get

Speech parts

1. get - Noun

2. get - Verb

Meaning

Jet, the mineral.

Fashion; manner; custom.

Artifice; contrivance.

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.

Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession of; to have.

To beget; to procreate; to generate.

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.

To prevail on; to induce; to persuade.

To procure to be, or to cause to be in any state or condition; -- with a following participle.

To betake; to remove; -- in a reflexive use.

To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased.

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.

Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion.

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He grew a beard Source: Internet

The patient developed abdominal pains Source: Internet

I got funny spots all over my body Source: Internet

Well-developed breasts Source: Internet

She got a lot of paintings from her uncle Source: Internet

They acquired a new pet Source: Internet

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