take in

/teɪk ɪn/

/teɪk ɪn/

Other forms: taken in; took in; taking in; takes in

Definitions of take in

1. verb

   provide with shelter
   type of:

   domiciliate, house, put up

   provide housing for
2. verb

   express willingness to have in one's home or environs
   synonyms: invite, receive

   types:

   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
3. verb

   take into one's family
   synonyms: adopt

   type of:

   take

   take into one's possession
4. verb

   accept
   synonyms: take up

   types:

   fuel

   take in fuel, as of a ship

   refuel

   take on more fuel, as of a plane, ship, or car

   type of:

   have, receive

   get something; come into possession of
5. verb

   suck or take up or in
   synonyms: absorb

   types:

   suck, suck in

   attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.
6. verb

   take up as if with a sponge
   synonyms: sop up, suck in, take up

   type of:

   consume, have, ingest, take

   serve oneself to, or consume regularly
7. verb

   take in, also metaphorically
   synonyms: absorb, draw, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take up

   types:

   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

   swab, swob

   wash with a swab or a mop

   sponge

   soak up with a sponge
8. verb

   take up mentally
   synonyms: absorb, assimilate, ingest

   types:

   imbibe

   receive into the mind and retain

   type of:

   acquire, larn, learn

   gain knowledge or skills
9. verb

   earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
   synonyms: bring in, clear, earn, gain, make, pull in, realise, realize

   make

   act in a certain way so as to acquire

   clear, net, sack, sack up

   make as a net profit

   types:

   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

   line one's pockets

   make a lot of money

   turn a nice dime, turn a nice dollar, turn a nice penny

   make a satisfactory profit

   clean up

   make a big profit; often in a short period of time

   clear, net

   yield as a net profit

   pay off

   yield a profit or result

   monetize

   use something as a source of income or profit

   type of:

   acquire, get

   come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
10. verb

    serve oneself to, or consume regularly
    synonyms: consume, have, ingest, take

    types:

    hit

    consume to excess

    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

    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 up

    take up as if with a sponge

    smoke

    inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes

    do drugs, drug

    use recreational drugs

    get down, swallow

    pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking

    sup

    take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon

    take away, take out

    buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food

    victual

    take in nourishment

    wash down

    eat food accompanied by lots of liquid; also use metaphorically

    dine in, eat in

    eat at home

    dine out, eat out

    eat at a restaurant or at somebody else's home

    dine

    have supper; eat dinner

    picnic

    eat alfresco, in the open air

    eat

    take in solid food

    fress, gluttonise, gluttonize

    eat a lot and without restraint

    wolf, wolf down

    eat hastily

    slurp

    eat or drink noisily

    swill, swill down

    drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink)

    suck

    draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth

    guggle, gurgle

    drink from a flask with a gurgling sound

    sip

    drink in sips

    guzzle

    drink greedily or as if with great thirst

    lap, lap up, lick

    take up with the tongue

    tank

    consume excessive amounts of alcohol

    port

    drink port

    claret

    drink claret

    bar hop, pub-crawl

    go from one pub to the next and get progressively more drunk

    bib, tipple

    drink moderately but regularly

    drink, tope

    drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic

    break bread

    have a meal, usually with company

    receive

    partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament

    fare

    eat well

    dig in, pitch in

    eat heartily

    nosh, snack

    eat a snack; eat lightly

    peck, peck at, pick at

    eat like a bird

    peck, pick up

    eat by pecking at, like a bird

    bolt, gobble

    eat hastily without proper chewing

    bolt down, garbage down, gobble up, shovel in

    eat a large amount of food quickly

    nibble, pick, piece

    eat intermittently; take small bites of

    ruminate

    chew the cuds

    drain the cup, drink up

    drink to the last drop

    mess

    eat in a mess hall

    board

    lodge and take meals (at)

    forage

    wander and feed

    raven

    feed greedily

    lunch

    take the midday meal

    brunch

    eat a meal in the late morning

    breakfast

    eat an early morning meal

    banquet, feast, junket

    partake in a feast or banquet

    suckle

    suck milk from the mother's breasts

    hit it up, inebriate, soak, souse

    become drunk or drink excessively

    wine

    drink wine

    dip, dunk

    dip into a liquid while eating

    binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff

    overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself

    cloy, pall

    cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing

    degust

    taste or savor to the fullest extent possible

    devour, guttle, pig, raven, scarf

    eat greedily

    eat up, finish, polish off

    finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table

    consume, devour, down, go through

    eat immoderately

    chain-smoke

    smoke one cigarette after another; light one cigarette from the preceding one

    puff, whiff

    smoke and exhale strongly

    inhale

    draw deep into the lungs by breathing

    inject

    take by injection

    snort, take a hit

    inhale through the nose

    base, free-base

    use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes

    drop

    take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth

    dope

    take drugs to improve one's athletic performance

    gulp, quaff, swig

    to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught

    belt down, bolt down, down, drink down, kill, pop, pour down, toss off

    drink down entirely

    bolt

    swallow hastily

    fill, fill up

    eat until one is sated

    carry, hold

    drink alcohol without showing ill effects

    browse, crop, graze, pasture, range

    feed as in a meadow or pasture
11. verb

    hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
    synonyms: catch, overhear

    catch, get

    perceive by hearing

    type of:

    hear

    perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
12. verb

    see or watch
    synonyms: catch, see, view, watch

    see

    perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

    types:

    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

    preview

    see or inspect in a preliminary way or in advance

    image

    render visible, as by means of MRI

    type of:

    watch

    look attentively
13. verb

    visit for entertainment
    “take in the sights”

    type of:

    see, visit

    go to see a place, as for entertainment
14. verb

    call for and obtain payment of
    synonyms: collect

    types:

    farm

    collect fees or profits

    raise

    collect funds for a specific purpose

    fund raise, fund-raise, fundraise

    raise money for a cause or project

    type of:

    take

    take into one's possession
15. verb

    fool or hoax
    synonyms: befool, cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang

    types:

    kid, pull the leg of

    tell false information to for fun

    type of:

    betray, deceive, lead astray

    cause someone to believe an untruth
16. verb

    make (clothes) smaller
    “Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight”

    antonyms:

    let out

    make (clothes) larger

    type of:

    alter, change, vary

    become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
17. verb

    fold up
    “take in the sails”

    synonyms: gather in

    types:

    incorporate

    unite or merge with something already in existence

    coal

    take in coal

    type of:

    furl, roll up

    form into a cylinder by rolling