take in

1. Provide with shelter (synset 202663091)
   hypernym: domiciliate, house, put up - provide housing for
2. Fool or hoax (synset 200856586)
   "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"
   hypernym: betray, deceive, lead astray - cause someone to believe an untruth
   hyponym: kid, pull the leg of - tell false information to for fun
   synonym: befool, cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang
3. Suck or take up or in (synset 202771422)
   "A black star absorbs all matter"
   hyponym: suck, suck in - attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.
   synonym: absorb
4. Visit for entertainment (synset 202498233)
   "take in the sights"
   hypernym: see, visit - go to see a place, as for entertainment
5. Call for and obtain payment of (synset 202222955)
   "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent"
   hypernym: take - take into one's possession
   hyponym:

   • farm - collect fees or profits
   • raise - collect funds for a specific purpose
   synonym: collect
6. 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"
   hypernym: watch - look attentively
   hyponym:

   • 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
   synonym: catch, see, view, watch
   verb group: see - perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
7. Express willingness to have in one's home or environs (synset 201472854)
   "The community warmly received the refugees"
   hyponym:

   • 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
   synonym: invite, receive
8. Fold up (synset 201217350)
   "take in the sails"
   hypernym: furl, roll up - form into a cylinder by rolling
   hyponym:

   • incorporate - unite or merge with something already in existence
   • coal - take in coal
   synonym: gather in
9. Take up mentally (synset 200603650)
   "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"
   hypernym: acquire, larn, learn - gain knowledge or skills
   hyponym: imbibe - receive into the mind and retain
   synonym: absorb, assimilate, ingest
10. 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"
    hypernym: acquire, get - come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
    hyponym:

    • 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
    synonym: 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
11. Hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers (synset 202193614)
    "We overheard the conversation at the next table"
    entail: listen - hear with intention
    hypernym: hear - perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
    synonym: catch, overhear
    verb group: catch, get - perceive by hearing
12. Accept (synset 201543626)
    "The cloth takes up the liquid"
    hypernym: have, receive - get something; come into possession of
    hyponym: fuel - take in fuel, as of a ship
    synonym: take up
13. Take in, also metaphorically (synset 201541851)
    "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"
    hyponym:

    • 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
    synonym: absorb, draw, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take up
14. Take up as if with a sponge (synset 201200618)
    hypernym: consume, have, ingest, take, take in - serve oneself to, or consume regularly
    synonym: sop up, suck in, take up
15. Serve oneself to, or consume regularly (synset 201159300)
    "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
    hyponym:

    • 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
    synonym: consume, have, ingest, take
16. Take into one's family (synset 200414120)
    "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"
    hypernym: take - take into one's possession
    synonym: adopt
17. Make (clothes) smaller (synset 200304881)
    "Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight"
    hypernym: alter, change, vary - become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence

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