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брать — meaning in English

brat

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English meaning

  • capture verb To take hold of or seize something or someone by force.
  • take verb To reach out and get hold of something, or to remove or carry it away.

Senses

брать is used for these senses in English:

  • 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.
  • take (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
  • take (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
  • take (transitive, especially of a vehicle) To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
  • take (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
  • take (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.

capture — full definition

  1. verb To take hold of or seize something or someone by force.
  2. verb To record or represent something, especially so it can be seen or reviewed later.
  3. noun The act of seizing or taking control of something, or the thing seized.

take — full definition

  1. verb To reach out and get hold of something, or to remove or carry it away.
  2. verb To accept, receive, or consume something offered.
  3. verb To require a certain amount of time, effort, or resources.
  4. noun A particular version, interpretation, or recording of something.

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