- took
- past of take
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
took
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Took — (t[oo^]k), imp. of {Take}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
took — /took/, v. 1. pt. of take. 2. Nonstandard. a pp. of take. * * * … Universalium
Took — Take Take, v. t. [imp. {Took} (t[oo^]k); p. p. {Taken} (t[=a]k n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Taking}.] [Icel. taka; akin to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth. t[=e]kan to touch; of uncertain origin.] 1. In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Took Leng How — (December 16, 1981 [ [http://www.todayonline.com/articles/150403.asp Took s clemency plea rejected] ] November 3, 2006) (Chinese: 卓良豪 or 杜龍豪, Pinyin: Dù Lóngháo ), was a Malaysian Chinese convicted of murdering eight year old Huang Na in… … Wikipedia
Took the soup — Took the Soup= Took the soup or take the soup is a phrase from An Gorta Mór (1845 1851), denoting those people who sought and accepted soup from the established [http://www.limerick.com/lifestyle/soupkitchen.html soup kitchens] , all of which… … Wikipedia
Took clan — In J. R. R. Tolkien s Middle earth legendarium, the Took clan was one of the most famous Hobbit families. ( Took pronounced like Two k , not like book or took as in the past tense of taken )The first recorded Took ( Tûk of unknown meaning in… … Wikipedia
Took (surname) — People with the surname Took:* Steve Peregrin Took, British rockstar * Barry Took, English comedianIn fiction:* The Tooks, a clan of hobbits in the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien, including Peregrin Took, a character in the The Lord of the Rings… … Wikipedia
Took (The Wire episode) — Infobox The Wire episode caption = episode name = Took episode no = 57 epigraph = They don t teach it in law school. Pearlman teleplay = Richard Price story = David Simon and Richard Price writer = director = Dominic West guest star = see below… … Wikipedia
Took, Barry — ▪ 2003 British stand up comic and comedy writer (b. June 19, 1928, London, Eng. d. March 31, 2002, London), wrote zany, anarchic comedy shows for BBC radio and television including Round the Horne, Educating Archie, The Army Game, Bootsie… … Universalium
took — a twitch or pull, as at a fishing line (Scottish dialect) … Dictionary of ichthyology
