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TAKE IN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make (clothes) smaller
Example:
Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "take in" is one way to...):
alter; change; vary (become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
let out (make (clothes) larger)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Take into one's family
Example:
They adopted two children from Nicaragua
Synonyms:
adopt; take in
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "take in" is one way to...):
take (take into one's possession)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Sense 3
Meaning:
Take up mentally
Example:
he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe
Synonyms:
absorb; assimilate; ingest; take in
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "take in" is one way to...):
acquire; larn; learn (gain knowledge or skills)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take in"):
imbibe (receive into the mind and retain)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Fool or hoax
Example:
You can't fool me!
Synonyms:
befool; cod; dupe; fool; gull; put on; put one across; put one over; slang; take in
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "take in" is one way to...):
betray; deceive; lead astray (cause someone to believe an untruth)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take in"):
kid; pull the leg of (tell false information to for fun)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
take-in (the act of taking in as by fooling or cheating or swindling someone)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Serve oneself to, or consume regularly
Example:
I don't take sugar in my coffee
Synonyms:
consume; have; ingest; take; take in
Classified under:
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take in"):
sup (take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon)
sop up; suck in; take in; take up (take up as if with a sponge)
sample; taste; try; try out (take a sample of)
fill; replete; sate; satiate (fill to satisfaction)
eat; feed (take in food; used of animals only)
booze; drink; fuddle; hit the bottle (consume alcohol)
drink; imbibe (take in liquids)
eat (take in solid food)
eat (eat a meal; take a meal)
habituate; use (take or consume (regularly or habitually))
cannibalise; cannibalize (eat human flesh)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They take in more bread
Sense 6
Meaning:
Take up as if with a sponge
Synonyms:
sop up; suck in; take in; take up
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Hypernyms (to "take in" is one way to...):
consume; have; ingest; take; take in (serve oneself to, or consume regularly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 7
Meaning:
Fold up
Example:
take in the sails
Synonyms:
gather in; take in
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "take in" is one way to...):
furl; roll up (form into a cylinder by rolling)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take in"):
incorporate (unite or merge with something already in existence)
coal (take in coal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 8
Meaning:
Express willingness to have in one's home or environs
Example:
The community warmly received the refugees
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take in"):
induct (admit as a member)
assume (take up someone's soul into heaven)
see (receive as a specified guest)
absorb (assimilate or take in)
welcome (receive someone, as into one's house)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot take in Sue
Sense 9
Meaning:
Take in, also metaphorically
Example:
She drew strength from the minister's words
Synonyms:
absorb; draw; imbibe; soak up; sop up; suck; suck up; take in; take up
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take in"):
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)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sense 10
Meaning:
Accept
Example:
The cloth takes up the liquid
Synonyms:
take in; take up
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "take in" is one way to...):
have; receive (get something; come into possession of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take in"):
fuel (take in fuel, as of a ship)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sense 11
Meaning:
See or watch
Example:
see a movie
Synonyms:
catch; see; take in; view; watch
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "take in" is one way to...):
watch (look attentively)
Verb group:
see (perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take in"):
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)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue take in the movie
Sense 12
Meaning:
Hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
Example:
We overheard the conversation at the next table
Synonyms:
catch; overhear; take in
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "take in" is one way to...):
hear (perceive (sound) via the auditory sense)
"Take in" entails doing...:
listen (hear with intention)
Verb group:
catch; get (perceive by hearing)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE
Sense 13
Meaning:
Call for and obtain payment of
Example:
he collected the rent
Synonyms:
collect; take in
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "take in" is one way to...):
take (take into one's possession)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take in"):
raise (collect funds for a specific purpose)
farm (collect fees or profits)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sense 14
Meaning:
Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
Example:
He clears $5,000 each month
Synonyms:
bring in; clear; earn; gain; make; pull in; realise; realize; take in
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "take in" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Verb group:
make (act in a certain way so as to acquire)
clear; net; sack; sack up (make as a net profit)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take in"):
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.)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They take in the money
Sense 15
Meaning:
Visit for entertainment
Example:
take in the sights
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "take in" is one way to...):
see; visit (go to see a place, as for entertainment)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 16
Meaning:
Provide with shelter
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "take in" is one way to...):
domiciliate; house; put up (provide housing for)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 17
Meaning:
Suck or take up or in
Example:
A black star absorbs all matter
Synonyms:
absorb; take in
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take in"):
suck; suck in (attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Context examples:
And the farmers take in lodgers.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
For most plants, carbon dioxide acts like a steroid: the more they take in, the bigger they get.
(High carbon dioxide can create 'shrinking stems' in marshes, National Science Foundation)
As they take in a blood meal, they urinate to dispose of the waste products.
(Novel insecticide blocks mosquitoes’ ability to urinate, NIH)
I'd no idea hearts could take in so many.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
They have no fondness for their colts or foals, but the care they take in educating them proceeds entirely from the dictates of reason.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
I keep it only to safeguard myself, and to preserve a weapon which will always secure me from any steps which he might take in the future.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Forests in seasonally snow-covered areas serve as key CO2 sinks, thanks to the natural processes by which trees take in carbon.
(Earlier snowmelt decreases streamflow, reduces forests' ability to regulate atmospheric carbon dioxide, NSF)
And I hope, also, he continued, sitting down in the rocking-chair, that the cares of medical practice have not entirely obliterated the interest which you used to take in our little deductive problems.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“You will understand,” I took advantage of the opportunity to say, whatever part I take in what is going on and what is to come, that I am compelled to take it—if you and I are ever to get out of this scrape with our lives.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
I give you my hand upon that; and I thank you again and again; and I will just add one little word, Utterson, that I’m sure you’ll take in good part: this is a private matter, and I beg of you to let it sleep.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
