Definitions of take in
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provide with shelter
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type of:
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domiciliate, house, put up
provide housing for
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domiciliate, house, put up
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express willingness to have in one's home or environs
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welcome
receive someone, as into one's house
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absorb
assimilate or take in
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see
receive as a specified guest
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assume
take up someone's soul into heaven
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induct
admit as a member
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take into one's family
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accept
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suck or take up or in
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take up as if with a sponge
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take in, also metaphorically
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mop, mop up, wipe up
to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop
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blot
dry (ink) with blotting paper
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sponge up
absorb as if with a sponge
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swab, swob
wash with a swab or a mop
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sponge
soak up with a sponge
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take up mentally
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earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
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eke out, squeeze out
make by laborious and precarious means
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profit, turn a profit
make a profit; gain money or materially
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rake off
take money from an illegal transaction
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bring home, take home
earn as a salary or wage
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rake in, shovel in
earn large sums of money
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gross
earn before taxes, expenses, etc.
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bear, pay, yield
bring in
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line one's pockets
make a lot of money
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turn a nice dime, turn a nice dollar, turn a nice penny
make a satisfactory profit
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clean up
make a big profit; often in a short period of time
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clear, net
yield as a net profit
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pay off
yield a profit or result
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monetize
use something as a source of income or profit
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serve oneself to, or consume regularly
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hit
consume to excess
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cannibalise, cannibalize
eat human flesh
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habituate, use
take or consume (regularly or habitually)
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eat
eat a meal; take a meal
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eat
take in solid food
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drink, imbibe
take in liquids
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booze, drink, fuddle
consume alcohol
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partake, touch
consume
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eat, feed
take in food; used of animals only
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fill, replete, sate, satiate
fill to satisfaction
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sample, taste, try, try out
take a sample of
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sop up, suck in, take up
take up as if with a sponge
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smoke
inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes
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do drugs, drug
use recreational drugs
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get down, swallow
pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
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sup
take solid or liquid food into the mouth a little at a time either by drinking or by eating with a spoon
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take away, take out
buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food
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victual
take in nourishment
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wash down
eat food accompanied by lots of liquid; also use metaphorically
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dine in, eat in
eat at home
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dine out, eat out
eat at a restaurant or at somebody else's home
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dine
have supper; eat dinner
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picnic
eat alfresco, in the open air
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eat
take in solid food
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fress, gluttonise, gluttonize
eat a lot and without restraint
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wolf, wolf down
eat hastily
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slurp
eat or drink noisily
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swill, swill down
drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink)
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suck
draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth
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guggle, gurgle
drink from a flask with a gurgling sound
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sip
drink in sips
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guzzle
drink greedily or as if with great thirst
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lap, lap up, lick
take up with the tongue
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tank
consume excessive amounts of alcohol
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port
drink port
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claret
drink claret
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bar hop, pub-crawl
go from one pub to the next and get progressively more drunk
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bib, tipple
drink moderately but regularly
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drink, tope
drink excessive amounts of alcohol; be an alcoholic
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break bread
have a meal, usually with company
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receive
partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament
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fare
eat well
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dig in, pitch in
eat heartily
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nosh, snack
eat a snack; eat lightly
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peck, peck at, pick at
eat like a bird
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peck, pick up
eat by pecking at, like a bird
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bolt, gobble
eat hastily without proper chewing
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bolt down, garbage down, gobble up, shovel in
eat a large amount of food quickly
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nibble, pick, piece
eat intermittently; take small bites of
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ruminate
chew the cuds
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drain the cup, drink up
drink to the last drop
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mess
eat in a mess hall
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board
lodge and take meals (at)
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forage
wander and feed
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raven
feed greedily
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lunch
take the midday meal
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brunch
eat a meal in the late morning
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breakfast
eat an early morning meal
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banquet, feast, junket
partake in a feast or banquet
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suckle
suck milk from the mother's breasts
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hit it up, inebriate, soak, souse
become drunk or drink excessively
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wine
drink wine
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dip, dunk
dip into a liquid while eating
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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
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cloy, pall
cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing
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degust
taste with relish
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devour, guttle, pig, raven, scarf
eat greedily
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eat up, finish, polish off
finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
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consume, devour, down, go through
eat immoderately
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chain-smoke
smoke one cigarette after another; light one cigarette from the preceding one
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puff, whiff
smoke and exhale strongly
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inhale
draw deep into the lungs by breathing
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inject
take by injection
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snort, take a hit
inhale through the nose
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base, free-base
use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
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drop
take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth
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dope
take drugs to improve one's athletic performance
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gulp, quaff, swig
to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
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belt down, bolt down, down, drink down, kill, pop, pour down, toss off
drink down entirely
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bolt
swallow hastily
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fill, fill up
eat until one is sated
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carry, hold
drink alcohol without showing ill effects
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browse, crop, graze, pasture, range
feed as in a meadow or pasture
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hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
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see or watch
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see
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
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visualise, visualize
view the outline of by means of an X-ray
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spectate
be a spectator in a sports event
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preview
watch (a movie or play) before it is released to the general public
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preview
see or inspect in a preliminary way or in advance
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image
render visible, as by means of MRI
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type of:
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watch
look attentively
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see
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visit for entertainment
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call for and obtain payment of
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synonyms:
collect
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types:
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farm
collect fees or profits
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raise
collect funds for a specific purpose
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fund raise, fund-raise, fundraise
raise money for a cause or project
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type of:
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take
take into one's possession
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farm
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fool or hoax
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synonyms:
befool, cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang
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types:
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kid, pull the leg of
tell false information to for fun
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type of:
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betray, deceive, lead astray
cause someone to believe an untruth
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kid, pull the leg of
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make (clothes) smaller
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fold up“take in the sails”
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synonyms:
gather in
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types:
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incorporate
unite or merge with something already in existence
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coal
take in coal
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incorporate
Pronunciation
US
/teɪk ɪn/
UK
/teɪk ɪn/
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