Definitions for the word "get" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
Jet, the mineral.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
Fashion; manner; custom.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Artifice; contrivance.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession of; to have.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To beget; to procreate; to generate.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
To prevail on; to induce; to persuade.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. t.
To procure to be, or to cause to be in any state or condition; -- with a following participle.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. t.
To betake; to remove; -- in a reflexive use.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v. i.
To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. n.
Offspring; progeny; as, the get of a stallion.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
14. v.
(getting; past got; past part. Got or us gotten) (and in comb.) 1 come into possession of; receive or earn (get a job; got £200 a week; got first prize). 2 fetch or procure (get my book for me; got a new car). 3 go to reach or catch (a bus, train, etc.). 4 prepare (a meal etc.). 5 (cause to) reach some state or become (get rich; get married; get to be famous; got them ready; got him into trouble). 6 obtain as a result of calculation. 7 contract (a disease etc.). 8 establish contact by telephone etc. With; receive (a broadcast signal). 9 experience or suffer; have inflicted on one; receive as one''s lot or penalty (got four years in prison). 10 a succeed in bringing, placing, etc. (get it round the corner; get it on to the agenda). B (cause to) succeed in coming or going (will get you there somehow; got absolutely nowhere; got home). 11 (prec. By have) a possess (have not got a penny). B (foll. By to + infin.) Be bound or obliged (have got to see you). 12 (foll. By to + infin.) Induce; prevail upon (got them to help me). 13 colloq. Understand (a person or an argument) (have you got that?; i get your point; do you get me?). 14 colloq. Harm, injure, kill, esp. In retaliation (i''ll get you for that). 15 colloq. A annoy. B affect emotionally. C attract. 16 (foll. By to + infin.) Develop an inclination (am getting to like it). 17 (foll. By verbal noun) begin (get going). 18 establish (an idea etc.) In one''s mind. 19 archaic beget. get about 1 travel extensively or fast; go from place to place. 2 begin walking etc. (esp. After illness). Get across 1 communicate (an idea etc.). 2 (of an idea etc.) Be communicated. Get ahead make progress (esp. In a career etc.). Get along (or on) (foll. By together, with) live harmoniously. Get around = get about. Get at 1 reach; get hold of. 2 colloq. Imply. 3 colloq. Nag, criticize. Get away 1 escape, start. 2 (as int.) Colloq. Expressing disbelief or scepticism. 3 (foll. By with) escape blame or punishment for. Get back at colloq. Retaliate against. Get by colloq. Manage, even if with difficulty. Get cracking see *crack. Get down 1 alight, descend (from a vehicle, ladder, etc.). 2 record in writing.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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