Dictionary Entry
get
get is a 3-letter English word with 50 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Jet, the mineral. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
3 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 5 · 50 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
Jet, the mineral.
- 2noun
Fashion; manner; custom.
- 3noun
Artifice; contrivance.
- 4transitive verb
To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of; to acquire; to earn; to obtain as a price or reward; to come by; to win, by almost any means; as, to get favor by kindness; to get wealth by industry and economy; to get land by purchase, etc.
- 5transitive verb
Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession of; to have.
- 6transitive verb
To beget; to procreate; to generate.
- 7transitive verb
To obtain mental possession of; to learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; as to get a lesson; also with out; as, to get out one's Greek lesson.
- 8transitive verb
To prevail on; to induce; to persuade.
- 9transitive verb
To procure to be, or to cause to be in any state or condition; -- with a following participle.
- 10transitive verb
To betake; to remove; -- in a reflexive use.
- 11intransitive verb
To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased.
- 12intransitive verb
To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state, condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with a following adjective or past participle belonging to the subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to get beaten; to get elected.
- 13noun
Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion.
- 14noun
a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent
- 15verb
make children
"Abraham begot Isaac"
"Men often father children but don't recognize them"
- 16verb
undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
"She suffered a fracture in the accident"
"He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"
- 17verb
be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
"He got AIDS"
"She came down with pneumonia"
- 18verb
come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
"He grew a beard"
"The patient developed abdominal pains"
- 19verb
give certain properties to something
"get someone mad"
"She made us look silly"
Synonyms
- 20verb
cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition
"He got his squad on the ball"
"This let me in for a big surprise"
- 21verb
enter or assume a certain state or condition
"He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"
"It must be getting more serious"
- 22verb
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
"We began working at dawn"
"Who will start?"
- 23verb
receive a specified treatment (abstract)
"These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation"
"His movie received a good review"
- 24verb
grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of
"did you catch that allusion?"
"We caught something of his theory in the lecture"
Synonyms
- 25verb
be a mystery or bewildering to
"This beats me!"
"Got me--I don't know the answer!"
- 26verb
reach by calculation
"What do you get when you add up these numbers?"
- 27verb
cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
"The ads induced me to buy a VCR"
"My children finally got me to buy a computer"
- 28verb
move into a desired direction of discourse
"What are you driving at?"
- 29verb
communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone
"Bill called this number and he got Mary"
"The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake"
- 30verb
take vengeance on or get even
"We'll get them!"
"That'll fix him good!"
Synonyms
- 31verb
succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase
"We finally got the suspect"
"Did you catch the thief?"
- 32verb
reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot
"the rock caught her in the back of the head"
"The blow got him in the back"
Synonyms
- 33verb
go or come after and bring or take back
"Get me those books over there, please"
"Could you bring the wine?"
- 34verb
attract and fix
"His look caught her"
"She caught his eye"
- 35verb
overcome or destroy
"The ice storm got my hibiscus"
"the cat got the goldfish"
- 36verb
earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher
"He drew a base on balls"
Synonyms
- 37verb
apprehend and reproduce accurately
"She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings"
"She got the mood just right in her photographs"
Synonyms
- 38verb
evoke an emotional response
"Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time"
- 39verb
irritate
"Her childish behavior really get to me"
"His lying really gets me"
- 40verb
reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
"She arrived home at 7 o'clock"
"She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"
- 41verb
reach and board
"She got the bus just as it was leaving"
- 42verb
leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form
"Scram!"
Synonyms
- 43verb
go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
"get an idea"
"experience vertigo"
Synonyms
- 44verb
receive as a retribution or punishment
"He got 5 years in prison"
Synonyms
- 45verb
suffer from the receipt of
"She will catch hell for this behavior!"
Synonyms
- 46verb
perceive by hearing
"I didn't catch your name"
"She didn't get his name when they met the first time"
Synonyms
- 47verb
purchase
"What did you get at the toy store?"
- 48verb
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
"She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"
"They acquired a new pet"
Synonyms
- 49verb
achieve a point or goal
"Nicklaus had a 70"
"The Brazilian team got 4 goals"
- 50verb
acquire as a result of some effort or action
"You cannot get water out of a stone"
"Where did she get these news?"
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