Definition of Take-in

Verb

• make (clothes) smaller
  "Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight"
  
• take into one's family
  "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"
  adopt
• serve oneself to, or consume regularly
  "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"
  "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
  consume ingest take have
• take up as if with a sponge
  - sop up - suck in - take up
• take in, also metaphorically
  "The sponge absorbs water well"
  "She drew strength from the minister's words"
  absorb suck imbibe - soak up - sop up - suck up draw - take up
• accept
  "The cloth takes up the liquid"
  - take up
• hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
  "We overheard the conversation at the next table"
  catch overhear
• 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"
  gain clear make earn realize realise - pull in - bring in
• take up mentally
  "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"
  absorb assimilate ingest
• fold up
  "take in the sails"
  - gather in
• express willingness to have in one's home or environs
  "The community warmly received the refugees"
  receive invite
• 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"
  watch view see catch
• call for and obtain payment of
  "we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts"
  "he collected the rent"
  collect
• visit for entertainment
  "take in the sights"
  
• suck or take up or in
  "A black star absorbs all matter"
  absorb
• fool or hoax
  "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"
  "You can't fool me!"
  gull dupe slang befool cod fool - put on - put one over - put one across
• provide with shelter
  

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Unscramble take_in

94 unscramble word found using the letters take_in.

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