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Took vs Toom - What's the difference?

took | toom |

As verbs the difference between took and toom

is that took is (take) while toom is (rare|or|dialectal) to empty; teem.

As an adjective toom is

(rare|or|dialectal|northern england|scotland) empty.

As a noun toom is

(chiefly scottish) a piece of waste ground where rubbish is shot or toom can be vacant time, leisure.

took

English

Verb

(head)
  • (take)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.}}

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    toom

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) toom, tom, from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (rare, or, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Empty.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly Scottish) A piece of waste ground where rubbish is shot.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rare, or, dialectal) To empty; teem.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) toom, tome, tom, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Vacant time, leisure.
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