Get - Definition

n 1: a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and
would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
v 1: come into the possession of something concrete or abstract;
"She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired
a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get
permission to take a few days off from work" [syn: get,
acquire]
2: enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became
annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more
serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into
ecstasy"; "Get going!" [syn: become, go, get]
3: cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or
condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in
for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble" [syn:
get, let, have]
4: receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of
civilization do not find expression or receive an
interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got
nothing but trouble for my good intentions" [syn: receive,
get, find, obtain, incur]
5: reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She
arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until
after midnight" [syn: arrive, get, come] [ant: go
away, go forth, leave]
6: go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books
over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog
fetched the hat" [syn: bring, get, convey, fetch]
[ant: bear away, bear off, carry away, carry off,
take away]
7: go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get
an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "receive
injuries"; "have a feeling" [syn: experience, receive,
have, get]
8: take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll
fix him good!"; "This time I got him" [syn: pay back, pay
off, get, fix]
9: achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian
team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day" [syn:
have, get, make]
10: cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads
induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy
a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" [syn:
induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make]
11: succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase;
"We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?"
[syn: get, catch, capture]
12: come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and
attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed
abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body";
"Well-developed breasts" [syn: grow, develop, produce,
get, acquire]
13: be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He
got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a
chill" [syn: contract, take, get]
14: communicate with a place or person; establish communication
with, as if by telephone; "Bill called this number and he
got Mary"; "The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the
earthquake"
15: give certain properties to something; "get someone mad";
"She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the
meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention
will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear" [syn:
make, get]
16: move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you
driving at?" [syn: drive, get, aim]
17: grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; "did you
catch that allusion?"; "We caught something of his theory in
the lecture"; "don't catch your meaning"; "did you get it?";
"She didn't get the joke"; "I just don't get him" [syn:
catch, get]
18: attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his
eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter" [syn: catch,
arrest, get]
19: reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot; "the rock
caught her in the back of the head"; "The blow got him in
the back"; "The punch caught him in the stomach" [syn:
get, catch]
20: reach by calculation; "What do you get when you add up these
numbers?"
21: acquire as a result of some effort or action; "You cannot
get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?"
22: purchase; "What did you get at the toy store?"
23: perceive by hearing; "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't
get his name when they met the first time" [syn: catch,
get]
24: suffer from the receipt of; "She will catch hell for this
behavior!" [syn: catch, get]
25: receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in
prison" [syn: get, receive]
26: leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form;
"Scram!" [syn: scram, buzz off, fuck off, get,
bugger off]
27: reach and board; "She got the bus just as it was leaving"
28: irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His
lying really gets me" [syn: get, get under one's skin]
29: evoke an emotional response; "Brahms's `Requiem' gets me
every time"
30: apprehend and reproduce accurately; "She really caught the
spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just
right in her photographs" [syn: catch, get]
31: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher; "He
drew a base on balls" [syn: draw, get]
32: overcome or destroy; "The ice storm got my hibiscus"; "the
cat got the goldfish"
33: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I
don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question
really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get,
puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder,
flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze,
dumbfound]
34: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We
began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as
soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive
in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down
to work now" [syn: get down, begin, get, start out,
start, set about, set out, commence] [ant: end,
terminate]
35: undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a
fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after
eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He
got his arm broken in the scuffle" [syn: suffer,
sustain, have, get]
36: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father
children but don't recognize them" [syn: beget, get,
engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring
forth]