Scrabble?! GET

Definitions of GET in various dictionaries:

noun - a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent

verb - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

verb - enter or assume a certain state or condition

verb - cause to move

verb - receive a specified treatment (abstract)

verb - reach a destination

verb - go or come after and bring or take back

verb - go through (mental or physical states or experiences)

verb - take vengeance on or get even

verb - achieve a point or goal

verb - cause to do

verb - succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase

verb - come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

verb - be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

verb - communicate with a place or person

verb - give certain properties to something

verb - move into a desired direction of discourse

verb - grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of

verb - attract and fix

verb - reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot

verb - reach by calculation

verb - acquire as a result of some effort or action

verb - purchase

verb - perceive by hearing

verb - suffer from the receipt of

verb - receive as a retribution or punishment

verb - leave immediately

verb - reach and board

verb - irritate

verb - evoke an emotional response

verb - apprehend and reproduce accurately

verb - earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher

verb - overcome or destroy

verb - be a mystery or bewildering to

verb - take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

verb - undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)

verb - make children

To come into possession or use of; receive: got a poodle for her birthday.

To meet with or incur: got nothing but trouble for her efforts.

To go after and obtain: got a book at the library; got breakfast in town.

To go after and bring: Get me a pillow.

To purchase; buy: get groceries.

To acquire as a result of action or effort: He got his information out of an encyclopedia.

To earn: got high marks in math and science.

To accomplish or attain as a result of military action.

To obtain by concession or request: couldn’t get the time off; got permission to leave.

To reach and board; catch: She got her plane two minutes before takeoff.

To succeed in communicating with, as by telephone: couldn’t get me at the office until nine.

To become affected with (an illness, for example) by infection or exposure; catch: get the flu; got the mumps.

To be subjected to; undergo: got a severe concussion.

To receive as retribution or punishment: got six years in prison for embezzling funds.

To sustain a stated injury to: got my arm broken.

To learn (a poem, for example) by heart; memorize.

To find or reach by calculating: get a total; can’t get the answer.

To perceive by hearing: I didn’t get your name when we were introduced.

To procreate; beget.

To cause to become or be in a specified state or condition: got the children tired and cross; got the shirt clean.

To make ready; prepare: get lunch for a crowd.

To cause to come or go: somehow got the car through traffic.

To cause to undertake or perform; prevail on: got the guide to give us the complete tour.

To take, especially by force; seize: The detective got the suspect as he came out of the restaurant.

To overcome or destroy: The ice storm got the rose bushes.

To evoke an emotional response or reaction in: Romantic music really gets me.

To annoy or irritate: What got me was his utter lack of self-discipline.

To present a difficult problem to; puzzle.

To take revenge on, especially to kill in revenge for a wrong.

To hit or strike: She got him on the chin.

To put out.

To begin or start.

To have current possession of.

To have as an obligation.

To become or grow to be: eventually got well.

To be able or permitted: never got to see Europe; finally got to work at home.

To be successful in becoming: get free of a drug problem.

Used with the past participle of transitive verbs as a passive voice auxiliary: got stuck in the elevator.

To become drawn in, entangled, or involved: got into debt; get into a hassle.

To depart immediately: yelled at the dog to get.

To work for gain or profit; make money: puts all his energy into getting and spending.

The act of begetting.

Progeny; offspring.

A return in tennis on a shot that seems impossible to reach.

To make understandable or clear: I have tried to get my point across.

To be convincing or understandable: How can I get across to the students? get after.

To be or continue to be on harmonious terms: gets along with the in-laws.

To manage or fare with reasonable success: can’t get along on those wages.

To make progress.

To advance, especially in years.

To go away; leave.

To make progress.

To advance, especially in years.

To circumvent or evade: managed to get around the real issues.

To convince or win over by flattering or cajoling.

To travel from place to place: It is hard to get around without a car.

To become known; circulate: Word got around.

To touch or reach successfully: The cat hid where we couldn’t get at it.

To try to make understandable; hint at or suggest: I don’t know what you’re getting at.

To discover or understand: If we could only get at the cause of the problem! get away.

To break free; escape.

To leave or go away: wanted to come along, but couldn’t get away.

To pass or outstrip.

To succeed at a level of minimal acceptibility or with the minimal amount of effort: just got by in high school.

To succeed in managing; survive: We’ll get by if we economize.

To be unnoticed or ignored by: His mistake got by the editor but was caught by the proofreader.

To descend.

To give one’s attention.

To exhaust, discourage, or depress: The heat was getting me down.

To swallow: got the pill down on the first try.

To describe in writing.

To lose one’s inhibitions; enjoy oneself wholeheartedly.

To enter.

To arrive: We got in late last night.

To become or cause to become involved: She got in with the wrong crowd.

To become accepted, as in a club.

To succeed in making or doing: got in six deliveries before noon.

To enter.

To arrive: We got in late last night.

To become involved in: got into trouble by stealing cars.

Informal.

To start, as on a trip; leave.

To fire (a round of ammunition, for example): got off two shots before the deer disappeared.

To write and send, as a letter.

To escape, as from punishment or danger: got off scot-free.

To obtain a release or lesser penalty for: The attorney got her client off with a slap on the wrist.

To act or speak with effrontery.

To have an orgasm.

Slang.

To feel great pleasure or gratification.

To experience euphoria, for example, as a result of taking a drug.

To get permission to leave one’s workplace: got off early and went fishing.

To fire (a round of ammunition, for example): got off two shots before the deer disappeared.

To write and send, as a letter.

Slang.

To feel great pleasure or gratification.

To experience euphoria, for example, as a result of taking a drug.

To be or continue on harmonious terms: She gets on well with the neighbors.

To manage or fare with reasonable success.

To make progress; continue: get on with a performance.

To advance in years.

To acquire understanding or knowledge: got on to the con game.

To make progress; continue: get on with a performance.

To advance in years.

To leave or escape.

To cause to leave or escape.

To become known: Somehow the secret got out.

To publish, as a newspaper.

To leave or escape.

To cause to leave or escape.

To prevail against; overcome.

To recover from: finally got over the divorce.

To get across.

To arrive at the end of; finish or complete.

To succeed in making contact; reach.

To make oneself understood.

To succeed in making contact; reach.

To make oneself understood.

To begin.

To start to deal with: didn’t get to the housework until Sunday.

To influence or affect, especially adversely: The noise really gets to me.

To begin.

To start to deal with: didn’t get to the housework until Sunday.

To bring together; gather.

To come together.

To arrive at an agreement.

To arise from bed or rise to one’s feet.

To climb.

To act as the creator or organizer of: got up a petition against rezoning.

To dress or adorn: She got herself up in a bizarre outfit.

To find within oneself: trying to get up the nerve to quit.

To arise from bed or rise to one’s feet.

To be punished or scolded.

To become filled with energy or excitement.

To make progress.

noun - a divorce under Jewish law

adj - to obtain or acquire [v GOT, GOTTEN, GETTING, GETS] : GETABLE, GETTABLE