take in

Definitions

1. 1

   To receive.

   • The company took in more than forty million euros last year.
2. 2

   To receive and properly absorb or comprehend.

   • The news is a lot to take in right now.
   • I was so sleepy that I hardly took in any of the lecture.
3. 3

   To enjoy or appreciate.

   • I'm just going to sit on a bench and take in the scenery.
   • Just relax and take in the fresh ocean air.
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   1. 4

      To allow a person or an animal to live in one's home.

      • take in a stray cat
   2. 5

      To receive (goods) into one's home for the purpose of processing for a fee.

      • In hard times, some women would take in washing and others dressmaking repairs.
   3. 6

      To shorten (a garment) or make it smaller.

      • Try taking the skirt in a little around the waist.
   4. 7

      To attend a showing of.

      • take in a show
      • take in a movie
   5. 8

      To deceive

      To deceive; to hoodwink.

      • Their grandma lost thousands of dollars because she was taken in by scammers.
      • She liked and trusted everybody, which was the reason why she was so popular, and so often taken in.
   6. 9

      To tighten (a belaying rope).

   7. 10

      To subscribe to home delivery of.

      • [James Whiteside:] May I ask what newspaper you take in? [John Jolly:] I take in no newspaper. [James Whiteside:] Well, then, what newspapers do you read? [John Jolly:] I am glad to see any of them.
   8. 11

      To reef.

      • The second mate holds on to the main top-gallant sail until a heavy sea is shipped, and washes over the forecastle as though the whole ocean had come aboard; when a noise further aft shows that that sail, too, is taking in.
   9. 12

      To arrest (a person).

      • The police took in the suspect.
      • They didn't take me in but they let it sink in that I was headed for a fall.

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