take away

take away

vb (tr, adverb) to deduct; subtract: take away four from nine to leave five. prep minus: nine take away four is five. adj 1. (Cookery) (of food or drink)sold for consumption away from the premises on which it is prepared: a takeaway meal. 2. (Cookery) preparing and selling food for consumption away from the premises: a takeaway Indian restaurant. n 3. (Cookery) a shop or restaurant that sells such food: let's go to the Chinese takeaway. 4. (Cookery) a meal bought at such a shop or restaurant: we'll have a Chinese takeaway tonight to save cooking. Also (for senses 3–6): carry-out (Scot) or takeout (US and Canadian)

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Verb	1.	take away - remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state; "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"; "The car carried us off to the meeting"; "I'll take you away on a holiday"; "I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry"bear away, bear off, carry away, carry offremove, take away, withdraw, take - 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"spirit away - carry away rapidly and secretly, as if mysteriouslyspirit away, spirit off - carry off mysteriously; as if by magicwhisk away, whisk off - take away quickly and suddenlyfetch, bring, get, convey - 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"
	2.	take away - 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"remove, withdraw, takedepilate, epilate - remove body hair; "epilate her legs"harvest - remove from a culture or a living or dead body, as for the purposes of transplantation; "The Chinese are said to harvest organs from executed criminals"tip - remove the tip from; "tip artichokes"stem - remove the stem from; "for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"extirpate - surgically remove (an organ)enucleate - remove (a tumor or eye) from an enveloping sac or coverexenterate - remove the contents of (an organ)enucleate - remove the nucleus from (a cell)decorticate - remove the cortex of (an organ)bail - remove (water) from a vessel with a containerundress, disinvest, divest, strip - remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments"ablate - remove an organ or bodily structureclean, pick - remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey"clean - remove shells or husks from; "clean grain before milling it"winnow - blow away or off with a current of air; "winnow chaff"pick - remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone"clear up, clear - free (the throat) by making a rasping sound; "Clear the throat"muck - remove muck, clear away muck, as in a minelift - remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"lift - take off or away by decreasing; "lift the pressure"lift - remove from a seedbed or from a nursery; "lift the tulip bulbs"tear away, tear off - rip off violently and forcefully; "The passing bus tore off her side mirror"take off - take away or remove; "Take that weight off me!"take away, take out - take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"stone, pit - remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries"seed - remove the seeds from; "seed grapes"unhinge - remove the hinges from; "unhinge the door"shuck - remove the shucks from; "shuck corn"hull - remove the hulls from; "hull the berries"crumb - remove crumbs from; "crumb the table"chip away, chip away at - remove or withdraw gradually: "These new customs are chipping away at the quality of life"burl - remove the burls from clothknock out - destroy or break forcefully; "The windows were knocked out"scavenge, clean - remove unwanted substances fromhypophysectomise, hypophysectomize - remove the pituitary glandsdegas - remove gas fromhusk, shell - remove the husks from; "husk corn"bur, burr - remove the burrs fromclear away, clear off - remove from sightflick - remove with a flick (of the hand)dismantle, strip - take off or remove; "strip a wall of its wallpaper"strip - remove a constituent from a liquidclear - remove; "clear the leaves from the lawn"; "Clear snow from the road"defang - remove the fangs from; "defang the poisonous snake"debone, bone - remove the bones from; "bone the turkey before roasting it"disembowel, eviscerate, draw - remove the entrails of; "draw a chicken"shell - remove from its shell or outer covering; "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels"shuck - remove from the shell; "shuck oysters"detusk, tusk - remove the tusks of animals; "tusk an elephant"dehorn - prevent the growth of horns of certain animalsscalp - remove the scalp of; "The enemies were scalped"weed - clear of weeds; "weed the garden"condense - remove water from; "condense the milk"bale out, bail out - remove (water) from a boat by dipping and throwing over the sideleach, strip - remove substances from by a percolating liquid; "leach the soil"decalcify - remove calcium or lime from; "decalcify the rock"detoxicate, detoxify - remove poison from; "detoxify the soil"de-ionate - remove ions from; "ionate thyroxine"de-iodinate - remove iodine from; "de-iodinate the thyroxine"decarbonise, decarbonize, decarburise, decarburize, decoke - remove carbon from (an engine)
	3.	take away - take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"take outremove, take away, withdraw, take - 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"bus - remove used dishes from the table in restaurantsobliterate, wipe out, kill - mark for deletion, rub off, or erase; "kill these lines in the President's speech"cross off, cross out, strike off, strike out, mark - remove from a list; "Cross the name of the dead person off the list"delete, erase - wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information; "Who erased the files form my hard disk?"cart away, cart off, haul away, haul off - take away by means of a vehicle; "They carted off the old furniture"add - make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table"
	4.	take away - take from a person or place; "We took the abused child away from its parents"take - take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks"
	5.	take away - buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food; "We'll take out pizza, since I am too tired to cook"take outeat - eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"
	6.	take away - get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"removewash away - eliminate; "wash away all the differences"
	7.	take away - take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract from his good character"detractcut down, reduce, trim back, trim down, cut, cut back, trim, bring down - cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"

