Get

Get is typically how you acquire things with your own hands.

Command                              What it does
get <item>                           Picks up an item from the room
get <item> from <container>          Takes an item out of a container
get coins, get all money             Picks up every coin on the ground
get 20 farthings                     Picks up that many coins from the ground
get 20 farthings from <container>    Takes coins out of a container
get all                              Takes everything you can pick up from the room
get all <container>                  Takes everything out of a container

You can only pick up items if you are strong enough to carry them; this also counts what you are already carrying, so you cannot pick up something you could normally carry alone if it would put you over your carry limit. If you attempt to pick up several of something in a pile, like coins, you will pick up as many as you can carry before you are overweight.

Certain items are fixed in place -- don't expect to be able to pick up trees, mountains, or houses.

Liquids cannot be picked up by hand -- you'll have to fill a container with them instead.

If you attempt to GET an object by using its keyword, and find multiple matches, you will be prompted to specify which item you wanted. So long as they can see you (eg, you are not hidden from them), other players will see you picking things up.