Words that rhyme with spake

v 1: cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven; "bake the potatoes" 2: prepare with dry heat in an oven; "bake a cake" 3: heat by a natural force; "The sun broils the valley in the summer" [syn: broil, bake] 4: be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun; "The town was broiling in the sun"; "the tourists were baking in the heat" [syn: bake, broil]

n 1: a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain [syn: ache, aching] v 1: feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?" [syn: hurt, ache, suffer] 2: have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover" [syn: ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish] 3: be the source of pain [syn: ache, smart, hurt]

adj 1: not in a state of sleep; completely conscious; "lay awake thinking about his new job"; "still not fully awake" [ant: asleep(p)] 2: mentally perceptive and responsive;"an alert mind"; "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of his predicament" [syn: alert, alive(p), awake(p)] v 1: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock" [syn: wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken] [ant: dope off, doze off, drift off, drop off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod off]

n 1: a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle 2: any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants 3: large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan [syn: bracken, pasture brake, brake, Pteridium aquilinum] 4: an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant 5: anything that slows or hinders a process; "she wan not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage"; "new legislation will put the brakes on spending" v 1: stop travelling by applying a brake; "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road" 2: cause to stop by applying the brakes; "brake the car before you go into a curve"

n 1: some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt" [syn: interruption, break] 2: an unexpected piece of good luck; "he finally got his big break" [syn: break, good luck, happy chance] 3: (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust" [syn: fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break] 4: a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" [syn: rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out] 5: a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate" [syn: respite, recess, break, time out] 6: the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable" [syn: breakage, break, breaking] 7: a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something [syn: pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension] 8: breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall" [syn: fracture, break] 9: the occurrence of breaking; "the break in the dam threatened the valley" 10: an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion); "then there was a break in her voice" 11: the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool 12: (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving; "he was up two breaks in the second set" [syn: break, break of serve] 13: an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account" [syn: break, interruption, disruption, gap] 14: a sudden dash; "he made a break for the open door" 15: any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare; "the break in the eighth frame cost him the match" [syn: open frame, break] 16: an escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned" [syn: break, breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking] v 1: terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty" [syn: interrupt, break] 2: become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" [syn: break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart] 3: render inoperable or ineffective; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!" 4: ruin completely; "He busted my radio!" [syn: break, bust] [ant: bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on] 5: destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match" 6: act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" [syn: transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break] [ant: keep, observe] 7: move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out-- this prison is high security" [syn: break, break out, break away] 8: scatter or part; "The clouds broke after the heavy downpour" 9: force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger" [syn: break, burst, erupt] 10: prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations" [syn: break, break off, discontinue, stop] 11: enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act; "Someone broke in while I was on vacation"; "They broke into my car and stole my radio!"; "who broke into my account last night?" [syn: break in, break] 12: make submissive, obedient, or useful; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern" [syn: break in, break] 13: fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns; "This sentence violates the rules of syntax" [syn: violate, go against, break] [ant: conform to] 14: surpass in excellence; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record" [syn: better, break] 15: make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" [syn: unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out] 16: come into being; "light broke over the horizon"; "Voices broke in the air" 17: stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" [syn: fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down] 18: interrupt a continued activity; "She had broken with the traditional patterns" [syn: break, break away] 19: make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing; "The ranks broke" 20: curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves; "The surf broke" 21: lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall" [syn: dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break] 22: be broken in; "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress" 23: come to an end; "The heat wave finally broke yesterday" 24: vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity; "The flat plain was broken by tall mesas" 25: cause to give up a habit; "She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes" 26: give up; "break cigarette smoking" 27: come forth or begin from a state of latency; "The first winter storm broke over New York" 28: happen or take place; "Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months" 29: cause the failure or ruin of; "His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage"; "This play will either make or break the playwright" [ant: make] 30: invalidate by judicial action; "The will was broken" 31: discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up" [syn: separate, part, split up, split, break, break up] 32: assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant" [syn: demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs] [ant: advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade] 33: reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him" [syn: bankrupt, ruin, break, smash] 34: change directions suddenly 35: emerge from the surface of a body of water; "The whales broke" 36: break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice" [syn: collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder] 37: do a break dance; "Kids were break-dancing at the street corner" [syn: break dance, break-dance, break] 38: exchange for smaller units of money; "I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy" 39: destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book dealer would not break the set" [syn: break, break up] 40: make the opening shot that scatters the balls 41: separate from a clinch, in boxing; "The referee broke the boxers" 42: go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely" [syn: break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart] 43: break a piece from a whole; "break a branch from a tree" [syn: break, break off, snap off] 44: become punctured or penetrated; "The skin broke" 45: pierce or penetrate; "The blade broke her skin" 46: be released or become known; of news; "News of her death broke in the morning" [syn: break, get out, get around] 47: cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch" [syn: pause, intermit, break] 48: interrupt the flow of current in; "break a circuit" 49: undergo breaking; "The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages" 50: find a flaw in; "break an alibi"; "break down a proof" 51: find the solution or key to; "break the code" 52: change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another; "Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children" 53: happen; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time" [syn: break, recrudesce, develop] 54: become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated" [syn: crack, check, break] 55: crack; of the male voice in puberty; "his voice is breaking --he should no longer sing in the choir" 56: fall sharply; "stock prices broke" 57: fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey" [syn: fracture, break] 58: diminish or discontinue abruptly; "The patient's fever broke last night" 59: weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near- death"

