TAKE TO

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does take to mean? 

• TAKE TO (verb)
  The verb TAKE TO has 2 senses:

1. have a fancy or particular liking or desire for

2. develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation

  Familiarity information: TAKE TO used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAKE TO (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Have a fancy or particular liking or desire for

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

fancy; go for; take to

Context example:

She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window

Hypernyms (to "take to" is one way to...):

desire; want (feel or have a desire for; want strongly)

"Take to" entails doing...:

like (find enjoyable or agreeable)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

Men take to the military trades

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing

 Context examples 

Is there nothing you could take to give you present relief?

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

I have a note in my pocket here which you will take to my brother.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was not a thing that I could take to the police, for they would have laughed at me, but you will tell me what to do.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If we could take to the boat and make round the point before any one awoke?

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Amlexanox decreases the time ulcers take to heal as well as the pain associated with the ulcers.

(Amlexanox, NCI Thesaurus)

The cause can be an underlying infection, certain medicines, or even the medicines you take to control your diabetes.

(Diabetes Complications, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

Some take to one thing and some to another, but the most of us try to ’ave a bar-parlour of our own.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Give me but one word of hope to take to the wars with me—but one.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The time it take to eject blood from the left ventricle.

(Left Ventricular Ejection Time, NCI Thesaurus)

Another bad night. Mother did not seem to take to my proposal.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)