Definitions of take:

• noun:   the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
• noun:   the income arising from land or other property
• verb:   head into a specified direction
• verb:   experience or feel or submit to

  Example: "Take a test"

• verb:   to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort

  Example: "Take shelter from the storm"

• verb:   take into one's possession

  Example: "I'll take three salmon steaks"

• verb:   take by force
• verb:   buy, select

  Example: "I'll take a pound of that sausage"

• verb:   make use of or accept for some purpose

  Example: "Take a risk"

• verb:   as of time or space
• verb:   develop a habit
• verb:   carry out

  Example: "Take action"

• verb:   ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial

  Example: "Take a pulse"

• verb:   be seized or affected in a specified way

  Example: "Take sick"

• verb:   interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression

  Example: "How should I take this message?"

• verb:   accept or undergo, often unwillingly
• verb:   obtain by winning

  Example: "Winner takes all"

• verb:   get into one's hands, take physically

  Example: "Take a cookie!"

• verb:   have sex with; archaic use

  Example: "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable"

• verb:   travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route

  Example: "He takes the bus to work"

• verb:   receive willingly something given or offered
• verb:   assume, as of positions or roles
• verb:   be capable of holding or containing

  Example: "This box won't take all the items"

• verb:   be designed to hold or take

  Example: "This surface will not take the dye"

• verb:   pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

  Example: "Take any one of these cards"

• verb:   take into consideration for exemplifying purposes

  Example: "Take the case of China"

• verb:   take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
• verb:   lay claim to; as of an idea
• verb:   be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
• verb:   aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment

  Example: "Take a swipe at one's opponent"

• verb:   remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract

  Example: "Take the gun from your pocket"

• verb:   proceed along in a vehicle
• verb:   occupy or take on
• verb:   take somebody somewhere

  Example: "Can you take me to the main entrance?"

• verb:   take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

  Example: "Take these letters to the boss"

• verb:   receive or obtain by regular payment

  Example: "We take the Times every day"

• verb:   admit into a group or community
• verb:   have with oneself; have on one's person

  Example: "She always takes an umbrella"

• verb:   make a film or photograph of something

  Example: "Take a scene"

• verb:   be a student of a certain subject
• verb:   serve oneself to, or consume regularly

  Example: "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

• verb:   take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
• verb:   engage for service under a term of contract

  Example: "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"

• verb:   require as useful, just, or proper

  Example: "It takes nerve to do what she did"