To answer a telephone.
To acquire (something) accidentally; to catch (a disease).
To collect and detain (a suspect).
To lift; to grasp and raise.
To clean up; to return to an organized state.
To point out the behaviour, habits, or actions of (a person) in a critical manner; used with on.
To meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation.
To receive calls; to function correctly.
To record; to notch up.
To learn, to grasp; to begin to understand; to realize.
To promote somebody who was previously passed over.
To collect an object, especially in passing.
To take control (physically) of something.
To mark, to defend against an opposition player by following them closely.
To behave in a manner that results in a foul.
To restart or resume.
To receive (a radio signal or the like).
To notice, detect or discern; to pick up on
To improve, increase, or speed up.
To reduce the despondency of.
To pay for.
To obtain and publish a story, news item, etc.
To collect a passenger.
To establish a call (connection by telephone or similar).
To arrange for or to make (a bet).
To finish second, especially of horses or dogs.
To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
To earn a given spot in a competition.
To rank at (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.
To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
To put (an object or person) in a specific location.
To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job, or a home for an animal for adoption, etc.
To place-kick (a goal).
An inhabited area: a village, town, or city.
Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
A state of mind.
The position of first, second, or third at the finish, especially the second position.
An area of the body, especially the skin.
An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard.
The position of a contestant in a competition.
A location or position in space.
Reception; effect; implying the making room for.
The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit.
A role or purpose; a station.
A street, sometimes but not always surrounding a public place, square, or plaza of the same name.
The area where one lives: one's home, formerly (chiefly) country estates and farms.
A particular location in a book or document, particularly the current location of a reader.
The position as a member of a sports team.
Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding.
An area to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
Any area of the earth: a region.