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# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[absorb]] or [[comprehend]]. |
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[absorb]] or [[comprehend]]. |
Revision as of 23:10, 8 September 2020
See also: take-in
English
Verb
take in (third-person singular simple present takes in, present participle taking in, simple past took in, past participle taken in)
- (transitive) To 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.
- (transitive) To allow a person or an animal to live in one's home.
- take in a stray cat
- (transitive) 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.
- (transitive) To shorten (a garment) or make it smaller.
- Try taking the skirt in a little around the waist.
- To attend a showing of.
- take in a show
- take in a movie
- To deceive; to hoodwink.
- (transitive, climbing) To tighten (a belaying rope). (Also take up.)
- (obsolete) To subscribe to home delivery of.
- 1844 January 23, cross-examination in the case of R v Daniel O'Connell, et al., reprinted in, 1844, John Flanedy, editor, A Special Report of the Proceedings in the Case of the Queen against Daniel O'Connell […] on an Indictment for Conspiracy and Misdemeanour, page 218 [1]:
- [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 January 23, cross-examination in the case of R v Daniel O'Connell, et al., reprinted in, 1844, John Flanedy, editor, A Special Report of the Proceedings in the Case of the Queen against Daniel O'Connell […] on an Indictment for Conspiracy and Misdemeanour, page 218 [1]:
Translations
absorb; comprehend
allow to live in one's home
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receive into one's home for the purpose of processing for a fee
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deceive; hoodwink
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attend a showing of
subscribe to home delivery
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