take

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• intransitive verb To get into one's hands, control, or possession, especially.
• intransitive verb To grasp or grip.
• intransitive verb To capture physically; seize.
• intransitive verb To seize with authority or legal right.
• intransitive verb To get possession of (fish or game, for example) by capturing or killing.
• intransitive verb Sports To catch or receive (a ball or puck).
• intransitive verb Sports & Games To acquire in a game or competition; win.
• intransitive verb Sports & Games To defeat.
• intransitive verb To engage in sex with.
• intransitive verb To remove or cause to be absent, especially.
• intransitive verb To remove with the hands or an instrument.
• intransitive verb To cause to die; kill or destroy.
• intransitive verb To subtract.
• intransitive verb To exact.
• intransitive verb To affect in a strong or sudden manner as if by capturing, as.
• intransitive verb To deal a blow to; strike or hit.
• intransitive verb To delight or captivate.
• intransitive verb To catch or affect with a particular action.
• intransitive verb To carry in one's possession.
• intransitive verb To convey by transportation.
• intransitive verb To lead or cause to go along to another place.
• intransitive verb To be as a path or course for; provide a way for.
• intransitive verb To receive into or on the body, as.
• intransitive verb To put (food or drink, for example) into the body; eat or drink.
• intransitive verb To draw in; inhale.
• intransitive verb To expose one's body to (healthful or pleasurable treatment, for example).
• intransitive verb To make use of or select for use, as.
• intransitive verb To move into or assume occupancy of.
• intransitive verb To choose for one's own use; avail oneself of the use of.
• intransitive verb To require the use of (something).
• intransitive verb To use or require (time).
• intransitive verb To use (something) as a means of conveyance or transportation.
• intransitive verb To use (something) as a means of safety or refuge.
• intransitive verb To choose and then adopt (a particular route or direction) while on foot or while operating a vehicle.
• intransitive verb To undertake, make, or perform.
• intransitive verb To perceive or become aware of by one of the senses.
• intransitive verb To commit and apply oneself to the study of.
• intransitive verb To study for with success.
• intransitive verb To accept, receive, or assume, as.
• intransitive verb To accept (something owed, offered, or given) either reluctantly or willingly.
• intransitive verb To allow to come in; give access or admission to; admit.
• intransitive verb To provide room for; accommodate.
• intransitive verb To become saturated or impregnated with (dye, for example).
• intransitive verb To submit to (something inflicted); undergo or suffer.
• intransitive verb To put up with; endure or tolerate.
• intransitive verb To receive into a particular relation or association, as into one's care or keeping.
• intransitive verb To assume for oneself.
• intransitive verb To agree to undertake or engage in (a task or duty, for example).