Synonyms: don, get into, assume, wear, put on
Definition: put clothing on one's body
Usage: What should I wear today?; He put on his best suit for the wedding; The princess donned a long blue dress; The queen assumed the stately robes; He got into his jeans
Similar words: get dressed, dress
Definition: put on clothes
Usage: we had to dress quickly; dress the patient; Can the child dress by herself?
Synonyms: acquire, adopt, assume, take, take on
Definition: take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
Usage: 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
Similar words: change
Definition: undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
Usage: She changed completely as she grew older; The weather changed last night
Synonyms: take for granted, assume, presume
Definition: take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof
Usage: I assume his train was late
Similar words: anticipate, expect
Definition: regard something as probable or likely
Usage: The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow
Synonyms: assume
Definition: take up someone's soul into heaven
Usage: This is the day when May was assumed into heaven
Similar words: invite, take in, receive
Definition: express willingness to have in one's home or environs
Usage: The community warmly received the refugees
Synonyms: assume, sham, simulate, feign
Definition: make a pretence of
Usage: She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger; he feigned sleep
Similar words: dissemble, pretend, act
Definition: behave unnaturally or affectedly
Usage: She's just acting
Synonyms: strike, take, take up, assume
Definition: occupy or take on
Usage: 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
Similar words: move
Definition: move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
Usage: He moved his hand slightly to the right
Synonyms: take over, seize, usurp, assume, arrogate
Definition: seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
Usage: He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town; he usurped my rights; She seized control of the throne after her husband died
Similar words: take
Definition: take by force
Usage: Hitler took the Baltic Republics; The army took the fort on the hill
Synonyms: bear, accept, assume, take over
Definition: take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
Usage: I'll accept the charges; She agreed to bear the responsibility
Similar words: take
Definition: take into one's possession
Usage: We are taking an orphan from Romania; I'll take three salmon steaks
Synonyms: assume, adopt, take on, take over
Definition: take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
Usage: When will the new President assume office?
Similar words: take office
Definition: assume an office, duty, or title
Usage: When will the new President take office?