get /get/

1. To obtain
2. To acquire
3. To procure
4. To receive
5. To attain
6. To come to have
7. To catch
8. To answer (a door or telephone) (informal)
9. To grasp or take the meaning of (often in the informal phrase get it?, of a joke, irony, etc)
10. To learn
11. To commit to memory
12. To hit (informal)
13. To descry, discern, make out
14. To succeed in making contact with (eg a radio station)
15. To have the better of, gain a decisive advantage over (informal)
16. To baffle (informal)
17. To irritate (informal)
18. To grip emotionally, take, captivate, hit the taste of exactly
19. To induce
20. To cause to be, go, or become
21. To betake, take (oneself)
22. To beget (archaic except when used of animals, esp horses)
23. To attack or injure, esp in revenge (informal)
24. To prepare (a meal) (informal)

1. (with preposition, adverb, infinitive, etc) to arrive, to bring or put oneself (in any place, position or state)
2. (with adjective, etc) to become
3. To become richer (obsolete)
4. To clear out (informal; orig US)

1. That which is got (obsolete)
2. A (usu difficult) shot successfully reached and returned (tennis)
3. Output (obsolete)
4. (of animals) offspring
5. (also gait, gaitt, geit /get/; see also git, and gyte²) a child, brat (Scot derog)
6. Begetting (obsolete)

gettˈable adjective

gettˈer noun

1. (esp in combination) someone who, or something which, gets, attains, collects
2. A material used, when evaporated by high-frequency induction currents, for evacuation of gas left in vacuum valves after sealing during manufacture (electronics)

1. To evacuate (a valve) using a getter
2. To remove (gas) using a getter

To use a getter

gettˈering noun

Evacuation using a getter

gettˈing noun

1. The action of the verb
2. A gaining, anything gained (archaic)
3. Procreation (archaic)

get-atˈ-able adjective

Easily accessible

getˈaway noun

1. An escape
2. A start
3. Breaking cover

adjective

Used in a getaway

getˈ-go noun (US)

The beginning or start of something

getˈ-out noun (informal)

1. A way of escape or avoidance (also adjective)
2. The dismantling, packing up and moving of props, scenery, costumes, etc at the end of a production run (theatre)
3. The total cost of a production for one week (theatre)

getˈ-richˈ-quickˈ adjective (informal)

Wanting, or leading to, easy prosperity

getˈ-together noun

1. A social gathering
2. An informal conference

getˈ-up noun

(style of) equipment, outfit, make-up

getˈ-up-and-goˈ noun (informal)

Energy

as all get-out (informal)

As can be

be getting on

1. To grow older
2. (of time) to grow late

get about or around

1. To travel, go visiting
2. To be mobile and active

get across (informal)

To communicate successfully

get ahead

To make progress, advance

get a life see under life

get along

To get on (see below)

get around see get about above.

get at

1. To reach, attain
2. To poke fun at (slang)
3. To mean (informal)
4. To begin (informal; orig US)
5. To attack verbally (slang)
6. To influence by underhand or unlawful means (informal)

get away

1. To escape, make a successful departure
2. (as imperative) go away, be off, get back
3. An interjection expressing disbelief

• cohesivenesses
• cohibit
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• cohibiting
• cohibition
• cohibitions
• cohibitive
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• coho
• cohobate
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• cohobates
• cohobating
• cohoe
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• cohog
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• cohorn
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• cohort
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