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tomar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • drink verb To take liquid into the mouth and swallow it.
  • exact adjective Perfectly accurate or precise; matching a standard or fact exactly, with nothing added or missing.
  • get verb To come to have or receive something; to obtain.
  • have verb To own or possess something.
  • hold verb To grasp, carry, or support something with your hands or arms.
  • imbibe verb To drink something, especially alcohol.
  • partake verb To take part in an activity, or to have some of something being shared, especially food or drink.
  • seize verb To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
  • snort noun A short, harsh sound made by forcing air through the nose.
  • take verb To reach out and get hold of something, or to remove or carry it away.
  • tipple noun An area near the entrance of mines which is used to load and unload coal.

Senses

tomar is used for these senses in English:

  • drink (ambitransitive) To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
  • drink (intransitive) To consume alcoholic beverages.
  • exact (transitive) To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce; to visit.
  • get (transitive, informal) To bring to reckoning; to catch (usually as a criminal); to effect retribution.
  • hold (transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
  • imbibe To drink (used frequently of alcoholic beverages).
  • partake (formal) To take a share or portion. [with of or in]
  • seize (transitive) To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).

drink — full definition

  1. verb To take liquid into the mouth and swallow it.
  2. verb To consume alcoholic beverages, often habitually.
  3. noun Any liquid intended for drinking; a beverage.
  4. noun A serving of an alcoholic beverage.

exact — full definition

  1. adjective Perfectly accurate or precise; matching a standard or fact exactly, with nothing added or missing.
  2. adjective Careful and precise by habit; strict about following rules or keeping promises.
  3. verb To demand and enforce payment or compliance, sometimes forcefully.
  4. verb To make something necessary or unavoidable.

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