Sekirov Dictionary

take in

/teɪk‿ˈɪn/

verb 12
/ˈteɪkˌɪn/ noun 1
forms 5

verb12

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To receive.
- The company took in more than forty million euros last year.
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To receive and properly absorb or comprehend.
- The news is a lot to take in right now.
- I was so sleepy that I hardly took in any of the lecture.
To allow a person or an animal to live in one's home.
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To receive (goods) into one's home for the purpose of processing for a fee.
- In hard times, some women would take in washing and others dressmaking repairs.
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To enjoy or appreciate.
- I'm just going to sit on a bench and take in the scenery.
- Just relax and take in the fresh ocean air.
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To attend a showing of.
- […] and for lack of anything else to do I thought I'd take in a strip show. — 1986
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To deceive; to hoodwink.
- Their grandma lost thousands of dollars because she was taken in by scammers.
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To shorten (a garment) or make it smaller.
- Try taking the skirt in a little around the waist.
To tighten (a belaying rope).
To reef.
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To arrest (a person).
- The police took in the suspect.
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(no longer used) To subscribe to home delivery of.
- [James Whiteside:] May I ask what newspaper you take in? [John Jolly:] I take in no newspaper. [James Whiteside:] Well, then, what newspapers do you read? [John Jolly:] I am glad to see any of them. — 1844

take-in

/ˈteɪkˌɪn/

noun1

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A fraud or deception.
- ‘Ma'am,’ cried Mr Sheridan, turning to me abruptly, ‘you should send and order him not, – it is a take in, and ought to be forbid […].’ — 1779

forms

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