What It Takes To Work At A DC Haunted House

take Take is one of the commonest verbs in English. It is used in many different ways. Its other forms are takes, taking, took, taken. if something takes a particular amount of time, that time is needed in order to finish it: to fill or occupy (space, etc.): [~ + up + object] The word "take'' will take up at least a page in this dictionary. [~ + object + up] This work takes all my time up. A take is a short piece of action which is filmed in one continuous process for a cinema or television film. She couldn't get it right–she never knew the lines and we had to do several takes. Synonyms: scene,.