isolate - obtain in pure form; "The chemist managed to isolate the compound"

incur, obtain, receive, get, find - 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"

win back, get back - recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost; "We got back the money after we threatened to sue the company"; "He got back his son from the kidnappers"

press out, express, extract - obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians express coffee rather than filter it"

capture, catch - capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap toady"

come by - obtain, especially accidentally

buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store"

charter, hire, rent, lease, engage, take - engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"

receive, have - get something; come into possession of; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front"

turn - get by buying and selling; "the company turned a good profit after a year"

buy - acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange; "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work"

find - obtain through effort or management; "She found the time and energy to take care of her aging parents"; "We found the money to send our sons to college"

glom - seize upon or latch onto something; "The Republicans glommed onto Whitewater"

enter upon, luck into, come upon - take possession of; "She entered upon the estate of her rich relatives"

get hold, line up, find, come up - get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"

accept, take, have - receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"

obtain - come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?"

recover, regain, retrieve, find - get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"

catch - get or regain something necessary, usually quickly or briefly; "Catch some sleep"; "catch one's breath"

recuperate, recoup, recover - regain or make up for; "recuperate one's losses"

reclaim, repossess - claim back

regain, find - come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!"

gain, win, acquire - win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"

earn, realise, pull in, bring in, realize, gain, make, take in, clear - earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"

garner, earn - acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions

benefit, profit, gain - derive a benefit from; "She profited from his vast experience"

partake, partake in, share - have, give, or receive a share of; "We shared the cake"

preempt - acquire by preemption

gather up, pick up, call for, collect - gather or collect; "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week"

come into, inherit - obtain from someone after their death; "I inherited a castle from my French grandparents"

borrow - get temporarily; "May I borrow your lawn mower?"

pick up - get in addition, as an increase; "The candidate picked up thousands of votes after his visit to the nursing home"

change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"

sober up, sober - become sober after excessive alcohol consumption; "Keep him in bed until he sobers up"

sober, sober up - become more realistic; "After thinking about the potential consequences of his plan, he sobered up"

work - arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times"

take effect - go into effect or become effective or operative; "The new law will take effect next month"

run - change from one state to another; "run amok"; "run rogue"; "run riot"

take - be seized or affected in a specified way; "take sick"; "be taken drunk"

break - come into being; "light broke over the horizon"; "Voices broke in the air"

settle - become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet; "The roar settled to a thunder"; "The wind settled in the West"; "it is settling to rain"; "A cough settled in her chest"; "Her mood settled into lethargy"

come - enter or assume a condition, relation, use, or position; "He came into contact with a terrorist group"; "The shoes came untied"; "I came to see his point of view"; "her face went red with anger"; "The knot came loose"; "Your wish will come true"

gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win, gain, advance - obtain advantages, such as points, etc.; "The home team was gaining ground"; "After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"

progress, shape up, come along, come on, get along, get on, advance - develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"

progress, shape up, come along, come on, get along, get on, advance - develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"

surmount, master, overcome, subdue, get over - get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness"

make, 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"

change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

take - ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial; "take a pulse"; "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors"

acquire, 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"

land, set down - reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul"

drive in - arrive by motorcar; "The star and her manager drive in today from their motor tour across the country"

land, put down, bring down - cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"

set ashore, shore, land - arrive on shore; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor"

roll up - arrive in a vehicle: "He rolled up in a black Mercedes"

get - reach and board; "She got the bus just as it was leaving"

come in, come - be received; "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda"

attain, reach, hit - reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"

flood in - arrive in great numbers

move in, pull in, get in, draw in - move into (a station) of trains; "The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station"

plump in - arrive suddenly and unannounced; "He plumped in on a Sunday morning"

retrieve - of trained dogs

channel, channelise, channelize, transmit, transport, transfer - send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message"

deliver - bring to a destination, make a delivery; "our local super market delivers"

bring, convey, take - take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"

respire - undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbonmonoxide

labor, labour - undergo the efforts of childbirth

suffer, sustain, have, 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"

take - experience or feel or submit to; "Take a test"; "Take the plunge"

horripilate - have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps; "I horripilate when I see violence on television"

get even, get back - take revenge or even out a score; "I cannot accept the defeat--I want to get even"

pay - make a compensation for; "a favor that cannot be paid back"

make - act in a certain way so as to acquire; "make friends"; "make enemies"

rack up, score, tally, hit - gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"

decide - cause to decide; "This new development finally decided me!"

persuade - cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!"

