取 — meaning in English
qǔ
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English meaning
- bereave verb To deprive by or as if by violence; to rob; to strip.
- capture verb To take hold of or seize something or someone by force.
- collect verb To gather things together, often systematically.
- copy noun A duplicate of something original.
- retrieve verb To get something back, especially something that was lost, stored, or left somewhere.
- withdraw verb To take money out of a bank account.
Senses
取 is used for these senses in English:
- bereave (transitive) To take away someone or something that is important or close; deprive.
- bring on (idiomatic, transitive, usually "bring it on") To make something appear, as on a stage or a place of competition.
- capture (transitive) To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).
- check out (intransitive) To become uninterested in an activity and cease to participate in more than a perfunctory manner; to become uncooperative.
- collect (transitive) To get; particularly, get from someone.
- copy (radio) To receive a transmission successfully.
- get married (reciprocal, intransitive) To become married (to each other).
- up and (colloquial) Abruptly; unexpectedly.
bereave — full definition
- verb To deprive by or as if by violence; to rob; to strip.
- verb To take away by destroying, impairing, or spoiling; take away by violence.
- verb To deprive of power; prevent.
- verb To take away someone or something that is important or close; deprive.
capture — full definition
- verb To take hold of or seize something or someone by force.
- verb To record or represent something, especially so it can be seen or reviewed later.
- noun The act of seizing or taking control of something, or the thing seized.