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Adjective take-away has 1 sense
- takeout, take-away - of or involving food to be taken and eaten off the premises; "takeout pizza"; "the takeout counter"; "`take-away' is chiefly British"
Antonym: unportable (indirect, via portable)
Noun take-away has 3 senses
- takeout, takeout food, takeaway - prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises; "in England they call takeout food `takeaway'"
--1 is a kind of convenience food
- takeaway - a concession made by a labor union to a company that is trying to lower its expenditures
--2 is a kind of concession
- takeaway - the act of taking the ball or puck away from the team on the offense (as by the interception of a pass)
--3 is a kind of maneuver, manoeuvre, play
Verb take-away has 7 senses
- take away, bear off, bear away, carry away, carry off - remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state; "Their dreams carried the Romantics away into distant lands"; "The car carried us off to the meeting"; "I'll take you away on a holiday"; "I got carried away when I saw the dead man and I started to cry"
--1 is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
Antonyms: bring, get, convey, fetch
Sample sentences:
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- remove, take, take away, withdraw - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
Sample sentence:
They want to take away the doors
- take away, take out - take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables"
--3 is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
Antonyms: add
Sample sentence:
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- take away - take from a person or place; "We took the abused child away from its parents"
--4 is one way to take
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- take out, take away - buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food; "We'll take out pizza, since I am too tired to cook"
--5 is one way to eat
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- remove, take away - get rid of something abstract; "The death of her mother removed the last obstacle to their marriage"; "God takes away your sins"
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- take away, detract - take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract from his good character"
--7 is one way to reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
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