take in


Meanings

  • the act of taking in as by fooling or cheating or swindling someone
  • provide with shelter
  • fool or hoax;
  • suck or take up or in;
  • visit for entertainment;
    • "take in the sights"
  • call for and obtain payment of;
  • see or watch;
  • express willingness to have in one's home or environs;
  • fold up;
    • "take in the sails"
  • take up mentally;
  • earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages;
  • hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers;
  • accept;
  • take in, also metaphorically;
  • take up as if with a sponge
  • serve oneself to, or consume regularly;
  • take into one's family;
  • make (clothes) smaller;
    • "Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight"