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TAKE OFF
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove clothes
Example:
take off your shirt--it's very hot in here
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "take off" is one way to...):
discase; disrobe; peel; strip; strip down; uncase; unclothe; undress (get undressed)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take off"):
peel off (take off, as with some difficulty)
slip off (take off with ease or speed)
uncloak (remove a cloak from)
doff (remove)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They take off the cape
Sense 2
Meaning:
Take away or remove
Example:
Take that weight off me!
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "take off" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take off"):
discase; disrobe; peel; strip; strip down; uncase; unclothe; undress (get undressed)
declaw (remove the claws from)
dehorn (take the horns off (an animal))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Make a subtraction
Example:
subtract this amount from my paycheck
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "take off" is one way to...):
calculate; cipher; compute; cypher; figure; reckon; work out (make a mathematical calculation or computation)
Domain category:
arithmetic (the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take off"):
carry back (deduct a loss or an unused credit from taxable income for a prior period)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Prove fatal
Example:
The disease took off
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "take off" is one way to...):
kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 5
Meaning:
Mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner
Example:
This song takes off from a famous aria
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "take off" is one way to...):
copy; imitate; simulate (reproduce someone's behavior or looks)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
takeoff (humorous or satirical mimicry)
takeoff (a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Get started or set in motion, used figuratively
Example:
the project took a long time to get off the ground
Synonyms:
get off the ground; take off
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "take off" is one way to...):
get going; go; start (begin or set in motion)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sense 7
Meaning:
Leave
Example:
The family took off for Florida
Synonyms:
depart; part; set forth; set off; set out; start; start out; take off
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "take off" is one way to...):
go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take off"):
lift off; take off (depart from the ground)
roar off (leave)
blaze; blaze out (move rapidly and as if blazing)
sally forth; sally out (set out in a sudden, energetic or violent manner)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence examples:
The children take off to the playground
These cars won't take off
Derivation:
takeoff (a departure; especially of airplanes)
takeoff (the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne)
Sense 8
Meaning:
Depart from the ground
Example:
The plane took off two hours late
Synonyms:
lift off; take off
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "take off" is one way to...):
depart; part; set forth; set off; set out; start; start out; take off (leave)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Sentence example:
The airplane is sure to take off
Derivation:
takeoff (the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne)
Sense 9
Meaning:
Take time off from work; stop working temporarily
Synonyms:
take off; take time off
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "take off" is one way to...):
break up; cut off; disrupt; interrupt (make a break in)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Context examples:
According to DARPA, the XS-1 will be about the size of a business jet and take off vertically, propelled not by external boosters but by “self contained cryogenic propellants.”
(Hypersonic Space Plane May Soon Be a Reality, VOA)
But this time she kept away too long, and stayed beyond the half-hour; so she had not time to take off her fine dress, and threw her fur mantle over it, and in her haste did not blacken herself all over with soot, but left one of her fingers white.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
"Hasten to take off your wet things," said he; "and before you go, good- night—good-night, my darling!"
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
I take off my ring, I wear my worst clothes, I use no bear's grease, and I frequently lament over the late Miss Larkins's faded flower.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
You may have a regular column on an Internet site or see your podcast series take off in a big way.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Ever since then I have taken care not to take off my hat or veil, and so have escaped their suspicions.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
What is over and above your reckoning you may take off from your charges to the next needy knight who comes this way.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"There, now I'll take off the papers and you'll see a cloud of little ringlets," said Jo, putting down the tongs.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
So when the bride had done drinking, and would have got upon Falada again, the maid said, I shall ride upon Falada, and you may have my horse instead; so she was forced to give up her horse, and soon afterwards to take off her royal clothes and put on her maid’s shabby ones.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
And sometimes, when the frost bites hard and the thumb is very cold, he must take off the mitten and put the hand between his legs next to the skin, so that the thumb may get warm again.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
