locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar
Obtains,gets hold of,eg,he acquires his parents house on their death
come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard";
take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"
gain through experience; "I acquired a strong aversion to television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"; "Dave developed leadership qualities in his new position"; "develop a passion for painting"
gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Ge
ARREST
the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
the state of inactivity following an interruption;
take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
attract and fix; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter"
cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"
COLLECT
payable by the recipient on delivery; "a collect call"; "the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel"
get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"
gather or collect; "You can get the results on Monday"; "She picked up the children at the day care center"; "They pick up our trash twice a week"
a short prayer generally preceding the lesson in the Church of Rome or the Church of England
make a telephone call or mail a package so that the recipient pays; "call collect"; "send a package collect"
assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"
get or bring together; "accumulate evidence"
call for and obtain payment of; "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent"
DETECT
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "
GET
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!"
apprehend and reproduce accurately; "She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"; "She got the mood just right in her photographs"
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"
evoke an emotional response; "Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time"
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irritate; "Her childish behavior really get to me"; "His lying really gets me"
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 d
HEAR
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
listen and pay attention; "Listen to your father"; "We must hear the expert before we make a decision"
examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process; "The jury had heard all the evidence"; "The case will be tried in California"
get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
receive a communication from someone; "We heard nothing from our son for five years"
INTENSIFY
increase in extent or intensity; "The Allies escalated the bombing"
make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark
become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"
make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"
LEARN
gain knowledge or skills; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate"
get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally; "I learned that she has two grown-up children"; "I see that you have been promoted"
be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam"
commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?"
impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat"
LIFT
lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
one of the layers forming the heel of a shoe or boot
take hold of something and move it to a different location; "lift the box onto the table"
a device worn in a shoe or boot to make the wearer look taller or to correct a shortened leg
perform cosmetic surgery on someone's face
move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
a powered conveyance that carries skiers up a hill
remove from a surface; "the detective carefully lifted some fingerprints from the table"
move upwards; "lift one's eyes"
a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
take off o
NAB
seize suddenly
take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
tag the base runner to get him out
OBTAIN
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come into possession of;
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Got
SENSE
become aware of not through the senses but instinctively; "I sense his hostility"; "i smell trouble"; "smell out corruption"
perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles; "He felt the wind"; "She felt an object brushing her arm"; "He felt his flesh crawl"; "She felt the heat when she got out of the car"
detect some circumstance or entity automatically; "This robot can sense the presence of people in the room"; "particle detectors sense ionization"
sound practical judgment; "Common sense is not so common"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away"
the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"
a general conscious awareness; "a sense of security"; "a sense of happiness"; "a sense of danger"; "a sense of self"