take

verb1. To obtain possession or control of:capture, gain, get, win.Slang: cop.2. To gain possession of, especially after a struggle or chase:capture, catch, get, net, secure.Informal: bag.Slang: nail.3. To become affected with a disease:catch, contract, develop, get, sicken.Idiom: come down with.4. To come upon, especially suddenly or unexpectedly:catch, hit on (or upon), surprise.Informal: hit.5. To have a sudden overwhelming effect on:catch, seize, strike.6. To direct or impel to oneself by some quality or action:allure, appeal, attract, draw, entice, lure, magnetize.Informal: pull.7. To cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach:ingest, swallow.8. To admit to one's possession, presence, or awareness:accept, have, receive.9. To engage in sexual relations with:bed, copulate, couple, have, mate, sleep with.Idioms: go to bed with, make love, make whoopee, roll in the hay.10. To receive (something given or offered) willingly and gladly.Also used with up:accept, embrace, welcome.11. To lay claim to for oneself or as one's right:appropriate, arrogate, assume, commandeer, preempt, seize, usurp.12. To go aboard (a means of transport):board, catch.13. To have as a need or prerequisite:ask, call for, demand, entail, involve, necessitate, require.14. To obtain from another source:derive, draw, get.15. To put up with:abide, accept, bear, brook, endure, go, stand (for), stomach, suffer, support, sustain, swallow, tolerate, withstand.Informal: lump.Idioms: take it, take it lying down.16. To perform a function effectively:function, go, operate, run, work.17. To perceive and recognize the meaning of:accept, apprehend, catch (on), compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, get, grasp, make out, read, see, sense, take in, understand.Informal: savvy.Slang: dig.Chiefly British: twig.Scots: ken.Idioms: get a handle on, get the picture.18. To understand in a particular way:construe, interpret, read.19. To cause to come along with oneself:bear, bring, carry, convey, fetch, transport.20. To move (something) from a position occupied:remove, take away, take off, take out, withdraw.21. To take away (a quantity) from another quantity.Also used with off:abate, deduct, discount, rebate, subtract.Informal: knock off.22. Informal. To get money or something else from by deceitful trickery:bilk, cheat, cozen, defraud, gull, mulct, rook, swindle, victimize.Informal: chisel, flimflam, trim.Slang: diddle, do, gyp, stick, sting.phrasal verb
take afterTo be similar to, as in appearance:resemble.Chiefly Regional: favor.phrasal verb
take awayTo move (something) from a position occupied:remove, take, take off, take out, withdraw.phrasal verb
take back1. To occupy or take again:reassume, re-claim, reoccupy, repossess, resume, retake.2. To send, put, or carry back to a former location:give back, restore, return.3. To disavow (something previously written or said) irrevocably and usually formally:abjure, recall, recant, retract, withdraw.phrasal verb
take down1. To cause to descend:depress, drop, let down, lower.2. To take (something) apart:break down, disassemble, dismantle, dismount.phrasal verb
take in1. To allow admittance, as to a group:accept, admit, receive.2. To have as a part:comprehend, comprise, contain, embody, embrace, encompass, have, include, involve, subsume.3. To perceive and recognize the meaning of:accept, apprehend, catch (on), compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, get, grasp, make out, read, see, sense, take, understand.Informal: savvy.Slang: dig.Chiefly British: twig.Scots: ken.Idioms: get a handle on, get the picture.4. To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation:beguile, betray, bluff, cozen, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, fool, hoodwink, humbug, mislead, trick.Informal: bamboozle, have.Slang: four-flush.Idioms: lead astray, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, put something over on, take for a ride.phrasal verb
take off1. To take from one's own person:doff, remove.2. To move (something) from a position occupied:remove, take, take away, take out, withdraw.3. Slang. To move or proceed away from a place:depart, exit, get away, get off, go, go away, leave, pull out, quit, retire, run (along), withdraw.Informal: cut out, push off, shove off.Slang: blow, split.Idioms: hit the road, take leave.4. To rise up in flight:lift (off).phrasal verb
take on1. To take upon oneself:assume, incur, shoulder, tackle, take over, undertake.2. To go about the initial step in doing (something):approach, begin, commence, embark, enter, get off, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, lead off, open, set about, set out, set to, start, take up, undertake.Informal: kick off.Idioms: get cracking, get going, get the show on the road.3. To obtain the use or services of:employ, engage, hire, retain.Idiom: put on the payroll.4. To enter into conflict with:encounter, engage, meet.Idiom: do battle with.5. Informal. To worry over trifles:chafe, fuss, pother.6. To take, as another's idea, and make one's own:adopt, embrace, espouse, take up.phrasal verb
take out1. To move (something) from a position occupied:remove, take, take away, take off, withdraw.2. Informal. To be with another person socially on a regular basis:date, go out, see.phrasal verb
take over1. To seize and move into by force:occupy.2. To take upon oneself:assume, incur, shoulder, tackle, take on, undertake.3. To free from a specific duty by acting as a substitute:relieve, spell.phrasal verb
take toTo find agreeable:fancy, like.Chiefly British: conceit.phrasal verb
take up1. To move (something) to a higher position:boost, elevate, heave, hoist, lift, pick up, raise, rear, uphold, uplift, upraise, uprear.2. To begin or go on after an interruption:continue, pick up, renew, reopen, restart, resume.3. To be occupied or concerned with:consider, deal with, treat.Idiom: have to do with.4. To go about the initial step in doing (something):approach, begin, commence, embark, enter, get off, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, lead off, open, set about, set out, set to, start, take on, undertake.Informal: kick off.Idioms: get cracking, get going, get the show on the road.5. To take in (moisture or liquid):absorb, drink, imbibe, soak (up), sop up.6. To take in and incorporate, especially mentally:absorb, assimilate, digest, imbibe.Informal: soak (up).7. To take, as another's idea, and make one's own:adopt, embrace, espouse, take on.noun1. The amount of money collected as admission, especially to a sporting event:box office, gate.2. Slang. A trying to do or make something:attempt, crack, effort, endeavor, essay, go, offer, stab, trial, try.Informal: shot.Archaic: assay.

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拿走

take away

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