TAKING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does taking mean? 

• TAKING (noun)
  The noun TAKING has 1 sense:

1. the act of someone who picks up or takes something

  Familiarity information: TAKING used as a noun is very rare.

• TAKING (adjective)
  The adjective TAKING has 1 sense:

1. very attractive; capturing interest

  Familiarity information: TAKING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAKING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of someone who picks up or takes something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

pickings; taking

Context example:

clothing could be had for the taking

Hypernyms ("taking" is a kind of...):

action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))

Derivation:

take (get into one's hands, take physically)

• TAKING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Very attractive; capturing interest

Synonyms:

fetching; taking; winning

Context example:

a winning personality

Similar:

attractive (pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm)

 Context examples 

On the first day, after taking medication, they listened to music for one hour.

(Music believed to boost hypertension treatment, Agenciabrasil/EBC)

A small increase in new cancer cases was reported in the group taking aspirin but the difference could have been due to chance.

(Daily low-dose aspirin found to have no effect on healthy life span in older people, National Institutes of Health)

My feelings, you see, did not prevent my taking Mrs Harville and all her family to Plymouth.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Exerting influence or producing an effect; taking part in an activity.

(Active, NCI Thesaurus)

Very true, said Henry, and this is a very nice day, and we are taking a very nice walk, and you are two very nice young ladies.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

“She will be late,” said Sir Thomas, taking out his watch; “but what is your difficulty?”

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

A form of the drug tamoxifen that is made by the body after taking tamoxifen.

(Afimoxifene, NCI Dictionary)

They accomplished this by taking advantage of 'optogenetics', an approach relying on proteins that change their activity on demand with light.

(Researchers Develop Insulin-Producing Cells Activated by Light for Diabetes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

At first the trade went well; for many people, seeing such a beautiful woman, went to buy her wares, and paid their money without thinking of taking away the goods.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Gemini is a travel sign, so you may be taking a short little trip at this time.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)