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<A NAME="takeable">
<B>takeable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be taken. <BR> <I>Ex. We took everything that was takeable.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="takeall">
<B>take-all, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a fungous disease which attacks wheat and certain other grains, especially in soils which do not have proper nutritional balance. </DL>
<A NAME="takeaway">
<B>takeaway, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) take-out. <BR> <I>Ex. a Liverpool chain of take-away chicken houses (Sunday Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="takedown">
<B>takedown, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the act of taking down. <DD><B> 2. </B>the fact of being taken down. <DD><B> 3. </B>a rifle or similar firearm that can be taken apart and reassembled readily. <DD><B> 4. </B>the nut, bolt, joint, or other piece, between its parts. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Wrestling.) the act or process of forcing an opponent to the mat. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Informal.) the act of humiliating or condition of being humiliated. <DD><I>adj. </I> easy to take apart and put back together; collapsible. </DL>
<A NAME="takehomepay">
<B>take-home pay,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the wages or salary left after deductions, such as taxes and health insurance, have been made. <BR> <I>Ex. Based on their current take-home pay, some of the workers probably could spend a good deal more than they do (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="takehomesale">
<B>take-home sale,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) the sale of alcoholic liquor for consumption off the premises; off-sale. </DL>
<A NAME="takein">
<B>take-in, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><B> 1. </B>any deception, especially a cheat or swindle. <DD><B> 2. </B>any deceiving thing or person; fraud. </DL>
<A NAME="takeleave">
<B>take-leave, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of saying goodby. </DL>
<A NAME="taken">
<B>taken, </B>verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> past participle of <B>take.</B> <BR> <I>Ex. I have taken his toy from the shelf.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="takeoff">
<B>take-off</B> or <B>takeoff, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the leaving of the ground in leaping or in beginning a flight in an aircraft; taking off. <BR> <I>Ex. Vertical take-offs and landings long have been a goal of aircraft engineers and builders (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the place from which one takes off. <DD><B> 3. </B>a leap into the air. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Informal.) an amusing imitation; mimicking; caricature; burlesque. <BR> <I>Ex. This piece, a take-off on the school and its faculty, is done in typical sophomoric style (Maclean's).</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>a disadvantage. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Figurative.) <DD><B> a. </B>the act of starting out. <BR> <I>Ex. We could try to postpone China's economic take-off (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a beginning; starting point. <BR> <I>Ex. Britain's long-awaited take-off in exports may have arrived (Wall Street Journal).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> of or for a take-off. <BR> <I>Ex. in take-off position.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="takeout">
<B>takeout, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>that which is taken out or removed. <BR> <I>Ex. The city promised the takeout from the take-home pay will decline to normal (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a magazine article printed on full and successive pages and easily removable as a unit. <BR> <I>Ex. There is no doubt that Mailer's journalistic pieces, especially the long takeouts in Esquire, are charged with the energy of art (Atlantic).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="takeout">
<B>take-out, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) designating or dealing with food prepared to be eaten away from the premises; carry-out. <BR> <I>Ex. take-out pizza pies.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="takeoutdouble">
<B>takeout double,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (in bridge) an informatory double. </DL>
<A NAME="takeover">
<B>take-over</B> or <B>takeover, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of taking over; seizure of ownership or control. <BR> <I>Ex. a take-over of a country by the military. In industry there is a continuing healthy ferment of amalgamations and take-overs (Punch).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="takeoverbid">
<B>takeover bid,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an offer to buy out another company; tender offer. </DL>
<A NAME="taker">
<B>taker, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person or thing that takes. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who accepts a bet. </DL>
<A NAME="takest">
<B>takest, </B>verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) take (used only with <I>thou</I>). "Thou takest" means "you take." </DL>
<B>take-up, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any taking up, especially forming pleats, engaging a clutch, or reeling in slack. <DD><B> 2. </B>a gather in a dress. <DD><B> 3. </B>a machine or device for tightening such things as slack ropes or cables, or absorbing waste motion, especially: <DD><B> a. </B><B>=take-up reel.</B> <DD><B> b. </B>a device in a sewing machine for tightening the thread in the stitch. </DL>
<A NAME="takeupreel">
<B>take-up reel,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the reel onto which tape or film is wound in a tape recorder or motion-picturecamera or projector. </DL>
