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: bring or fetch; "Get me those books over there, please";
"Could you bring over the wine?"; "The dog fetched the
hat" [syn: {bring}, {convey}, {fetch}] [ant: {take away}]
7: of mental or bodily states or experiences: "get an idea";
"experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange
sensation"; "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, of physical features and attributes; "He grew
a beard"; The patient developed abdominal pains"; I got
funny spots all over my body" [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}, {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}, {trounce}]
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!" [syn: {begin}, {start out}, {start},
{set about}, {set out}, {commence}] [ant: {end}]
36: 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}]