Take

1. To get into one's possession by force, skill, or artifice, especially to capture physically. We took the enemy fortress.
2. To defeat. Our team took the visitors three to one.
3. To grasp with the hands. Take your partner's hand.
4. To put (food or drink) into the body. She took a little soup for supper.
5. To obtain by purchase; secure or buy. We always take season tickets.
6. To pick out; select or choose. Take any card and hold it.
7. To require (something) as a basic necessity. It takes money to live in that city.
8. To cause to die. Cancer takes many lives each year.
9. To swindle, defraud or cheat. Sorry, you really have been taken
10. To remove. I took off my coat.

11. To deduct as a discount. They took 20 percent off the price.
12. To release. He took the brake off.
13. To commit and apply oneself to the study of. He wanted to take Spanish lessons.
14. A total of some 130 definitions of the word. I wanted to take some representative samples.