A return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle" take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" overcome or destroy; "The ice storm got my hibiscus"; "the cat got the goldfish" earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher; "He drew a base on balls" apprehend and reproduce accurately; "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs" evoke an emotional response; "Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time" irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me" reach and board; "She got the bus just as it was leaving" leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form; "Scram!" receive as a retribution or punishment; "He got 5 years in prison" suffer from the receipt of; "She will catch hell for this behavior!" perceive by hearing; "I didn't catch your name"; "She didn't get his name when they met the first time" purchase; "What did you get at the toy store?" acquire as a result of some effort or action; "You cannot get water out of a stone"; "Where did she get these news?" reach by calculation; "What do you get when you add up these numbers?" reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot; "the rock caught her in the back of the head"; "The blow got him in the back"; "The punch caught him in the stomach" attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter" grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; "did you catch that allusion?"; "We caught something of his theory in the lecture"; "don't catch your meaning"; "did you get it?"; "She didn't get the joke"; "I just don't get him" move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?" give certain properties to something; "get someone mad"; "She made us look silly"; "He made a fool of himself at the meeting"; "Don't make this into a big deal"; "This invention will make you a millionaire"; "Make yourself clear" communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone; "Bill called this number and he got Mary"; "The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake" be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill" come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?" cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" achieve a point or goal; "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day" take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him" go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange sensation"; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling" go or come after and bring or take back; "Get me those books over there, please"; "Could you bring the wine?"; "The dog fetched the hat" reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight" receive a specified treatment (abstract); "These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"; "His movie received a good review"; "I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions" cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition; "He got his squad on the ball"; "This let me in for a big surprise"; "He got a girl into trouble" enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!" come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work"
Relieve from; "Rid the house of pests"
Cooked partially or completely beforehand; "frozen precooked meals from the supermarket"
To the same degree (often followed by `as'); "they were equally beautiful"; "birds were singing and the child sang as sweetly"; "sang as sweetly as a nightingale"; "he is every bit as mean as she is" a United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar
Doctor's degree in osteopathy the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization an uproarious party travel or traverse (a distance); "This car does 150 miles per hour"; "We did 6 miles on our hike every day" arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" carry on or manage; "We could do with a little more help around here" spend time in prison or in a labor camp; "He did six years for embezzlement" behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people" create or design, often in a certain way; "Do my room in blue"; "I did this piece in wood to express my love for the forest" be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity; "A few words would answer"; "This car suits my purpose well"; "Will $100 do?"; "A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school"; "Nothing else will serve" carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions; "practice law" give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident" proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way" get (something) done; "I did my job" carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance" engage in; "make love, not war"; "make an effort"; "do research"; "do nothing"; "make revolution"
Negation of a word or group of words; "he does not speak French"; "she is not going"; "they are not friends"; "not many"; "not much"; "not at all"