bring - induce or persuade; "The confession of one of the accused brought the others to admit to the crime as well"

solicit - incite, move, or persuade to some act of lawlessness or insubordination; "He was accused of soliciting his colleagues to destroy the documents"

encourage - spur on; "His financial success encouraged him to look for a wife"

let - actively cause something to happen; "I let it be known that I was not interested"

lead - cause to undertake a certain action; "Her greed led her to forge the checks"

instigate, prompt, inspire - serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives"

suborn - induce to commit perjury or give false testimony; "The President tried to suborn false witnesses"

compel, obligate, oblige - force or compel somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form"

clutch, prehend, seize - take hold of; grab; "The salesclerk quickly seized the money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often seize small mammals"

retake, recapture - capture again; "recapture the escaped prisoner"

lasso, rope - catch with a lasso; "rope cows"

fledge, feather - grow feathers; "The young sparrows are fledging already"

regrow - grow anew or continue growth after an injury or interruption; "parts of the trunk of this tree can regrow"; "some invertebrates can regrow limbs or their tail after they lost it due to an injury"

spring - develop suddenly; "The tire sprang a leak"

sprout, stock - put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; "the plant sprouted early this year"

tiller, stool - grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers

leaf - produce leaves, of plants

pod - produce pods, of plants

teethe - grow teeth; cut the baby teeth; "The little one is teething now"

pupate - develop into a pupa; "the insect larva pupate"

work up, get up - develop; "we worked up an as of an appetite"

cut - have grow through the gums; "The baby cut a tooth"

change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

develop, evolve, acquire - gain through experience; "I acquired a strong aversion to television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"; "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"; "develop a passion for painting"

sicken, come down - get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital"

catch - contract; "did you catch a cold?"

catch - contract; "did you catch a cold?"

communicate, intercommunicate - transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist"

render - cause to become; "The shot rendered her immobile"

get, let, have - 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"

alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

leave - act or be so as to become in a specified state; "The inflation left them penniless"; "The president's remarks left us speechless"

mean, intend - mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?"

understand - know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"

catch, 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"

get - acquire as a result of some effort or action; "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?"

attract, pull in, pull, draw in, draw - direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers"

hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"

get - acquire as a result of some effort or action; "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?"

get, catch - 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"

get - reach by calculation; "What do you get when you add up these numbers?"

acquire, 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"

commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)

buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store"

hear - perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

overhear, take in, catch - hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers; "We overheard the conversation at the next table"

catch - be struck or affected by; "catch fire"; "catch the mood"

receive, get - receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison"

ache, hurt, suffer - feel physical pain; "Were you hurting after the accident?"

catch, get - suffer from the receipt of; "She will catch hell for this behavior!"

go forth, leave, go away - go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight"

arrive, come, 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"

catch - reach in time; "I have to catch a train at 7 o'clock"

get - evoke an emotional response; "Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time"

annoy, devil, gravel, irritate, nark, rile, vex, nettle, rag, bother, chafe, get at, get to - cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

touch, stir - affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"

get under one's skin, get - irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me"

get, catch - 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"

reproduce - recreate an idea, mood, atmosphere, etc. as by artistic means; "He reproduced the feeling of sadness in the portrait"

bring about, effect, effectuate, set up - produce; "The scientists set up a shockwave"

ruin, destroy - destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up"

stump, mix up - cause to be perplexed or confounded; "This problem stumped her"

befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, bedevil, fuddle, throw - be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"

riddle - set a difficult problem or riddle; "riddle me a riddle"

elude, escape - be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me"

recommence - beging again; "we recommenced his reading after a short nap"

strike out - set out on a course of action; "He struck out on his own"

fall - begin vigorously; "The prisoners fell to work right away"

jump off - set off quickly, usually with success; "The freshman set off to a good start in his math class"

get to - arrive at the point of; "She gets to fretting if I stay away form home too long"

auspicate - commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck; "They auspicated the trip with a bottle of champagne"

attack - set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task; "I attacked the problem as soon as I got out of bed"

break in - start in a certain activity, enterprise, or role

launch, plunge - begin with vigor; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure"

come on - become available; "water or electricity came on again after the earthquake"

embark, enter - set out on (an enterprise, subject of study, etc.); "she embarked upon a new career"

get moving, get rolling, get started, get weaving, bestir oneself, get cracking, get going - start to be active; "Get cracking, please!"

begin - begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; "She began Russian at an early age"; "We started French in fourth grade"

collapse, break down - collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack

have - suffer from; be ill with; "She has arthritis"

crack up, crock up, collapse, break up, crack - suffer a nervous breakdown

undergo, experience, have, receive, 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"

create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"