From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
take out
v 1: cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the
classroom" [syn: take out, move out, remove]
2: remove from its packing; "unpack the presents" [syn:
unpack, take out] [ant: pack]
3: take out or remove; "take out the chicken after adding the
vegetables" [syn: take away, take out] [ant: add]
4: obtain by legal or official process; "take out a license";
"take out a patent"
5: make a date; "Has he asked you out yet?" [syn: ask out,
invite out, take out]
6: remove something from a container or an enclosed space
7: purchase prepared food to be eaten at home [syn: take out,
buy food]
8: 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" [syn: withdraw, draw,
take out, draw off] [ant: bank, deposit]
9: 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" [syn: draw, pull, pull out, get
out, take out]
10: take liquid out of a container or well; "She drew water from
the barrel" [syn: draw, take out]
11: 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"
[syn: extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out,
draw out]
12: 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" [syn: take out, take away]
13: take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy [syn:
excerpt, extract, take out]
14: prevent from being included or considered or accepted; "The
bad results were excluded from the report"; "Leave off the
top piece" [syn: exclude, except, leave out, leave
off, omit, take out] [ant: include]