Verb | 1. | get - 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" Synonyms: acquire |
2. | get - 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!" | |
3. | get - 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" | |
4. | get - 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" | |
5. | get - reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight" | |
6. | get - 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" | |
7. | get - 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" | |
8. | get - take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him" | |
9. | get - achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day" | |
10. | get - 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" | |
11. | get - succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?" | |
12. | get - 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" | |
13. | get - be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill" | |
14. | get - 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. | get - 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 millionaire"; "Make yourself clear" Synonyms: make | |
16. | get - move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?" | |
17. | get - grasp with the mind or develop an undersatnding of; "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"; "I just don't get him" Synonyms: catch | |
18. | get - attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter" | |
19. | get - 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" Synonyms: catch | |
20. | get - reach by calculation; "What do you get when you add up these numbers?" | |
21. | get - acquire as a result of some effort or action; "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?" | |
22. | get - purchase; "What did you get at the toy store?" | |
23. | get - perceive by hearing; "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time" Synonyms: catch | |
24. | get - suffer from the receipt of; "She will catch hell for this behavior!" Synonyms: catch | |
25. | get - receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison" Synonyms: receive | |
26. | get - leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form; "Scram!" | |
27. | get - reach and board; "She got the bus just as it was leaving" | |
28. | get - irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me" Synonyms: get under one's skin | |
29. | get - evoke an emotional response; "Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time" | |
30. | get - apprehend and reproduce accurately; "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs" Synonyms: catch | |
31. | get - in baseball: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher; "He drew a base on balls" Synonyms: draw | |
32. | get - overcome or destroy; "The ice storm got my hibiscus"; "the cat got the goldfish" | |
33. | get - be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" | |
34. | get - 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"; "Let's get down to work now" | |
35. | get - 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" | |
36. | get - make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" |