| TAKING | • taking adj. Alluring; attractive. • taking adj. (Obsolete) Infectious; contagious. • taking n. The act by which something is taken. |
| STAKING | • staking v. Present participle of stake. • staking n. An act of stabbing with a stake. • STAKE v. to fasten with a pointed piece of wood or metal. |
| BETAKING | • betaking v. Present participle of betake. • BETAKE v. to take oneself to. |
| RETAKING | • retaking v. Present participle of retake. • retaking n. The act of taking again. • RETAKING n. the act or taking again. |
| UPTAKING | • uptaking v. Present participle of uptake. • uptaking n. An understanding; comprehension. • UPTAKE v. to take up. |
| MISTAKING | • mistaking v. Present participle of mistake. • mistaking n. (Obsolete) A mistake. • MISTAKING n. (Shakespeare) a mistake. |
| OUTTAKING | • outtaking v. Present participle of outtake. • OUTTAKE v. to take out, except. |
| PARTAKING | • partaking v. Present participle of partake. • partaking n. The act of taking part in something. • partaking n. (Archaic) An act of taking sides; partiality. |
| PERTAKING | • pertaking v. Present participle of pertake. • PERTAKE v. (Shakespeare) to participate, also PARTAKE. |
| CARETAKING | • caretaking n. The act of taking care or taking charge of something. • care-taking n. Alternative form of caretaking. • CARETAKING n. acting as caretaker (for a property, etc.). |
| OVERTAKING | • overtaking v. Present participle of overtake. • overtaking n. The act by which one thing overtakes another. • OVERTAKING n. the act of catching up with and going past. |
| REUPTAKING | • reuptaking v. Present participle of reuptake. • REUPTAKE v. to take up again. |
| ENTERTAKING | • entertaking v. Present participle of entertake. • ENTERTAKE v. (Spenser) to receive, entertain. |
| GRUBSTAKING | • grubstaking v. Present participle of grubstake. • GRUBSTAKE v. to provide with funds for an enterprise. |
| PAINSTAKING | • painstaking adj. Carefully attentive to details; diligent in performing a process or procedure. • painstaking n. The application of careful and attentive effort. • PAINSTAKING adj. taking pains. |
| STOCKTAKING | • stocktaking n. The act of taking an inventory of merchandise etc. • stocktaking n. The reappraisal of a situation or of one’s prospects. • STOCKTAKING n. the inventorying and valuation of stock. |
| UNDERTAKING | • undertaking n. The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals. • undertaking n. A promise or pledge; a guarantee. • undertaking n. That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform;… |
| BREATHTAKING | • breathtaking adj. Stunningly beautiful; amazing. • breathtaking adj. Very surprising or shocking; to such a degree as to cause astonishment. • BREATHTAKING adj. making one out of breath. |