Definitions for take-in
take-in

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. take-inverb

   the act of taking in as by fooling or cheating or swindling someone

2. take inverb

   provide with shelter

3. gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one acrossverb

   fool or hoax

   "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"

4. absorb, take inverb

   suck or take up or in

   "A black star absorbs all matter"

5. take inverb

   visit for entertainment

   "take in the sights"

6. collect, take inverb

   call for and obtain payment of

   "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent"

7. watch, view, see, catch, take inverb

   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. receive, take in, inviteverb

   express willingness to have in one's home or environs

   "The community warmly received the refugees"

9. take in, gather inverb

   fold up

   "take in the sails"

10. absorb, assimilate, ingest, take inverb

    take up mentally

    "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"

11. gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring inverb

    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. catch, take in, overhearverb

    hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers

    "We overheard the conversation at the next table"

13. take in, take upverb

    accept

    "The cloth takes up the liquid"

14. absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take in, take upverb

    take in, also metaphorically

    "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"

15. take in, sop up, suck in, take upverb

    take up as if with a sponge

16. consume, ingest, take in, take, haveverb

    serve oneself to, or consume regularly

    "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

17. adopt, take inverb

    take into one's family

    "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"

18. take inverb

    make (clothes) smaller

    "Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight"

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1. take-in

   Take-in generally refers to the act of accepting, receiving, understanding or absorbing something. It can vary in context such as in taking in information (understanding), taking in scenery (absorbing or observing), taking in a stray animal (accepting or receiving), and etc.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Take-innoun

   imposition; fraud

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Karen

   Australian

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   Neerja

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of take-in in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of take-in in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of take-in in a Sentence

1. John Cheever:

   The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have just recently fallen in love is undisguisable.

2. Antony Blinken:

   The alliance is looking at very practical and important measures that it would take in the event of further Russian aggression.

3. Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman:

   What we have clearly stated is that we will take in only those people in the high sea, but under no circumstances would we be expected to take each one of them if there is an influx of others.

4. Paul Kranhold:

   It was pretty nerve-wracking last night as that wind changed, i've got a four-bedroom house so I thought if I can save that, then I can take in those people whose homes are gone. They can come stay here because there's nowhere for many of them to go.

5. Donald Trump:

   Overall, it's going to be a tremendous incentive to grow the economy and we're going to take in the same or more money. And I think we're going to have something that's going to be spectacular, we're going to grow the economy so much.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=take-in
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3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take-in