take to
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window
Types & categories
- desire hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation
She took to drink
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fondness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fancier |
| 1 | entails | Related & opposite | like |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | desire |