take in

See also: take-in

English

Verb

take 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 :
  [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.

Translations

absorb; comprehend

Italian: impegnare (it), vincolare (it), assorbire (it), prendere (it)

allow to live in one's home

Italian: accogliere (it), ospitare (it)

receive into one's home for the purpose of processing for a fee

Italian: fare lavoretti in casa

deceive; hoodwink

Finnish: jymäyttää
German: einwickeln (de)

Ido: dupigar (io)
Italian: imbrogliare (it), ingannare (it), abbindolare (it)

attend a showing of

subscribe to home delivery

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Swedish: ta in (3,4)

Anagrams

Aitken, Kantei, intake, kaiten, kentia, kinate, tankie

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