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take in
English
- 🔊 make (clothes) smaller“Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight”
- 🔊 take up as if with a sponge
- 🔊 fold up“take in the sails”
- 🔊 accept“The cloth takes up the liquid”
- 🔊 visit for entertainment“take in the sights”
- 🔊 provide with shelter
- 🔊 take into one's family“They adopted two children from Nicaragua”
- 🔊 express willingness to have in one's home or environs“The community warmly received the refugees”
- 🔊 hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers“We overheard the conversation at the next table”
- 🔊 call for and obtain payment of“we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts”
- 🔊 earn on some commercial or business transaction“How much do you make a month in your new job?”
- 🔊 suck or take up or in“A black star absorbs all matter”
- 🔊 serve oneself to, or consume regularly“Have another bowl of chicken soup!”
- 🔊 take up mentally“he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe”
- 🔊 see or watch“view a show on television”
- 🔊 fool or hoax“The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone”
- 🔊 take in, also metaphorically“The sponge absorbs water well”
Spanish
- 🔊 acoger to take in