n 1: a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax); "a bar of chocolate" [syn: cake, bar] 2: small flat mass of chopped food [syn: patty, cake] 3: baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat v 1: form a coat over; "Dirt had coated her face" [syn: coat, cake]

n 1: any of several short-billed Old World rails

n 1: English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596) [syn: Drake, Francis Drake, Sir Francis Drake] 2: adult male of a wild or domestic duck

adj 1: fraudulent; having a misleading appearance [syn: bogus, fake, phony, phoney, bastard] 2: not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide" [syn: fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated] n 1: something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be [syn: fake, sham, postiche] 2: a person who makes deceitful pretenses [syn: imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player] 3: (football) a deceptive move made by a football player [syn: juke, fake] v 1: make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card" [syn: forge, fake, counterfeit] 2: tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" [syn: fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent] 3: speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it" [syn: talk through one's hat, bullshit, bull, fake]

n 1: a crystal of snow [syn: snowflake, flake] 2: a person with an unusual or odd personality [syn: eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball, geek] 3: a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" [syn: bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap] v 1: form into flakes; "The substances started to flake" 2: cover with flakes or as if with flakes 3: come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my house is peeling off" [syn: peel off, peel, flake off, flake]

v 1: leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children" [syn: abandon, forsake, desolate, desert]

n 1: the lean flesh of a fish similar to cod 2: any of several marine food fishes related to cod

n 1: a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land 2: a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal 3: any of numerous bright translucent organic pigments

n 1: a recognizable kind; "there's a new brand of hero in the movies now"; "what make of car is that?" [syn: brand, make] 2: the act of mixing cards haphazardly [syn: shuffle, shuffling, make] v 1: engage in; "make love, not war"; "make an effort"; "do research"; "do nothing"; "make revolution" [syn: make, do] 2: 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] 3: make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" [syn: make, create] 4: 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] 5: give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident" [syn: cause, do, make] 6: create or manufacture a man-made product; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" [syn: produce, make, create] 7: make, formulate, or derive in the mind; "I draw a line here"; "draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"; "make an estimate"; "What do you make of his remarks?" [syn: draw, make] 8: compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way; "People cannot be made to integrate just by passing a law!"; "Heat makes you sweat" 9: create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" [syn: create, make] 10: earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" [syn: gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in] 11: create or design, often in a certain way; "Do my room in blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest" [syn: do, make] [ant: undo, unmake] 12: to compose or represent:"This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction" [syn: form, constitute, make] 13: reach a goal, e.g., "make the first team"; "We made it!"; "She may not make the grade" [syn: reach, make, get to, progress to] 14: be or be capable of being changed or made into; "He makes a great host"; "He will make a fine father" 15: make by shaping or bringing together constituents; "make a dress"; "make a cake"; "make a wall of stones" 16: perform or carry out; "make a decision"; "make a move"; "make advances"; "make a phone call" 17: make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer" [syn: construct, build, make] 18: change from one form into another; "make water into wine"; "make lead into gold"; "make clay into bricks" 19: act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make enemies" 20: charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club" [syn: name, nominate, make] 21: 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] 22: reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" [syn: reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain] 23: institute, enact, or establish; "make laws" [syn: lay down, establish, make] 24: carry out or commit; "make a mistake"; "commit a faux-pas" 25: form by assembling individuals or constituents; "Make a quorum" 26: organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course" [syn: hold, throw, have, make, give] 27: put in order or neaten; "make the bed"; "make up a room" [syn: make, make up] 28: head into a specified direction; "The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains" [syn: take, make] 29: have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds" [syn: stool, defecate, shit, take a shit, take a crap, ca-ca, crap, make] 30: undergo fabrication or creation; "This wool makes into a nice sweater" 31: be suitable for; "Wood makes good furniture" 32: add up to; "four and four make eight" 33: amount to; "This salary increase makes no difference to my standard of living" 34: constitute the essence of; "Clothes make the man" 35: appear to begin an activity; "He made to speak but said nothing in the end"; "She made as if to say hello to us" 36: proceed along a path; "work one's way through the crowd"; "make one's way into the forest" [syn: make, work] 37: reach in time; "We barely made the plane" 38: gather and light the materials for; "make a fire" 39: prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" [syn: cook, fix, ready, make, prepare] 40: induce to have sex; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?"; "Harry made Sally" [syn: seduce, score, make] 41: assure the success of; "A good review by this critic will make your play!" [ant: break] 42: represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress" [syn: make, pretend, make believe] 43: consider as being; "It wasn't the problem some people made it" 44: calculate as being; "I make the height about 100 feet" 45: cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable; "make my day" 46: favor the development of; "Practice makes the winner" 47: develop into; "He will make a splendid father!" 48: behave in a certain way; "make merry" 49: eliminate urine; "Again, the cat had made on the expensive rug" [syn: make, urinate, piddle, puddle, micturate, piss, pee, pee-pee, make water, relieve oneself, take a leak, spend a penny, wee, wee-wee, pass water]

