To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.
To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
To obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild.
To take by choice into the scope of one's responsibility.
To select and take or approve.
To beat an opponent ten times in a row.
To refuse to accept.
To refuse a romantic advance.
To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
A rejected takeoff.
A rejected defective product in a production line.
Something that is rejected.
An unpopular person.