Quick definitions from WordNet (take in)
▸ verb: visit for entertainment ("Take in the sights")
▸ verb: provide with shelter
▸ verb: make (clothes) smaller ("Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight")
▸ verb: take up as if with a sponge
▸ verb: fold up ("Take in the sails")
▸ verb: accept
▸ verb: hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
▸ verb: call for and obtain payment of
▸ verb: earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
▸ verb: suck or take up or in
▸ verb: take into one's family
▸ verb: express willingness to have in one's home or environs
▸ verb: serve oneself to, or consume regularly
▸ verb: take up mentally
▸ verb: see or watch
▸ verb: fool or hoax
▸ verb: take in, also metaphorically
▸ Also see take_ins
▸ Words similar to take in
▸ Usage examples for take in
▸ Words that often appear near take in
▸ Rhymes of take in
▸ Invented words related to take in
▸ verb: visit for entertainment ("Take in the sights")
▸ verb: provide with shelter
▸ verb: make (clothes) smaller ("Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight")
▸ verb: take up as if with a sponge
▸ verb: fold up ("Take in the sails")
▸ verb: accept
▸ verb: hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
▸ verb: call for and obtain payment of
▸ verb: earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
▸ verb: suck or take up or in
▸ verb: take into one's family
▸ verb: express willingness to have in one's home or environs
▸ verb: serve oneself to, or consume regularly
▸ verb: take up mentally
▸ verb: see or watch
▸ verb: fool or hoax
▸ verb: take in, also metaphorically
▸ Also see take_ins
▸ Words similar to take in
▸ Usage examples for take in
▸ Words that often appear near take in
▸ Rhymes of take in
▸ Invented words related to take in