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get > 36 senses
VERB	1	get, acquire	Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
	2	get, become, go	Enter or assume a certain state or condition
	3	get, let, have	Cause to move
	4	get, receive, find, obtain, incur	Receive a specified treatment (abstract)
	5	get, arrive, come	Reach a destination
	6	get, bring, convey, fetch	Go or come after and bring or take back
	7	get, experience, receive, have, undergo	Of mental or physical states or experiences
	8	get, pay back, pay off, fix	Take vengeance on or get even
	9	get, have, make	Achieve a point or goal
	10	get, induce, stimulate, cause, have, make	Cause to do
	11	get, catch, capture	Succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
	12	get, grow, develop, produce, acquire	Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
	13	get, contract, take	Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
	14	get	Communicate with a place or person
	15	get, make	Give certain properties to something
	16	get, drive, aim	Move into a desired direction of discourse
	17	get, catch	Grasp with the mind or develop an undersatnding of
	18	get, catch, arrest	Attract and fix
	19	get, catch	Reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
	20	get	Reach by calculation
	21	get	Acquire as a result of some effort or action
	22	get	Purchase
	23	get, catch	Perceive by hearing
	24	get, catch	Suffer from the receipt of
	25	get, receive	Receive as a retribution or punishment
	26	get, scram, buzz off, fuck off, bugger off	Leave immediately
	27	get	Reach and board
	28	get, get under one's skin	Irritate
	29	get	Evoke an emotional response
	30	get, catch	Apprehend and reproduce accurately
	31	get, draw	In baseball: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
	32	get	Overcome or destroy
	33	get, perplex, vex, stick, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound	Be a mystery or bewildering to
	34	get, get down, begin, start out, start, set about, set out, commence	Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
	35	get, suffer, sustain, have	Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
	36	get, beget, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth	Make children

get > pronunciation
Sounds	geh't; gih't
Rhymes	abet, alphabet, anisette, and 102 more rhymes in eht at the HyperDic website...
Rhymes	acquit, admit, affectionate, and 178 more rhymes in iht at the HyperDic website...

get > verb 1, possession
Meaning	Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s something from somebody
Model	The children get the ball
Examples	"Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"
Synonyms	acquire
Narrower	isolate; win back, get back; press out, express, extract; capture, catch; come by; buy, purchase; lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take; receive, have; turn; buy; find; glom; enter upon, come upon, luck into; line up, get hold, come up, find; accept, take, have; obtain; recover, retrieve, find, regain; catch; recover, recoup, recuperate; reclaim, repossess; find, regain; acquire, win, gain; gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in; earn, garner; profit, gain, benefit; partake, share, partake in; preempt; collect, pick up, gather up, call for; inherit, come into; borrow; pick up; get; poll
Similar to	receive, get, find, obtain, incur
Nouns	getting

get > verb 2, change
Meaning	Enter or assume a certain state or condition.
Pattern	Something is ----ing PP; Something ----s Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s Adjective; Somebody ----s PP
Model	John will get angry
Examples	"It must be getting more serious"; "Get going!"
Synonyms	become, go
Narrower	sober up, sober; sober up, sober; work; take effect; run; take; break; settle; come
Broader	change state, turn
See also	get ahead; get on, get along; get over

get > verb 3, change
Meaning	Cause to move. Cause to be in a certain position or condition.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Synonyms	let, have
Broader	make, get

get > verb 4, change
Meaning	Receive a specified treatment (abstract).
Pattern	Something ----s
Synonyms	receive, find, obtain, incur
Narrower	take
Broader	change
Similar to	get, acquire

get > verb 5, motion
Meaning	Reach a destination. Arrive by movement or progress.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP
Examples	"She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"
Synonyms	arrive, come
Entailed by	immigrate
Narrower	land, set down; drive in; land, put down, bring down; land, set ashore, shore; roll up; come, come in; reach, hit, attain; flood in; pull in, get in, move in, draw in; plump in
Contrary	leave, go forth, go away
Similar to	get

get > verb 6, contact
Meaning	Go or come after and bring or take back.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP
Examples	"Get me those books over there, please"
Synonyms	bring, convey, fetch
Entails	come, come up
Narrower	retrieve; deliver
Broader	transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise
Contrary	take away, bear off, bear away, carry away, carry off
Similar to	bring, convey, take

get > verb 7, perception
Meaning	Of mental or physical states or experiences.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"get an idea"; "get nauseous"
Synonyms	experience, receive, have, undergo
Entails	perceive, comprehend
Narrower	respire; labor, labour; suffer, sustain, have, get; take; horripilate

get > verb 8, competition
Meaning	Take vengeance on or get even.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP
Examples	"We'll get them!"
Synonyms	pay back, pay off, fix
Broader	get even, get back
Similar to	pay

get > verb 9, possession
Meaning	Achieve a point or goal.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonyms	have, make
Broader	score, hit, tally, rack up
Similar to	make

