Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Noun
S: (n) return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff (the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property) "the average return was about 5%"
S: (n) take (the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption)
S: (v) take, occupy, use up (require (time or space)) "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"
S: (v) lead, take, direct, conduct, guide (take somebody somewhere) "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"
S: (v) take, get hold of (get into one's hands, take physically) "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please"
S: (v) assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take (take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect) "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"
S: (v) change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature) "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
S: (v) dress, get dressed (put on clothes) "we had to dress quickly"; "dress the patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?"
S: (v) grow, develop, produce, get, acquire (come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)) "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts"
S: (v) change by reversal, turn, reverse (change to the contrary) "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"
S: (v) form (assume a form or shape) "the water formed little beads"
S: (v) change state, turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action) "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
S: (v) rise, jump, climb up (rise in rank or status) "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
S: (v) assimilate (become similar in sound) "The nasal assimilates to the following consonant"
S: (v) dissimilate (become dissimilar or less similar) "These two related tribes of people gradually dissimilated over time"
S: (v) dissimilate (become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities) "These consonants dissimilate"
S: (v) modify (make less severe or harsh or extreme) "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
S: (v) deaden (become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor)
S: (v) break (be broken in) "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress"
S: (v) deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce (to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons)
S: (v) crack (break into simpler molecules by means of heat) "The petroleum cracked"
S: (v) warm up (become more friendly or open) "She warmed up after we had lunch together"
S: (v) warm, warm up (get warm or warmer) "The soup warmed slowly on the stove"
S: (v) transform, transmute, metamorphose (change in outward structure or looks) "He transformed into a monster"; "The salesman metamorphosed into an ugly beetle"
S: (v) convert (change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief) "She converted to Buddhism"
S: (v) dull (become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness) "the varnished table top dulled with time"
S: (v) get used to (get or become familiar or accustomed with through experience) "I finally got used to my husband's odd habits"
S: (v) complexify, ramify (have or develop complicating consequences) "These actions will ramify"
S: (v) modernize, modernise, develop (become technologically advanced) "Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"; "Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"
S: (v) stiffen (become stiff or stiffer) "He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room"
S: (v) tighten (become tight or tighter) "The rope tightened"
S: (v) fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down (stop operating or functioning) "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"
S: (v) give way, yield (end resistance, as under pressure or force) "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"
S: (v) industrialize, industrialise (develop industry; become industrial) "The nations of South East Asia will quickly industrialize and catch up with the West"
S: (v) receive, get, find, obtain, incur (receive a specified treatment (abstract)) "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions"
S: (v) assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take (take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect) "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"
S: (v) prim (assume a prim appearance) "They mince and prim"
S: (v) capacitate (cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes necessary to fertilize an egg)
S: (v) saponify (become converted into soap by being hydrolized into an acid and alcohol as a result of being treated with an alkali) "the oil saponified"
S: (v) move, go, run (progress by being changed) "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"
S: (v) come (reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position) "The water came to a boil"; "We came to understand the true meaning of life"; "Their anger came to a boil"; "I came to realize the true meaning of life"; "The shoes came untied"; "come into contact with a terrorist group"; "his face went red"; "your wish will come true"
S: (v) catch (be struck or affected by) "catch fire"; "catch the mood"
S: (v) catch on (become popular) "This fashion caught on in Paris"
S: (v) develop, grow (grow emotionally or mature) "The child developed beautifully in her new kindergarten"; "When he spent a summer at camp, the boy grew noticeably and no longer showed some of his old adolescent behavior"
S: (v) fly (change quickly from one emotional state to another) "fly into a rage"
S: (v) develop, acquire, evolve (gain through experience) "I acquired a strong aversion to television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"; "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"; "develop a passion for painting"
S: (v) assibilate (change into a sibilant) "In the syllable /si/, the /s/ sibilates in Japanese"
S: (v) turn on (become hostile towards) "The dog suddenly turned on the mailman"
S: (v) drop (change from one level to another) "She dropped into army jargon"
S: (v) break into (change pace) "The dancers broke into a cha-cha"; "The horse broke into a gallop"
S: (v) deepen, change (become deeper in tone) "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password"
S: (v) opacify (become opaque) "the tissue in the eye's cornea may opacify and the patient may go blind"
S: (v) mature (become due for repayment) "These bonds mature in 2005"
S: (v) rejuvenate (develop youthful topographical features) "the land rejuvenated"
S: (v) sequester (undergo sequestration by forming a stable compound with an ion) "The cations were sequestered"
S: (v) transaminate (undergo transfer from one compound to another) "amino groups can transaminate"
S: (v) vesiculate (become vesicular or full of air cells) "The organs vesiculated"
S: (v) undulate (increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves) "The singer's voice undulated"
S: (v) vascularize, vascularise (become vascular and have vessels that circulate fluids) "The egg yolk vascularized"
S: (v) crash (undergo a sudden and severe downturn) "the economy crashed"; "will the stock market crash again?"
