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(v)
(transitive) To contact (a person).
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(transitive) To lift; to raise.
(transitive) To experience; to pass through a phase.
(transitive) To select.
(transitive) To grasp or grip.
(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
To obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
(transitive) To get.
To communicate; to make known; to portray.
(ambitransitive) To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.
(transitive) To receive.
(transitive) To hold inside.
(transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
(transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.
(transitive) To lead; to direct; to be in charge of (people or tasks)
(transitive) To delete.
To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
(intransitive) To come or go back (to a place or person).
(transitive) To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
(transitive, ergative) To make full
(transitive) To create.
To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of.
(transitive) To observe or watch.
To serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.
(transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
(transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
To cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation.
(intransitive) To flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from.
To request forcefully.
Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary.
To demand ownership of.
(transitive) To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
(transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.
(n)
Revenue; gross revenue.
To request or petition.
To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
(transitive) To possess, own.
(of a resource) To consume, deplete, expend, or exhaust.
To pick; to make the choice of; to select.
Alternative form of pay-off. [A payment in full; the state of having been paid in full.]
(transitive) To take a lease of premises in exchange for rent.
To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.
(transitive, formal, law) To grant a lease as a landlord; to let.
(intransitive) To make an agreement or contract; to covenant.
(ambitransitive) To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
(transitive) To grant or establish a charter.
(transitive or intransitive) To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
(transitive) To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about.
(transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.
(transitive) To think about seriously.
To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
(figuratively) To request, demand.
(transitive) To sign; to mark with one's signature as a token of consent or attestation.
To manage, control, steer.
To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof.
(idiomatic) To direct criticism (towards).
To launch (forcefully project) a projectile.
(transitive) To eat.
(physical) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.
(transitive) To take (a substance, e.g., food) into the body of an organism, especially through the mouth and into the gastrointestinal tract.
(ambitransitive) To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.
(intransitive) To practice an ability.
receive or obtain by regular payment
the income arising from land or other property
(transitive) To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
(transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
(countable) The act of seizing or capturing.
(intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
To change place.
(transitive) To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.).
(ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.
To force (open) with a lever; to pry.
(transitive) To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
(transitive) To put (something) down, to rest.
(transitive) To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).
To position or be positioned physically:
(transitive) To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom.
(transitive) To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
(intransitive) To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult.
(transitive) To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.
(transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
To make contact (with someone) while in proximity.
(intransitive) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress.
(intransitive, of time) To pass or move by.
(intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on.
(transitive) To use (something) to someone's advantage, such as one's own benefit or a society's benefit.
(transitive, ditransitive) To retrieve; to bear towards; to go and get.
(transitive) To carry out successfully; to accomplish.
To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
Alternative form of pickup. [An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.]
(intransitive, copulative, of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
(transitive) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
(transitive) To stop, deflect or divert (something in progress or motion).