<A NAME="takin">
<B>takin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a goatlike horned antelope found at high altitudes in the eastern Himalayas. </DL>
<A NAME="taking">
<B>taking, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>attractive or pleasing; winning; fetching. <BR> <I>Ex. a taking smile.</I> (SYN) captivating, fascinating. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) easy to catch; infectious; contagious. <DD><B> 3. </B>injurious; harmful. <BR> <I>Ex. taking airs (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the act of one who takes. <DD><B> 2. </B>capture; seizure. <BR> <I>Ex. the taking of game.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>apprehension by the police; arrest. <DD><B> 4. </B>anything that is taken, especially the fish or animals caught on one trip; bag or catch. <DD><B> 5. </B>action, especially government regulation, that deprives a property owner of the benefits of ownership. <BR> <I>Ex. Today the courts face ... "takings" questions in which the Government's right to limit land use without compensation is challenged (Peter Passell).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>in a taking,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>in an agitated state of mind. </I> <I>Ex. Lord! what a taking poor Mr. Edward will be in when he hears of it (Jane Austen).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>in unhappy circumstances; in trouble. <BR> <I>Ex. The poor boy was in a pitiful taking (Samuel Pepys).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>takings,</B> </I>any money taken in; receipts, winnings, or profits. <BR> <I>Ex. The takings from the Spencer show will go to the church (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="takitaki">
<B>Taki-Taki, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a pidgin dialect of English mixed with Dutch, spoken in Surinam (Dutch Guiana). </DL>
<B>tala</B> (1), noun, pl. <B>-las.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a set rhythmic pattern used in traditional Hindu music. <BR> <I>Ex. triple, quintuple, and septuple rhythmic patterns inside a tala of eight fundamental beats (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="tala">
<B>tala</B> (2), noun, pl. <B>-la</B> or <B>-las.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the basic unit of money of Western Samoa. </DL>
<A NAME="talapoin">
<B>talapoin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a Buddhist monk of southeast Asia. <DD><B> 2. </B>a small West African monkey. </DL>
<A NAME="talapoinmonkey">
<B>talapoin monkey,</B> <B>=talapoin.</B></DL>
<A NAME="talari">
<B>talari, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an Ethiopian silver coin. </DL>
<A NAME="talaria">
<B>talaria, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Roman Mythology.) the winged sandals or small wings on the ankles of some gods, especially Mercury (Hermes). </DL>
<A NAME="talavera">
<B>Talavera, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a variety of spring wheat. <DD><B> 2. </B>a kind of Spanish majolica of the 1500's. </DL>
<A NAME="talbot">
<B>talbot, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a former variety of English hunting hound, with hanging ears and heavy jaws, from which the bloodhound and other hounds were developed. </DL>
<A NAME="talbotype">
<B>talbotype, </B>noun. <B>=calotype.</B></DL>
<A NAME="talc">
<B>talc, </B>noun, verb, <B>talced,</B> <B>talcing</B> or <B>talcked,</B> <B>talcking.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a soft, smooth mineral, a hydrated silicate of magnesium. It usually consists of slippery, translucent, white, applegreen, or gray sheets, and is used in making face powder and chalk, as filler in paper, and as a lubricant. Soapstone or steatite is a kind of talc. <BR> <I>Ex. Talc is the softest mineral known (Frederick H. Pough).</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to apply talc to, especially to coat (a photographic plate) with talc. </DL>
<A NAME="talcose">
<B>talcose, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> abounding in or consisting largely of talc. </DL>
<B>talcum powder,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a powder made of purified white talc, for use on the face and body. </DL>
<A NAME="tale">
<B>tale, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a story of an event or incident, especially a made-up story. <BR> <I>Ex. a tale about ghosts. The old sea captain told the children tales of his adventures. Tales, which are customarily distinguished from myths because of their secular character, are often regarded as an unwritten record of tribal history (Melville J. Herskovits).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a falsehood; lie; fabrication. <DD><B> 3. </B>an improper disclosure of a secret. <DD><B> 4. </B>a piece of gossip or scandal; rumor. <DD><B> 5. </B>a number; count. <BR> <I>Ex. His tale of sheep amounted to over three hundred. By measures of forty bushels each, the tale is kept (Anthony Trollope).</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Obsolete.) conversation; talk. <BR><I>expr. <B>tell tales,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>to spread gossip or scandal. </I> <I>Ex. Dead men tell no tales (George P. R. James).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to tell lies. <BR> <I>Ex. He was punished for telling too many tales.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>tell tales out of school,</B> </I>to reveal confidential matters. <BR> <I>Ex. A very handsome ... supper, at which, to tell tales out of school ... the guests used to behave abominably (Thomas A. Trollope).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>tell the tale,</B> </I>to tell a tale of woe to evoke pity or sympathy. <BR> <I>Ex. We all tell the tale when we want money (London Daily Express).</I> </DL>
