take_in

[take_in]

Suck or take up or in; "A black star absorbs all matter"

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

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take into one''s family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"

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take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"

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fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can''t fool me!"

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serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don''t take sugar in my coffee"

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take up as if with a sponge

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fold up; "take in the sails"

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express willingness to have in one''s home or environs; "The community warmly received the refugees"

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take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister''s words"

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accept; "The cloth takes up the liquid"

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see or watch; "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie"

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hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers; "We overheard the conversation at the next table"

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call for and obtain payment of; "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"; "he collected the rent"

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earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"

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visit for entertainment; "take in the sights"

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provide with shelter

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suck or take up or in; "A black star absorbs all matter"


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Usage Examples

Another thing I like to do is sit back and take in nature. To look at the birds, listen to their singing, go hiking, camping and jogging and running, walking along the beach, playing games and sometimes being alone with the great outdoors. It's very special to me.

My mother is a big believer in being responsible for your own happiness. She always talked about finding joy in small moments and insisted that we stop and take in the beauty of an ordinary day. When I stop the car to make my kids really see a sunset, I hear my mother's voice and smile.

The problem is when you are writing something in retrospective, it needs a lot of courage not to change, or you will forget a certain reality, and you will just take in consideration your view today.

I'm not convinced that women have the education or the sense of their own history enough or that they understand the cruelty of which men are capable and the delight that many men will take in seeing you choose to chain yourself - then they get to say 'See, you did it yourself.'

On the environmental front there's concern about global warming and high levels of carbon dioxide, and trees take in CO2 and store carbon.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

We Hoosiers hold to some quaint notions. Some might say we 'cling' to them, though not out of fear or ignorance. We believe in paying our bills. We have kept our state in the black throughout the recent unpleasantness, while cutting rather than raising taxes, by practicing an old tribal ritual - we spend less money than we take in.

We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent with the present, unable to take in the idea of dying, unable to sit still.

Singing really oxygenates your blood. You stretch your lungs and take in much more air into them than before. It's really good for your health.

Why shouldn't rap be esoteric, able to take in current events, history and criticism? I guess it's this old idea of containment - that rappers, because they're black, can't and shouldn't aspire to look outside the ghetto for influence.

There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.

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