out

v. remove something from a container or an enclosed space

take out

v. obtain by legal or official process; "take out a license"; "take out a patent"

take out, buy food

v. purchase prepared food to be eaten at home

take out, take away

v. buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food; "We'll take out pizza, since I am too tired to cook"

draw, take out

v. take liquid out of a container or well; "She drew water from the barrel"

withdraw, draw, take out, draw off

v. remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"

take out, move out, remove

v. cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

ask out, invite out, take out

v. make a date; "Has he asked you out yet?"

excerpt, extract, take out

v. take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy

draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out

v. bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover; "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim"

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Fuzzynyms (158)

tweak

v. pinch or squeeze sharply

tweeze

v. pluck with tweezers; "tweeze facial hair"

subtract, deduct, take off

v. make a subtraction; "subtract this amount from my paycheck"

procure, secure

v. get by special effort; "He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed"

uproot, deracinate

v. move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"

pluck, plunk, pick

v. pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"

wrench, twist violently

v. twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"

wring, wrench

v. twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish; "Wring one's hand"

squeeze

v. press firmly; "He squeezed my hand"

extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber

v. release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"

relax, loose, become less tight

v. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

free, disengage

v. free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor"

untie, unbrace, unlace

v. undo the ties of; "They untied the prisoner"

coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force

v. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"

mine

v. get from the earth by excavation; "mine ores and metals"

grab, seize

v. capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"

snap

v. bring the jaws together; "he snapped indignantly"

withdraw, draw, take out, draw off

v. remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"

pour

v. cause to run; "pour water over the floor"

drain, run out

v. flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat"

make

v. perform or carry out; "make a decision"; "make a move"; "make advances"; "make a phone call"

acquire, win, gain

v. win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"

collect, pick up, gather up, call for

v. gather or collect; "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week"

net, clear

v. yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million"

reap, draw

v. get or derive; "He drew great benefits from his membership in the association"

desert

v. leave behind; "the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period"

educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out

v. deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning); "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"

subtract

v. take off or away; "this prefix was subtracted when the word was borrowed from French"

choose, take, select, pick out

v. pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"

take out

v. remove something from a container or an enclosed space

depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off

v. leave; "The family took off for Florida"

call back

v. return or repeat a telephone call; "I am busy right now--can you call back in an hour?"; "She left a message but the contractor never called back"

eject, chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out

v. put out or expel from a place; "The unruly student was excluded from the game"

banish, ban

v. ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

oust

v. remove and replace; "The word processor has ousted the typewriter"

remove, transfer

v. shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court"

evict, force out

v. expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"

dislodge, bump

v. remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"

uproot, deracinate

v. move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment; "The war uprooted many people"

extricate, untangle, disentangle, disencumber

v. release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"

grab, seize

v. capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"

pull

v. hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing; "pull the ball"

detach

v. separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"

detach, come off, come away

v. come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"

disengage, withdraw

v. release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"

twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick

v. twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"

twist, twine, distort

v. form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted"

entice, lure, tempt

v. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"

isolate

v. separate (experiences) from the emotions relating to them

remove, take away

v. get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"

sequester

v. undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion; "The cations were sequestered"

segregate

v. separate or isolate (one thing) from another and place in a group apart from others; "the sun segregates the carbon"; "large mining claims are segregated into smaller claims"

shift, dislodge, reposition

v. change place or direction; "Shift one's position"

loosen, loose

v. make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"

tease, tease apart, loosen

v. disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool"

loosen

v. make less dense; "loosen the soil"

evacuate

v. move people from their homes or country

engage, mesh, lock, operate

v. keep engaged; "engaged the gears"

amputate, cut off

v. remove surgically; "amputate limbs"

enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into

v. to come or go into; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes"

transplant, transfer

v. lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant the young rice plants"

transplant

v. be transplantable; "These delicate plants do not transplant easily"

banish

v. drive away; "banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom"

banish, relegate, bar

v. expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country"

quote

v. put quote marks around; "Here the author is quoting his colleague"

strain, extend

v. use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity; "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; "Don't strain your mind too much"

Synonyms (8)

pull

v. hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying through the swing; "pull the ball"

press

v. exert pressure or force to or upon; "He pressed down on the boards"; "press your thumb on this spot"

take, get hold of

v. get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please"

buy

v. acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange; "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work"

take away

v. take from a person or place; "We took the abused child away from its parents"

invite, pay for

v. have as a guest; "I invited them to a restaurant"

Antonyms (23)

insert, infix, enter, introduce

v. put or introduce into something; "insert a picture into the text"

shoot, inject

v. force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject hydrogen into the balloon"

add

v. make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table"

deposit, bank

v. put into a bank account; "She deposits her paycheck every month"

invest, put, commit, place

v. make an investment; "Put money into bonds"

penetrate, perforate

v. pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest"

hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride

v. get up on the back of; "mount a horse"

set

v. put into a position that will restore a normal state; "set a broken bone"

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