Overview of noun take_out

The noun takeout has 2 senses

• takeout, takeout food, takeaway -- (prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises; "in England they call takeout food `takeaway'")


• takeout -- ((bridge) a bid that asks your partner to bid another suit)

Overview of verb take_out

The verb take out has 14 senses

• take out, move out, remove -- (cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom")


• unpack, take out -- (remove from its packing; "unpack the presents")


• take away, take out -- (take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the vegetables")


• take out -- (obtain by legal or official process; "take out a license"; "take out a patent")


• ask out, invite out, take out -- (make a date; "Has he asked you out yet?")


• take out -- (remove something from a container or an enclosed space)


• take out, buy food -- (purchase prepared food to be eaten at home)


• withdraw, draw, take out, draw off -- (remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank")


• draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out -- (bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover; "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled a knife on his victim")


• draw, take out -- (take liquid out of a container or well; "She drew water from the barrel")


• extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out -- (remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram")


• take out, take away -- (buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food; "We'll take out pizza, since I am too tired to cook")


• excerpt, extract, take out -- (take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy)


• exclude, except, leave out, leave off, omit, take out -- (prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the top piece")

Overview of adj take_out

The adj takeout has 1 sense

• takeout, take-away -- (of or involving food to be taken and eaten off the premises; "takeout pizza"; "the takeout counter"; "`take-away' is chiefly British")