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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window" [syn: fancy, go for, take to]
2: develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation; "She took to drink"; "Men take to the military trades"

Merriam Webster's

phrasal 1. to go to or into <take to the woods> 2. to apply or devote oneself to (as a practice, habit, or occupation) <take to begging> 3. to adapt oneself to ; respond to <takes to water like a duck> 4. to conceive a liking for

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you take to someone or something, you like them, especially after knowing them or thinking about them for only a short time. Did the children take to him?... PHRASAL VERB: V P n 2. If you take to doing something, you begin to do it as a regular habit. They had taken to wandering through the streets arm-in-arm. PHRASAL VERB: V P -ing

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

1. Apply to, be fond of. 2. Have recourse to, betake one's self to.

Moby Thesaurus

addict, adjust, aim at, be desirous of, be smitten, be used to, be wont, become attached to, bring into play, carry on, choose, conduct, confirm, convert to use, cotton to, desiderate, desire, do, employ, engage in, enlist into service, exercise, fall back upon, fall for, fall in love, fancy, favor, follow, get used to, go in for, have designs on, have recourse to, impress, like, look to, love, lust, lust after, practice, prefer, prosecute, pursue, put in requisition, recur to, refer to, resort to, revert to, specialize in, tackle, take on, take up, turn to, turn to use, undertake, use, wage, want, wish, wish to goodness, wish very much, wont, work at, would fain do