take in
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈteɪkɪn/
Verb

take in (third-person singular simple present takes in, present participle taking in, simple past took in, past participle taken in)

  1. (transitive) To 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.
  2. (transitive) 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.
  3. (transitive) To allow a person or an animal to live in one's home.
    take in a stray cat
  4. (transitive) 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.
  5. (transitive) To shorten (a garment) or make it smaller.
    Antonyms: let out, let down
    Try taking the skirt in a little around the waist.
  6. To attend a showing of.
    take in a show
    take in a movie
  7. To deceive; to hoodwink.
  8. (transitive, climbing) To tighten (a belaying rope).
    Synonyms: take up
  9. (obsolete) To subscribe to home delivery of.
    • 1844 January 23, cross-examination in the case of R v Daniel O'Connell, et al., reprinted in, 1844, John Flanedy, editor, A Special Report of the Proceedings in the Case of the Queen against Daniel O'Connell […] on an Indictment for Conspiracy and Misdemeanour, page 218 :
      [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.
  10. (nautical) To reef.
    • 1840, R[ichard] H[enry] D[ana], Jr., “CHAPTER XXXV”, in Two Years before the Mast. […] (Harper’s Family Library; no. CVI), New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers […], →OCLC ↗:
      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.
  11. (transitive) To arrest (a person).
    Synonyms: take up
    The police took in the suspect.
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  • Italian: fare lavoretti in casa
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