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PARTAKE (partaken, partook)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does partake mean?
• PARTAKE (verb)
The verb PARTAKE has 3 senses:
1. have some of the qualities or attributes of something
2. have, give, or receive a share of
Familiarity information: PARTAKE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: partook
Past participle: partaken
-ing form: partaking
Sense 1
Meaning:
Have some of the qualities or attributes of something
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "partake" is one way to...):
share (have in common)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Have, give, or receive a share of
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
partake; partake in; share
Context example:
We shared the cake
Hypernyms (to "partake" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "partake"):
cut in (allow someone to have a share or profit)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
partaker (someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Consume
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
partake; touch
Context example:
She didn't touch her food all night
Hypernyms (to "partake" is one way to...):
consume; have; ingest; take; take in (serve oneself to, or consume regularly)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "partake"):
receive (partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples
The domain is present in a diverse range of proteins, such as kinases, phosphatases, kinesins, transcription factors, RNA-binding proteins and metabolic enzymes which partake in many different cellular processes.
(FHA Domain, NCI Thesaurus)
A panic in a crowd, which partakes of a sort of community of interest, is not so terrible as a panic when one is by oneself; and such a panic I now suffered.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
He sat down by the roadside to partake of his bread and cheese, and then with a lighter scrip he hastened upon his way.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Will you permit me to lay the table? Sir Charles is accustomed to partake of certain dishes and to drink certain wines, so that we usually bring them with us when we visit.”
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
His very clothes seemed to partake of the hospitable nature of the wearer.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Miss Lavinia and Miss Clarissa partook, in their way, of my joy.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
"Shall I have the pleasure of seeing Miss Fairfax to-night?" I asked, when I had partaken of what she offered me.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
He turned round on their coming in, and his countenance shewed that he strongly partook of the emotion which over-powered Marianne.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Her daughters were eagerly called to partake of her joy.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Whether you are single or attached, every Virgo of every birthday will partake of the glorious aspects that will be at play all year but be especially strong in March.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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