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Meaning:

Verb:

  • slang To defeat in a fight; take.
  • auxiliary verb, taking a perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.
  • auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive must.
  • Irish To be able to speak a language.
  • transitive To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship).
  • transitive To engage in sexual intercourse with.
  • transitive To give birth to.
  • transitive To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action.
  • transitive To possess, own, hold.
  • (''transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement'') To cause to be.
  • (''transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement'') To depict as being.
  • (''transitive with bare infinitive'') To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)
  • (''transitive with bare infinitive'') To cause to, by a command or request.
  • Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion, see "Usage notes" below)

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