to+take+a+pencil

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• pencil — 1. noun 1) a sharpened pencil Syn: lead pencil, mechanical pencil, colored pencil; grease pencil; eyebrow pencil, lip pencil 2) a pencil of light Syn: beam, ray, shaft, finger, gleam …   Thesaurus of popular words

• take — take1 [ teık ] (past tense took [ tuk ] ; past participle tak|en [ teıkən ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 move something/someone ▸ 2 cause someone/something to move ▸ 3 perform action ▸ 4 need something ▸ 5 accept ▸ 6 win prize/election ▸ 7 reach out and get ▸… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• take — I UK [teɪk] / US verb Word forms take : present tense I/you/we/they take he/she/it takes present participle taking past tense took UK [tʊk] / US past participle taken UK [ˈteɪkən] / US *** 1) [transitive] to move something or someone from one… …   English dictionary

• take*/*/*/ — [teɪk] (past tense took [tʊk] ; past participle taken [ˈteɪkən] ) verb [T] I 1) to move or carry someone or something from one place to another Remember to take a pen with you.[/ex] What time do you take Amy to school?[/ex] The cat had to be… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• take out — verb 1. cause to leave (Freq. 7) The teacher took the children out of the classroom • Syn: ↑move out, ↑remove • Hyponyms: ↑clear, ↑call in, ↑estrange …   Useful english dictionary

• pencil in — PHRASAL VERB: usu passive If an event or appointment is pencilled in, it has been agreed that it should take place, but it will have to be confirmed later. [be V ed P] He told us that the tour was pencilled in for the following March …   English dictionary

• The Pencil of Nature — published in six installments between 1844 and 1846, was the first photographically illustrated book to be commercially published [Glasgow University Library, Special Collections Department. [http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/month/Feb2007.ht …   Wikipedia

• Wiring pencil — A wiring pencil (often sold under the trade names of road runner and verowire) is a tool for making electrical connections.A small reel of copper wire coated with a special insulating varnish is mounted on the end of the tool. The wire runs down… …   Wikipedia

• The Carpenter's Pencil — The Carpeneter s Pencil or El lápiz del carpintero is a book written by the Galician author Manuel Rivas. The story revolves around a young couple, Daniel Da Barca and Marisa Mallo. Their happiness is destroyed when Galicia becomes a dictatorship …   Wikipedia

• chinagraph pencil — ˈchīnəˌgraf noun Etymology: china (I) + graph : a pencil for marking on porcelain or other hard glazed surfaces that do not take lead or wax pencil marks satisfactorily …   Useful english dictionary

• To take the stump — Stump Stump, n. [OE. stumpe, stompe; akin to D. stomp, G. stumpf, Icel. stumpr, Dan. & Sw. stump, and perhaps also to E. stamp.] 1. The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the stem or trunk is cut off; the stub. [1913 Webster] 2 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English