| raddle |  |  | 
| n. (substance) | 1. raddle, reddle, ruddle | a red iron ore used in dyeing and marking. | 
 |  ~ iron ore | an ore from which iron can be extracted. | 
| v. (contact) | 2. raddle, ruddle | twist or braid together, interlace. | 
 |  ~ interweave, weave | interlace by or as if by weaving. | 
| v. (change) | 3. raddle | mark or paint with raddle. | 
 |  ~ mark | make or leave a mark on.; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads" | 
| take off |  |  | 
| v. (motion) | 1. depart, part, set forth, set off, set out, start, start out, take off | leave.; "The family took off for Florida" | 
 |  ~ go forth, leave, go away | go away from a place.; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" | 
 |  ~ lift off, take off | depart from the ground.; "The plane took off two hours late" | 
 |  ~ roar off | leave.; "The car roared off into the fog" | 
 |  ~ blaze out, blaze | move rapidly and as if blazing.; "The spaceship blazed out into space" | 
 |  ~ sally forth, sally out | set out in a sudden, energetic or violent manner. | 
| v. (change) | 2. take off | take away or remove.; "Take that weight off me!" | 
 |  ~ discase, disrobe, strip down, uncase, undress, strip, peel, unclothe | get undressed.; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living" | 
 |  ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" | 
 |  ~ declaw | remove the claws from.; "declaw a cat" | 
 |  ~ dehorn | take the horns off (an animal). | 
| v. (motion) | 3. lift off, take off | depart from the ground.; "The plane took off two hours late" | 
 |  ~ take off, set forth, set off, start out, depart, part, set out, start | leave.; "The family took off for Florida" | 
| v. (social) | 4. take off, take time off | take time off from work; stop working temporarily. | 
 |  ~ cut off, disrupt, interrupt, break up | make a break in.; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" | 
| v. (creation) | 5. take off | mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner.; "This song takes off from a famous aria" | 
 |  ~ imitate, simulate, copy | reproduce someone's behavior or looks.; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings" | 
| v. (body) | 6. take off | remove clothes.; "take off your shirt--it's very hot in here" | 
 |  ~ discase, disrobe, strip down, uncase, undress, strip, peel, unclothe | get undressed.; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living" | 
 |  ~ peel off | take off, as with some difficulty.; "He peeled off his blood-soaked shirt" | 
 |  ~ slip off | take off with ease or speed.; "She slipped off her jacket" | 
 |  ~ uncloak | remove a cloak from. | 
 |  ~ doff | remove.; "He doffed his hat" | 
| v. (motion) | 7. get off the ground, take off | get started or set in motion, used figuratively.; "the project took a long time to get off the ground" | 
 |  ~ get going, start, go | begin or set in motion.; "I start at eight in the morning"; "Ready, set, go!" | 
| v. (contact) | 8. take off | prove fatal.; "The disease took off" | 
 |  ~ kill | cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly.; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" | 
| v. (cognition) | 9. deduct, subtract, take off | make a subtraction.; "subtract this amount from my paycheck" | 
 |  ~ arithmetic | the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations. | 
 |  ~ calculate, compute, cipher, cypher, figure, reckon, work out | make a mathematical calculation or computation. | 
 |  ~ carry back | deduct a loss or an unused credit from taxable income for a prior period. | 
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