What is take in?

More definitions of "take in":

• (verb): Accept.
  Synonyms: take up

• (verb): Take up as if with a sponge.
  Synonyms: sop up, suck in, take up

• (verb): Take into one's family.
  Synonyms: adopt

• (verb): Fool or hoax.
  Synonyms: gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, put one over, put one across

• (verb): See or watch.
  Synonyms: watch, view, see, catch

• (verb): Provide with shelter.

• (verb): Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages.
  Synonyms: gain, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in

• (verb): Visit for entertainment.
  Example: "Take in the sights"

• (verb): Take up mentally.
  Synonyms: absorb, assimilate, ingest

• (verb): Fold up.
  Example: "Take in the sails"
  Synonyms: gather in

• (verb): Take in, also metaphorically.
  Synonyms: absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take up

• (verb): Express willingness to have in one's home or environs.
  Synonyms: receive, invite

• (verb): Hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers.
  Synonyms: catch, overhear

• (verb): Call for and obtain payment of.
  Synonyms: collect

• (verb): Serve oneself to, or consume regularly.
  Synonyms: consume, ingest, take, have

• (verb): Suck or take up or in.
  Synonyms: absorb

Famous quotes containing the word take:

“Calms appear, when Storms are past;
Love will have his Hour at last:
Nature is my kindly Care;
Mars destroys, and I repair;
Take me, take me, while you may,
Venus comes not ev’ry Day.”
—John Dryden (1631–1700)