n 1: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults" [syn: mistake, error, fault] 2: an understanding of something that is not correct; "he wasn't going to admit his mistake"; "make no mistake about his intentions"; "there must be some misunderstanding--I don't have a sister" [syn: mistake, misunderstanding, misapprehension] 3: part of a statement that is not correct; "the book was full of errors" [syn: error, mistake] v 1: identify incorrectly; "Don't mistake her for her twin sister" [syn: mistake, misidentify] 2: to make a mistake or be incorrect [syn: err, mistake, slip]

v 1: have some of the qualities or attributes of something 2: have, give, or receive a share of; "We shared the cake" [syn: partake, share, partake in] 3: consume; "She didn't touch her food all night" [syn: partake, touch]

n 1: shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity [syn: earthquake, quake, temblor, seism] v 1: shake with fast, tremulous movements; "His nostrils palpitated" [syn: quiver, quake, palpitate] 2: shake with seismic vibrations; "The earth was quaking" [syn: tremor, quake]

n 1: a dissolute man in fashionable society [syn: rake, rakehell, profligate, rip, blood, roue] 2: degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch" [syn: pitch, rake, slant] 3: a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil v 1: move through with or as if with a rake; "She raked her fingers through her hair" 2: level or smooth with a rake; "rake gravel" 3: sweep the length of; "The gunfire raked the coast" 4: examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi" [syn: scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down] 5: gather with a rake; "rake leaves" 6: scrape gently; "graze the skin" [syn: graze, crease, rake]

n 1: creation that is created again or anew; "it is a remake of an old film" [syn: remake, remaking] v 1: make new; "She is remaking her image" [syn: remake, refashion, redo, make over]

n 1: a shot or scene that is photographed again v 1: take back by force, as after a battle; "The military forces managed to recapture the fort" [syn: recapture, retake] 2: capture again; "recapture the escaped prisoner" [syn: recapture, retake] 3: photograph again; "Please retake that scene"

n 1: a reason for wanting something done; "for your sake"; "died for the sake of his country"; "in the interest of safety"; "in the common interest" [syn: sake, interest] 2: Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot [syn: sake, saki, rice beer] 3: the purpose of achieving or obtaining; "for the sake of argument"

n 1: building material used as siding or roofing [syn: shingle, shake] 2: frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream [syn: milkshake, milk shake, shake] 3: a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it [syn: trill, shake] 4: grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract) [syn: handshake, shake, handshaking, handclasp] 5: a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement [syn: tremble, shiver, shake] 6: causing to move repeatedly from side to side [syn: wag, waggle, shake] v 1: move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking" [syn: shake, agitate] 2: move with or as if with a tremor; "his hands shook" [syn: shake, didder] 3: shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively; "The old engine was juddering" [syn: judder, shake] 4: move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet" [syn: rock, sway, shake] 5: undermine or cause to waver; "my faith has been shaken"; "The bad news shook her hopes" 6: stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" [syn: stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir] 7: get rid of; "I couldn't shake the car that was following me" [syn: shake, shake off, throw off, escape from] 8: bring to a specified condition by or as if by shaking; "He was shaken from his dreams"; "shake the salt out of the salt shaker" 9: shake (a body part) to communicate a greeting, feeling, or cognitive state; "shake one's head"; "She shook her finger at the naughty students"; "The old enemies shook hands"; "Don't shake your fist at me!"

