Definition of take in

verb (v)

• provide with shelter (verb.stative)

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• fool or hoax (verb.communication)

  Synonym: befool, cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang
  

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• suck or take up or in (verb.weather)

  Synonym: absorb
  Antonym: emit, give off, give out
  

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• visit for entertainment (verb.social)

  Example:
  Take in the sights.
  

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• call for and obtain payment of (verb.possession)

  Synonym: collect
  

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• see or watch (verb.perception)

  Synonym: catch, see, view, watch
  

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• express willingness to have in one's home or environs (verb.contact)

  Synonym: invite, receive
  

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• fold up (verb.contact)

  Synonym: gather in
  

  Example:
  Take in the sails.
  

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• take up mentally (verb.cognition)

  Synonym: absorb, assimilate, ingest
  

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• earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages (verb.possession)

  Synonym: bring in, clear, earn, gain, make, pull in, realise, realize
  

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• hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers (verb.perception)

  Synonym: catch, overhear
  

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• accept (verb.contact)

  Synonym: take up
  

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• take in, also metaphorically (verb.contact)

  Synonym: absorb, draw, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take up
  

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• take up as if with a sponge (verb.consumption)

  Synonym: sop up, suck in, take up
  

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• serve oneself to, or consume regularly (verb.consumption)

  Synonym: consume, have, ingest, take
  Antonym: abstain, desist, refrain
  

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• take into one's family (verb.change)

  Synonym: adopt
  

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• make (clothes) smaller (verb.change)

  Antonym: let out, widen
  

  Example:
  Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight.
  

  source: wordnet30

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