1.come into the possession of something concrete or abstract;

She got a lot of paintings from her uncle

2.enter or assume a certain state or condition;

He became annoyed when he heard the bad news

3.cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition;

He got his squad on the ball

4.receive a specified treatment (abstract);

These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation

5.reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress;

She arrived home at 7 o'clock

6.go or come after and bring or take back;

Get me those books over there, please

7.of mental or physical states or experiences;

get an idea

8.take vengeance on or get even;

We'll get them!

9.achieve a point or goal;

Nicklaus had a 70

10. cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner;

The ads induced me to buy a VCR

11. succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase;

We finally got the suspect

12. come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes);

He grew a beard

13. be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness;

He got AIDS

14. communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone;

Bill called this number and he got Mary

15. give certain properties to something;

get someone mad

16. move into a desired direction of discourse;

What are you driving at?

17. grasp with the mind or develop an undersatnding of;

did you catch that allusion?

18. attract and fix;

His look caught her

19. reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot;

the rock caught her in the back of the head

20. reach by calculation;

What do you get when you add up these numbers?

21. acquire as a result of some effort or action;

You cannot get water out of a stone

22. purchase;

What did you get at the toy store?

23. perceive by hearing;

I didn't catch your name

24. suffer from the receipt of;

She will catch hell for this behavior!

25. receive as a retribution or punishment;

He got 5 years in prison

26. leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form;

Scram!

27. reach and board;

She got the bus just as it was leaving

28. irritate;

Her childish behavior really get to me

29. evoke an emotional response;

Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time

30. apprehend and reproduce accurately;

She really caught the spirit of the place in her drawings

31. in baseball: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher;

He drew a base on balls

32. overcome or destroy;

The ice storm got my hibiscus

33. be a mystery or bewildering to;

This beats me!

34. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action;

We began working at dawn

35. undergo (as of injuries and illnesses);

She suffered a fracture in the accident

36. make children;

Abraham begot Isaac