n 1: the leader of an Arab village or family [syn: sheik, tribal sheik, sheikh, tribal sheikh, Arab chief]

v 1: satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst" [syn: quench, slake, allay, assuage] 2: make less active or intense [syn: slake, abate, slack] 3: cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime" [syn: slack, slake]

n 1: limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous [syn: snake, serpent, ophidian] 2: a deceitful or treacherous person [syn: snake, snake in the grass] 3: a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition [syn: Snake, Snake River] 4: a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer [syn: Hydra, Snake] 5: something long, thin, and flexible that resembles a snake v 1: move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake 2: form a snake-like pattern; "The river snakes through the valley" 3: move along a winding path; "The army snaked through the jungle"

n 1: (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something; "they have interests all over the world"; "a stake in the company's future" [syn: interest, stake] 2: a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track); "a pair of posts marked the goal"; "the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake" [syn: post, stake] 3: instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning 4: the money risked on a gamble [syn: stake, stakes, bet, wager] 5: a strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end so it can be driven into the ground v 1: put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this" [syn: venture, hazard, adventure, stake, jeopardize] 2: place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse" [syn: bet on, back, gage, stake, game, punt] 3: mark with a stake; "stake out the path" [syn: stake, post] 4: tie or fasten to a stake; "stake your goat" 5: kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; "the enemies were impaled and left to die" [syn: impale, stake]

n 1: a slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish

n 1: thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship [syn: wale, strake]

n 1: the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%" [syn: return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff] 2: the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption v 1: carry out; "take action"; "take steps"; "take vengeance" 2: require (time or space); "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time" [syn: take, occupy, use up] 3: take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace" [syn: lead, take, direct, conduct, guide] 4: get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please" [syn: take, get hold of] 5: take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables" [syn: assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take] 6: interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression; "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"; "You can't take credit for this!" [syn: take, read] 7: take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point" [syn: bring, convey, take] 8: take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" [ant: give] 9: travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route; "He takes the bus to work"; "She takes Route 1 to Newark" 10: 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" [syn: choose, take, select, pick out] 11: receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present" [syn: accept, take, have] [ant: decline, pass up, refuse, reject, turn down] 12: assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as director of development"; "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne" [syn: fill, take, occupy] 13: take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case" [syn: consider, take, deal, look at] 14: require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent" [syn: necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand] [ant: eliminate, obviate, rid of] 15: experience or feel or submit to; "Take a test"; "Take the plunge" 16: make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie" [syn: film, shoot, take] 17: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" [syn: remove, take, take away, withdraw] 18: serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee" [syn: consume, ingest, take in, take, have] [ant: abstain, desist, refrain] 19: accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut" [syn: take, submit] 20: make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity" [syn: take, accept] 21: take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill" 22: occupy or take on; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose" [syn: assume, take, strike, take up] 23: admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member" [syn: accept, admit, take, take on] 24: ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial; "take a pulse"; "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors" 25: be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam" [syn: learn, study, read, take] 26: take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" [syn: claim, take, exact] 27: head into a specified direction; "The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains" [syn: take, make] 28: point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent" [syn: aim, take, train, take aim, direct] 29: be seized or affected in a specified way; "take sick"; "be taken drunk" 30: have with oneself; have on one's person; "She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains" [syn: carry, pack, take] 31: engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?" [syn: lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take] 32: receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day" [syn: subscribe, subscribe to, take] 33: buy, select; "I'll take a pound of that sausage" 34: to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort; "take shelter from the storm" 35: have sex with; archaic use; "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable" [syn: take, have] 36: lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea" [syn: claim, take] [ant: disclaim] 37: be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye" [syn: accept, take] 38: be capable of holding or containing; "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon" [syn: contain, take, hold] 39: develop a habit; "He took to visiting bars" 40: proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work" [syn: drive, take] 41: obtain by winning; "Winner takes all"; "He took first prize" 42: 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]

n 1: the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured" [syn: aftermath, wake, backwash] 2: an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii [syn: Wake Island, Wake] 3: the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward; "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe" [syn: wake, backwash] 4: a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial; "there's no weeping at an Irish wake" [syn: wake, viewing] v 1: be awake, be alert, be there [ant: catch some Z's, kip, log Z's, sleep, slumber] 2: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock" [syn: wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken] [ant: dope off, doze off, drift off, drop off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod off] 3: arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred" [syn: inflame, stir up, wake, ignite, heat, fire up] 4: make aware of; "His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation" 5: cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." [syn: awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse] [ant: cause to sleep]

n 1: visionary British poet and painter (1757-1827) [syn: Blake, William Blake]

n 1: an outer garment consisting of a large piece of white cloth; worn by men and women in northern Africa [syn: haik, haick]

n 1: an outer garment consisting of a large piece of white cloth; worn by men and women in northern Africa [syn: haik, haick]