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Verb
S:
(v)
depart
,
part
,
start
,
start out
,
set forth
,
set off
,
set out
,
take off
(leave)
"The family took off for Florida"
direct troponym
/
full troponym
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(v)
leave
,
go forth
,
go away
(go away from a place)
"At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"
direct troponym
/
full troponym
verb group
antonym
derivationally related form
sentence frame
derivationally related form
W:
(n)
departure
[Related to:
depart
] (euphemistic expressions for death)
"thousands mourned his passing"
W:
(n)
departure
[Related to:
depart
] (the act of departing)
W:
(n)
departer
[Related to:
depart
] (someone who leaves)
W:
(n)
parting
[Related to:
part
] (the act of departing politely)
"he disliked long farewells"; "he took his leave"; "parting is such sweet sorrow"
W:
(n)
takeoff
[Related to:
take off
] (a departure; especially of airplanes)
W:
(n)
takeoff
[Related to:
take off
] (the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne)
phrasal verb
sentence frame
S:
(v)
take off
(take away or remove)
"Take that weight off me!"
S:
(v)
take off
,
lift off
(depart from the ground)
"The plane took off two hours late"
S:
(v)
take off
,
take time off
(take time off from work; stop working temporarily)
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(v)
interrupt
,
disrupt
,
break up
,
cut off
(make a break in)
"We interrupt the program for the following messages"
S:
(v)
cut
,
cut off
(cease, stop)
"cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation"
S:
(v)
punctuate
(interrupt periodically)
"Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone"
S:
(v)
break
(interrupt the flow of current in)
"break a circuit"
S:
(v)
put away
,
put aside
(turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily)
"it's time for you to put away childish things"
S:
(v)
pause
,
intermit
,
break
(cease an action temporarily)
"We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"
S:
(v)
chime in
,
cut in
,
put in
,
butt in
,
chisel in
,
barge in
,
break in
(break into a conversation)
"her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation"
S:
(v)
burst in on
,
burst upon
(spring suddenly)
"He burst upon our conversation"
S:
(v)
heckle
(challenge aggressively)
S:
(v)
interject
,
come in
,
interpose
,
put in
,
throw in
,
inject
(to insert between other elements)
"She interjected clever remarks"
S:
(v)
jam
,
block
(interfere with or prevent the reception of signals)
"Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station"
S:
(v)
stop
,
stop over
(interrupt a trip)
"we stopped at Aunt Mary's house"; "they stopped for three days in Florence"
S:
(v)
take off
,
take time off
(take time off from work; stop working temporarily)
sentence frame
S:
(v)
take off
(mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner)
"This song takes off from a famous aria"
S:
(v)
take off
(remove clothes)
"take off your shirt--it's very hot in here"
S:
(v)
get off the ground
,
take off
(get started or set in motion, used figuratively)
"the project took a long time to get off the ground"
S:
(v)
take off
(prove fatal)
"The disease took off"
S:
(v)
subtract
,
deduct
,
take off
(make a subtraction)
"subtract this amount from my paycheck"