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The Meaning of get

  • (n.) Jet, the mineral.
  • (n.) Fashion; manner; custom.
  • (n.) Artifice; contrivance.
  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession of; to have.
  • (v. t.) To beget; to procreate; to generate.
  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To prevail on; to induce; to persuade.
  • (v. t.) To procure to be, or to cause to be in any state or condition; -- with a following participle.
  • (v. t.) To betake; to remove; -- in a reflexive use.
  • (v. i.) To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased.
  • (v. i.) 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.
  • (n.) Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion.

Synonyms

acquire , become , go , let , have , receive , find , obtain , incur , arrive , come , bring , convey , fetch , experience , receive , have , pay back , pay off , fix , have , make , induce , stimulate , cause , have , make , catch , capture , grow , develop , produce , acquire , contract , take , make , drive , aim , catch , catch , arrest , catch , catch , catch , receive , scram , buzz off , fuck off , bugger off , get under one's skin , catch , draw , perplex , vex , stick , puzzle , mystify , baffle , beat , pose , bewilder , flummox , stupefy , nonplus , gravel , amaze , dumbfound , get down , begin , start out , start , set about , set out , commence , suffer , sustain , have , beget , engender , father , mother , sire , generate , bring forth

Antonyms

leave , take away , end

Homophones

goette

Rhymes

abbett , abet , alphabet , amorette , anette , anisette , annett , annette , anstett , antoinette , arlette , arnett , asset , audet , audette , avocet , babette , backset , baguette , barbette , barnett , barnette , baronet , barrette , bassette , bayonet , beaudet , beaudette , beget , bennette , bequette , bernadette , beset , bessette , bet , bett , binette , bissette , bizet , blanchette , bonnette , bourget , bourret , bousquet , boyette , bramlette , bresette , bret , brett , brissette , brossette , brouillet , brouillette , brunet , brunette , brusette , bruyette , burchette , burdette , burnett , burnette , cabriolet , cadet , calumet , cassette , chalmette , charette , charrette , chelette , chenette , chet , chevrette , choquette , cigarette , clarette , clarinet , claudet , claudette , clavette , colette , collette , corette , cornet , cornette , coronet , corvette , cosette , cossette , couchette , cullinet , dancanet , debt , deseret , dorette , doucet , doucette , dragnet , duet , duquette , durette , ellette , epithet , et , ethernet , falconet , fayette , fett , fette , fisette , flageolet , flett , fleurette , follette , forget , forgette , fournet , frechette , fredette , frenette , fret , furlett , galudet , garnette , garrette , gaudet , gazette , gelette , georgette , gillette , gimlet , godette , goette , goulet , goulette , guenette , guerette , guerrette , guillet , guillette , guyett , guyette , gwinnett , hachette , handset , headset , heavyset , hett , hugette , hughette , inglett , inlet , inset , internet , irette , irvette , janette , jeanerette , jeanette , jeannette , jenrette , jet , jett , jette , jfet , joette , jolette , joliet , josette , jouret , juliet , juliette , junette , kett , kitchenette , klett , lafayette , lafeyette , laurette , laviolette , legette , leggette , lerette , let , lett , linette , lirette , lisette , lorette , lorgnette , louisette , lovette , lucette , luncheonette , luquette , lurette , lynette , maillet , manette , marette , margette , mariette , marlette , marmoset , marquette , marzette , massenet , met , midyett , midyette , millette , minaret , mindset , minette , minuet , monette , myette , nanette , net , nett , nicolet , nicolette , ninette , niquette , nolette , nonjet , nyet , octet , odette , offset , olivette , onset , ouimette , outlet , outset , ovett , pagette , paquette , parapet , parlette , paulette , payette , pet , pett , pierette , piet , pinette , pinochet , pipette , piquette , plett , poquette , preset , pret , pruette , quartet , quellette , quintet , racette , regret , reset , ret , rhett , rillette , ringuette , rivette , robinette , rochette , rockette , rolette , rosette , roulette , rowlette , sarchet , sarette , set , sextet , silhouette , sobriquet , somerset , soviet , statuette , stet , stinnette , sublet , subset , suffragette , sunset , susette , suzette , sweat , swett , tet , tete , threat , tibet , touchet , touchette , tourette , turbojet , twinjet , typeset , unmet , unset , upset , vallette , vedette , veillette , vet , vette , videocassette , viet , vignette , villette , violett , violette , viverette , wernette , wet , whet , willamette , willette , wilmette , yet , yett , yvette