get (
http://definr.com/get)
v 1: come into the possession of something concrete or abstract;
"She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They
acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day";
"Get permission to take a few days off from work" [syn:
acquire]
2: enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became
annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting
more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went
into ecstasy"; "Get going!" [syn:
become,
go]
3: cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or
condition: "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in
for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble" [syn:
let,
have]
4: receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of
civilization do not find expression or receive an
interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I
got nothing but trouble for my good intentions" [syn:
receive,
find,
obtain,
incur]
5: reach a destination; arrive by movement or by making
progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "He got into
college"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"
[syn:
arrive,
come] [ant:
leave]
6: go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books
over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog
fetched the hat" [syn:
bring,
convey,
fetch] [ant: {take
away}]
7: of mental or physical states or experiences: "get an idea";
"experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange
sensation"; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The
fluid undergoes shear"; "receive injuries"; "have a
feeling" [syn:
experience,
receive,
have,
undergo]
8: take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!" "That'll
fix him good!" "This time I got him" [syn:
pay back, {pay
off},
fix]
9: achieve a point or goal, as in a sport; "Nicklaus had a 70";
"The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that
day" [syn:
have,
make]
10: cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner: "The ads
induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to
buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" [syn:
induce,
stimulate,
cause,
have,
make]
11: succeed in catching or seizing, , esp. after a chase; "We
finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?"
[syn:
catch,
capture]
12: come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and
attributes); "He grew a beard"; The patient developed
abdominal pains"; I got funny spots all over my body";
"Well-developed breasts" [syn:
grow,
develop,
produce,
acquire]
13: be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He
got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a
chill" [syn:
contract,
take]
14: communicate with a place or person; establish communication
with, as if by telephone: "Bill called this number and he
got Mary"; "The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the
earthquake"
15: give certain properties to something; "get someone mad";
"She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at
the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This
invention will make you a famous physicist"; "Make
yourself clear" [syn:
make]
16: move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you
driving at?" [syn:
drive,
aim]
17: grasp with the mind; "did you catch that allusion?"; "We
caught something of his theory in the lecture"; " don't
catch your meaning"; "did you get it?" "She didn't get
the joke" [syn:
catch]
18: attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his
eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter" [syn:
catch,
arrest]
19: reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot: "the rock
caught her in the back of the head"; "The blow got him
in the back"; "The punch caught him in the stomach" [syn:
catch]
20: reach by calculation; "What do you get when you add up these
numbers?"
21: get to or be allowed to do something; "May I go to the
movies tonight?" "Can I have some ice cream?" "We got to
play video games all day long" [syn:
may,
can] [ant:
must not]
22: acquire as a result of some effort or action; "You cannot
get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these
news?"
23: purchase; "What did you get at the toy store?"
24: perceive by hearing; "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't
get his name when they met the first time" [syn:
catch]
25: suffer from the receipt of; "She will catch hell for this
behavior!" [syn:
catch]
26: receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in
prison" [syn:
receive]
27: leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form;
"Scram!" [syn:
scram,
buzz off,
fuck off, {bugger
off}]
28: reach and board; "She got the bus just as it was leaving"
29: irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His
lying really gets me"
30: evoke an emotional response; "Brahms's 'Requiem' gets me
every time"
31: apprehend and reproduce accurately; "She really caught the
spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood
just right in her photographs" [syn:
catch]
32: in baseball: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the
pitcher; "He drew a base on balls" [syn:
draw]
33: overcome or destroy; "The ice storm got my hibiscus"; "the
cat got the goldfish"
34: be a mystery or bewildering to: "This beats me!" "Got me--I
don't know the answer!" [syn:
perplex,
puzzle,
mystify,
baffle,
beat,
bewilder,
flummox,
stupefy,
stupify,
nonplus,
gravel,
amaze,
dumbfound]
35: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action: "We
began working at dawn"; "Who will start?" "Get working as
soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to
arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day" [syn:
begin,
start out,
start,
set about,
set out,
commence]
[ant:
end]
36: undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a
fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after
eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg";
"He got his arm broken in the scuffle" [syn:
suffer,
sustain,
have]
37: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father
children but don't recognize them" [syn:
beget,
engender,
father,
mother,
sire,
generate,
bring forth]