"take in" | Definition and Related Words

take in

Verb

Provide with shelter (synset 202663091)
is a type of: domiciliate, house, put up - provide housing for
Fool or hoax (synset 200856586)
"The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"

is a type of: betray, deceive, lead astray - cause someone to believe an untruth

subtypes: kid, pull the leg of - tell false information to for fun

same as: befool, cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang
Suck or take up or in (synset 202771422)
"A black star absorbs all matter"

subtypes: suck, suck in - attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.

same as: absorb
Visit for entertainment (synset 202498233)
"take in the sights"

is a type of: see, visit - go to see a place, as for entertainment
Call for and obtain payment of (synset 202222955)
"we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent"

is a type of: take - take into one's possession
subtypes:
- farm - collect fees or profits
- raise - collect funds for a specific purpose
same as: collect
See or watch (synset 202155378)
"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"

is a type of: watch - look attentively
subtypes:
- visualise, visualize - view the outline of by means of an X-ray
- spectate - be a spectator in a sports event
- preview - watch (a movie or play) before it is released to the general public
same as: catch, see, view, watch

verb group: see - perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
Express willingness to have in one's home or environs (synset 201472854)
"The community warmly received the refugees"
subtypes:
- welcome - receive someone, as into one's house
- absorb - assimilate or take in
- see - receive as a specified guest
- assume - take up someone's soul into heaven
- induct - admit as a member
same as: invite, receive
Fold up (synset 201217350)
"take in the sails"

is a type of: furl, roll up - form into a cylinder by rolling
subtypes:
- incorporate - unite or merge with something already in existence
- coal - take in coal
same as: gather in
Take up mentally (synset 200603650)
"he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"

is a type of: acquire, larn, learn - gain knowledge or skills

subtypes: imbibe - receive into the mind and retain

same as: absorb, assimilate, ingest
Earn on some commercial or business transaction;
Earn as salary or wages (synset 202294200)
"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"

is a type of: acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
subtypes:
- eke out, squeeze out - make by laborious and precarious means
- profit, turn a profit - make a profit; gain money or materially
- rake off - take money from an illegal transaction
- bring home, take home - earn as a salary or wage
- rake in, shovel in - earn large sums of money
- gross - earn before taxes, expenses, etc.
- bear, pay, yield - bring in
same as: bring in, clear, earn, gain, make, pull in, realise, realize
verb group:
- make - act in a certain way so as to acquire
- clear, net, sack, sack up - make as a net profit
Hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers (synset 202193614)
"We overheard the conversation at the next table"

entail: listen - hear with intention

is a type of: hear - perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

same as: catch, overhear

verb group: catch, get - perceive by hearing
Accept (synset 201543626)
"The cloth takes up the liquid"

is a type of: have, receive - get something; come into possession of

subtypes: fuel - take in fuel, as of a ship

same as: take up
Take in, also metaphorically (synset 201541851)
"The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"
subtypes:
- mop, mop up, wipe up - to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop
- blot - dry (ink) with blotting paper
- sponge up - absorb as if with a sponge
same as: absorb, draw, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take up
Take up as if with a sponge (synset 201200618)
is a type of: consume, have, ingest, take, take in - serve oneself to, or consume regularly

same as: sop up, suck in, take up
Serve oneself to, or consume regularly (synset 201159300)
"Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
subtypes:
- cannibalise, cannibalize - eat human flesh
- habituate, use - take or consume (regularly or habitually)
- eat - eat a meal; take a meal
- eat - take in solid food
- drink, imbibe - take in liquids
- booze, drink, fuddle, hit the bottle - consume alcohol
- partake, touch - consume
- eat, feed - take in food; used of animals only
- fill, replete, sate, satiate - fill to satisfaction
- sample, taste, try, try out - take a sample of
- sop up, suck in, take in, take up - take up as if with a sponge
- sup - take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon
same as: consume, have, ingest, take
Take into one's family (synset 200414120)
"They adopted two children from Nicaragua"

is a type of: take - take into one's possession

same as: adopt
Make (clothes) smaller (synset 200304881)
"Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight"

is a type of: alter, change, vary - become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence

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