Definition: take out or remove
Usage: take out the chicken after adding the vegetables
Similar words: remove, withdraw, take, take away
Definition: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
Usage: 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
Definition: take away a part from; diminish
Usage: His bad manners detract from his good character
Similar words: cut, cut back, cut down, bring down, trim, trim back, trim down, reduce
Definition: cut down on; make a reduction in
Usage: reduce your daily fat intake; The employer wants to cut back health benefits
Definition: buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food
Usage: We'll take out pizza, since I am too tired to cook
Similar words: eat
Definition: eat a meal; take a meal
Usage: 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
Synonyms: carry away, carry off, take away, bear away, bear off
Definition: remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state
Usage: 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
Similar words: remove, withdraw, take, take away
Definition: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
Usage: 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
Synonyms: take away
Definition: take from a person or place
Usage: We took the abused child away from its parents
Similar words: take
Definition: take into one's possession
Usage: We are taking an orphan from Romania; I'll take three salmon steaks