get > verb 10, communication
Meaning	Cause to do. Cause to act in a specified manner.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE; Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE
Model	They get him to write the letter
Synonyms	induce, stimulate, cause, have, make
Narrower	decide; persuade; bring; solicit; encourage; let; lead; prompt, inspire, instigate; suborn; compel, oblige, obligate

get > verb 11, contact
Meaning	Succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Synonyms	catch, capture
Narrower	recapture, retake; lasso, rope
Broader	seize, prehend, clutch

get > verb 12, body
Meaning	Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes).
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonyms	grow, develop, produce, acquire
Narrower	fledge, feather; regrow; spring; sprout, stock; stool, tiller; leaf; pod; teethe; pupate; work up, get up; cut
Broader	change
Similar to	develop, acquire, evolve
Nouns	getting

get > verb 13, body
Meaning	Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonyms	contract, take
Narrower	catch
Broader	sicken, come down
Similar to	catch

get > verb 14, communication
Meaning	Communicate with a place or person. Establish communication with, as if by telephone.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Examples	"The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake"
Broader	communicate, intercommunicate

get > verb 15, change
Meaning	Give certain properties to something.
Pattern	Something ----s something Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE
Examples	"get someone mad"
Synonyms	make
Narrower	render; get, let, have; leave
Broader	change, alter, modify

get > verb 16, communication
Meaning	Move into a desired direction of discourse.
Pattern	Somebody ----s PP
Synonyms	drive, aim
Broader	mean, intend

get > verb 17, cognition
Meaning	Grasp with the mind or develop an undersatnding of.
Pattern	Something ----s
Examples	"did you get it?"; "She didn't get the joke"; "I just don't get him"
Synonyms	catch
Broader	understand
Similar to	catch, get; get

get > verb 18, contact
Meaning	Attract and fix.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Synonyms	catch, arrest
Broader	attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in

get > verb 19, contact
Meaning	Reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Synonyms	catch
Broader	hit

get > verb 20, cognition
Meaning	Reach by calculation.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"What do you get when you add up these numbers?"
Entails	calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure
Similar to	get

get > verb 21, possession
Meaning	Acquire as a result of some effort or action.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?"
Broader	get, acquire
Similar to	catch, get; get

get > verb 22, possession
Meaning	Purchase.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"What did you get at the toy store?"
Category	commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
Broader	buy, purchase
Nouns	getting

get > verb 23, perception
Meaning	Perceive by hearing.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"She didn't get his name when they met the first time"
Synonyms	catch
Broader	hear
Similar to	catch, take in, overhear

get > verb 24, perception
Meaning	Suffer from the receipt of.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonyms	catch
Broader	hurt, ache, suffer
Similar to	catch; get, receive

get > verb 25, perception
Meaning	Receive as a retribution or punishment.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonyms	receive
Similar to	catch, get

get > verb 26, motion
Meaning	Leave immediately. Used usually in the imperative form.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s
Synonyms	scram, buzz off, fuck off, bugger off
Broader	leave, go forth, go away

get > verb 27, motion
Meaning	Reach and board.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Broader	catch
Similar to	arrive, get, come

get > verb 28, emotion
Meaning	Irritate.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s to somebody
Examples	"Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me"
Synonyms	get under one's skin
Broader	annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil
Similar to	get

get > verb 29, emotion
Meaning	Evoke an emotional response.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
Model	The bad news will get him
Examples	"Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time"
Broader	touch, stir
Similar to	get, get under one's skin

get > verb 30, creation
Meaning	Apprehend and reproduce accurately.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonyms	catch
Broader	reproduce
Similar to	catch, get

get > verb 31, creation
Meaning	In baseball: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonyms	draw
Broader	effect, effectuate, bring about, set up

get > verb 32, contact
Meaning	Overcome or destroy.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Broader	destroy, ruin

get > verb 33, cognition
Meaning	Be a mystery or bewildering to.
Pattern	Something ----s somebody
Synonyms	perplex, vex, stick, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze, dumbfound
Narrower	stump, mix up; riddle; elude, escape
Broader	confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate

get > verb 34, change
Meaning	Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE; Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Model	They get moving
Examples	"Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "Let's get down to work now"
Synonyms	get down, begin, start out, start, set about, set out, commence
Narrower	recommence; strike out; fall; jump off; get to; auspicate; attack; break in; plunge, launch; come on; embark, enter; get cracking, bestir oneself, get going, get moving, get weaving, get started, get rolling
Contrary	end, terminate
Similar to	begin

get > verb 35, body
Meaning	Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses).
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonyms	suffer, sustain, have
Narrower	break down, collapse; crack up, crack, crock up, break up, collapse
Broader	experience, receive, have, get, undergo
Similar to	have

get > verb 36, body
Meaning	Make children.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody
Synonyms	beget, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth
Broader	make, create