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Definition of 'take in' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) take-in
the act of taking in as by fooling or cheating or swindling someone

2. (verb) take in
provide with shelter

3. (verb) gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across
fool or hoax
"The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"

4. (verb) absorb, take in
suck or take up or in
"A black star absorbs all matter"

5. (verb) take in
visit for entertainment
"take in the sights"

6. (verb) collect, take in
call for and obtain payment of
"we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent"

7. (verb) watch, view, see, catch, take in
see or watch
"view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie"

8. (verb) receive, take in, invite
express willingness to have in one's home or environs
"The community warmly received the refugees"

9. (verb) take in, gather in
fold up
"take in the sails"

10. (verb) absorb, assimilate, ingest, take in
take up mentally
"he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"

11. (verb) gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
"How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"

12. (verb) catch, take in, overhear
hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
"We overheard the conversation at the next table"

13. (verb) take in, take up
accept
"The cloth takes up the liquid"

14. (verb) absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take up
take in, also metaphorically
"The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"

15. (verb) take in, sop up, suck in, take up
take up as if with a sponge

16. (verb) consume, ingest, take in, take, have
serve oneself to, or consume regularly
"Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

17. (verb) adopt, take in
take into one's family
"They adopted two children from Nicaragua"

18. (verb) take in
make (clothes) smaller
"Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight"


Definition of 'take in' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) take in
to fully understand sth you read, hear, etc.
It was hard to take in all the details.

2.  take in
to absorb or bring sth into your body
Plants take in sunlight through their leaves

3.  take in
to let sb without a place to live stay with you
He's always taking in stray cats.

4.  take in
be taken in
to be fooled
I was completely taken in by his charm.


Translation of 'take in' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to include
Literature takes in drama, poetry and the novel.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: sluit in Arabic flag Arabic: يَشْمَل، يَضُم Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: включвам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: incluir Czech flag Czech: obsahovat German flag German: einschließen
Danish flag Danish: omfatte; inkludere Greek flag Greek: περιλαμβάνω Spanish flag Spanish: incluir, comprender, abar
Estonian flag Estonian: sisaldama Farsi flag Farsi: شامل بودن Finnish flag Finnish: käsittää
French flag French: comprendre Hebrew flag Hebrew: לִכלוֹל Hindi flag Hindi: शामिल होना, शामिल करना
Croatian flag Croatian: uključiti, obuhvatiti Hungarian flag Hungarian: magába foglal Indonesian flag Indonesian: mencakup
Icelandic flag Icelandic: telja með Italian flag Italian: comprendere, includere Japanese flag Japanese: 含む
Korean flag Korean: 포함하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: apimti Latvian flag Latvian: ietvert; iekļaut
Malay flag Malay: termasuklah Dutch flag Dutch: omvatten Norwegian flag Norwegian: omfatte
Polish flag Polish: obejmować, zawierać Portuguese flag Portuguese: incluir Romanian flag Romanian: a include
Russian flag Russian: включать Slovak flag Slovak: obsahovať Slovenian flag Slovenian: vključiti
Serbian flag Serbian: obuhvatiti Swedish flag Swedish: omfatta, inkludera Thai flag Thai: นำเข้าไป
Turkish flag Turkish: içine almak, kapsamak Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 包括 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: містити в собі
Urdu flag Urdu: شامل کرنا Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: bao gồm Chinese flag Chinese: 包括

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