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Tainted
- verb - contaminate with a disease or microorganism
- place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
- touched by rot or decay; "tainted bacon"; "`corrupt' is archaic"
- unclean
Taipans
- noun - 1. A powerful businessman in China or Southeast Asia.
2. The head of a British trading company in colonial Hong Kong.
- large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia
Taiyuan
- noun - an ancient city in northeastern China noted for coal mining and steel production
Tajassu
- - The common, or collared, peccary (Tayassu tajacu). Called also javelina and tayaussa.
Takable
- unknown - capable of being taken, eaten or drunk
Takahes
- noun - flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules
Take In
- verb - accept; "The cloth takes up the liquid"
- call for and obtain payment of; "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent"
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"
- express willingness to have in one''s home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees"
- express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees"
- fold up; "take in the sails"
- fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can''t fool me!"
- fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers; "We overheard the conversation at the next table"
- make (clothes) sm
Take On
- verb - accept as a challenge; "I''ll tackle this difficult task"
- accept as a challenge; "I'll tackle this difficult task"
- admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We''ll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
- admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"
- 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"
- take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; "When will the new President assume office?"
Take To
- verb - develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation; "She took to drink"; "Men take to the military trades"
- have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler''s window"
- have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window"
Take Up
- verb - accept; "The cloth takes up the liquid"
- adopt; "take up new ideas"
- begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job; "Take up a position"; "start a new job"
- occupy or take on; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose"
- pursue or resume; "take up a matter for consideration"
- return to a previous location or condition; "The painting resumed its old condition when we restored it"
- take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister''s words"
- take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"
- take out or up with or as if with a scoop; "scoop the sugar out of the container"
- take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
- take up and practice as one