Take, seize, grasp, clutch, snatch, grab mean to get hold of by or as if by catching up with the hand Take care or you will slip on the ice. Take is a general term applicable to any manner of getting something into one's possession or control.
If something takes a particular amount of time, that time is needed in order to finish it: Drab curtains took away from the otherwise lovely room Ways to take include receiving, removing, capturing, picking something up, or being seized by something
Is used to talk about the length of time that an event continues Is also used to say that you have enough of something Is used to talk about the amount of time you need in order to go somewhere or do something It must be used with an expression of time
It takes (me) at least an hour to get home from work. Take take is one of the commonest verbs in english It is used in many different ways Its other forms are takes, taking, took, taken.
A verb that always takes an object Law to acquire property, as on the happening of an event They take a fortune under the will. Something that has been taken
The amount or quantity of something taken The day's take of fish
