shoehorn vs take

shoehorn

verb
  • To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to. 

  • To use a shoehorn. 

  • To force some current event into alignment with some (usually unconnected) agenda, especially when it is fallacious. 

noun
  • A smooth tool that assists in putting the foot into a shoe, by sliding the heel in after the toe is in place. This reduces discomfort and damage to the back of the shoe. By slipping it into the back of the shoe behind the heel, the user prevents the heel from squashing down the back of the shoe and causing difficulty; instead the heel slides down the smooth shoehorn, which then comes out easily once the foot is in place. 

  • Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium. 

take

verb
  • To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to. 

  • To accept (zero or more arguments). 

  • To seize or capture. 

  • To remove. 

  • To go. 

  • To become; to be affected in a specified way. 

  • To obtain money from, especially by swindling. 

  • To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it. 

  • To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc). 

  • To proceed to fill. 

  • To participate in. 

  • To let in (water). 

  • To move into. 

  • To catch or get possession of (fish or game). 

  • To assume (a form). 

  • To go into, through, or along. 

  • To apply oneself to the study of. 

  • To deal with. 

  • To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold. 

  • To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game. 

  • To have sex with. 

  • To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right). 

  • To obtain for use by payment or lease. 

  • To experience or feel. 

  • To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation. 

  • To carry or lead (something or someone). 

  • To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage). 

  • An intensifier. 

  • To require. 

  • To fill, to use up (time or space). 

  • To avail oneself of. 

  • To escort or conduct (a person). 

  • To catch or contract (an illness, etc). 

  • To receive into some relationship. 

  • To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider. 

  • To catch; to engage. 

  • To grasp or grip. 

  • To transport or carry; to convey to another place. 

  • To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure). 

  • To exact. 

  • To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir). 

  • To remove or end by death; to kill. 

  • To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of. 

  • To believe, to accept the statements of. 

  • To cause to change to a specified state or condition. 

  • To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching. 

  • To subtract. 

  • To bind oneself by. 

  • To partake of (food or drink); to consume. 

  • To perform (a role). 

  • To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something). 

  • To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc). 

  • To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing. 

  • To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation). 

  • To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off. 

  • To accept and follow (advice, etc). 

  • To use as a means of transportation. 

  • To admit (a penis or the penis of) into one’s bodily cavity. 

  • To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription. 

  • To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind. 

  • To select or choose; to pick. 

  • To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source. 

  • To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do. 

  • To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass. 

  • To get or accept (something) into one's possession. 

  • To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force. 

  • To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something). 

  • To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry. 

  • To receive (medicine) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest. 

  • To have the intended effect. 

  • To regard in a specified way. 

  • To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc). 

  • To adopt (select) as one's own. 

  • To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example. 

  • To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around. 

  • To defeat (someone or something) in a fight. 

  • To adhere or be absorbed properly. 

  • To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc). 

  • To understand (especially in a specified way). 

  • To have and use one's recourse to. 

noun
  • A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event. 

  • An approach, a (distinct) treatment. 

  • An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position. 

  • A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene. 

  • A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period. 

  • An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination. 

  • The or an act of taking. 

  • A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper). 

  • The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time. 

  • Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits. 

  • The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch. 

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