Word Meaning

get definition and meaning

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.

Crossword clues for get

- Achieve
- Acquire
- Attain
- Become
- Bring
- Carry out
- Earn
- Exasperate
- Obtain
- Procure
- Receive the odd guest
- Set