S: (v) professionalize, professionalise (become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood)
S: (v) shift (change phonetically as part of a systematic historical change) "Grimm showed how the consonants shifted"
S: (v) flip, flip out (go mad, go crazy) "He flipped when he heard that he was being laid off"
S: (v) settle (become clear by the sinking of particles) "the liquid gradually settled"
S: (v) collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder (break down, literally or metaphorically) "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
S: (v) undergo (pass through) "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "undergo a strange sensation"
S: (v) occult (become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished) "The beam of light occults every so often"
S: (v) pass (transfer to another; of rights or property) "Our house passed under his official control"
S: (v) leave, depart, pull up stakes (remove oneself from an association with or participation in) "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"
S: (v) go out (go out of fashion; become unfashionable)
S: (v) stagnate (cause to stagnate) "There are marshes that stagnate the waters"
S: (v) make (undergo fabrication or creation) "This wool makes into a nice sweater"
S: (v) ice up, frost over, ice over (become covered with a layer of ice; of a surface such as a window) "When the wings iced up, the pilot was forced to land his plane"
S: (v) take, read (interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression) "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"
S: (v) bring, convey, take (take something or somebody with oneself somewhere) "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"
S: (v) take (take into one's possession) "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks"
S: (v) take (travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route) "He takes the bus to work"; "She takes Route 1 to Newark"
S: (v) choose, take, select, pick out (pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives) "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her"
S: (v) accept, take, have (receive willingly something given or offered) "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"
S: (v) fill, take, occupy (assume, as of positions or roles) "She took the job as director of development"; "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne"
S: (v) consider, take, deal, look at (take into consideration for exemplifying purposes) "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case"
S: (v) necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand (require as useful, just, or proper) "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"
S: (v) take (experience or feel or submit to) "Take a test"; "Take the plunge"
S: (v) film, shoot, take (make a film or photograph of something) "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"
S: (v) remove, take, take away, withdraw (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"
S: (v) consume, ingest, take in, take, have (serve oneself to, or consume regularly) "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
S: (v) take, submit (accept or undergo, often unwillingly) "We took a pay cut"
S: (v) take, accept (make use of or accept for some purpose) "take a risk"; "take an opportunity"
S: (v) take (take by force) "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill"
S: (v) assume, take, strike, take up (occupy or take on) "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"
S: (v) accept, admit, take, take on (admit into a group or community) "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
S: (v) take (ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial) "take a pulse"; "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors"
S: (v) learn, study, read, take (be a student of a certain subject) "She is reading for the bar exam"
S: (v) claim, take, exact (take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs) "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her"
S: (v) take, make (head into a specified direction) "The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains"
S: (v) aim, take, train, take aim, direct (point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards) "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent"
S: (v) take (be seized or affected in a specified way) "take sick"; "be taken drunk"
S: (v) carry, pack, take (have with oneself; have on one's person) "She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains"
S: (v) lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take (engage for service under a term of contract) "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"