Dictionary entry details
• TAKE IN (verb)
Meaning:
Provide with shelter
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "take in" is one way to...):
domiciliate; house; put up (provide housing for)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Fool or hoax
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
put one over; put one across; dupe; cod; gull; befool; slang; take in; fool; put on
Context examples:
The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone / You can't fool me!
Hypernyms (to "take in" is one way to...):
betray; deceive; lead astray (cause someone to believe an untruth)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take in"):
kid; pull the leg of (tell false information to for fun)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Suck or take up or in
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Synonyms:
take in; absorb
Context example:
A black star absorbs all matter
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take in"):
suck; suck in (attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc.)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Visit for entertainment
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
take in the sights
Hypernyms (to "take in" is one way to...):
see; visit (visit a place, as for entertainment)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Call for and obtain payment of
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
collect; take in
Context examples:
we collected over a million dollars in outstanding debts / he collected the rent
Hypernyms (to "take in" is one way to...):
take (take into one's possession)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take in"):
raise (collect funds for a specific purpose)
farm (collect fees or profits)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Meaning:
See or watch
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
watch; view; take in; see; catch
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "take in" is one way to...):
watch (look attentively)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take in"):
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)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue take in the movie
Meaning:
Express willingness to have in one's home or environs
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
receive; take in; invite
Context example:
The community warmly received the refugees
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take in"):
induct (admit as a member)
assume (take up someone's soul into heaven)
see (receive as a specified guest)
absorb (assimilate or take in)
welcome (receive someone, as into one's house)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot take in Sue
Meaning:
Fold up
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
gather in; take in
Context example:
take in the sails
Hypernyms (to "take in" is one way to...):
furl; roll up (form into a cylinder by rolling)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take in"):
incorporate (unite or merge with something already in existence)
coal (take in coal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Take up mentally
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
assimilate; absorb; ingest; take in
Context example:
he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe
Hypernyms (to "take in" is one way to...):
acquire; larn; learn (gain knowledge or skills)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take in"):
imbibe (receive into the mind and retain)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
realise; earn; pull in; bring in; realize; gain; take in; make; clear
Context examples:
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
Hypernyms (to "take in" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take in"):
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)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They take in the money
Meaning:
Hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
overhear; take in; catch
Context example:
We overheard the conversation at the next table
Hypernyms (to "take in" is one way to...):
hear (perceive (sound) via the auditory sense)
"Take in" entails doing...:
listen (hear with intention)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody INFINITIVE
Meaning:
Accept
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
take up; take in
Context example:
The cloth takes up the liquid
Hypernyms (to "take in" is one way to...):
have; receive (get something; come into possession of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take in"):
fuel (take in fuel, as of a ship)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Take in, also metaphorically
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
imbibe; soak up; sop up; suck up; absorb; suck; take up; take in; draw
Context examples:
The sponge absorbs water well / She drew strength from the minister's words
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take in"):
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)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Take up as if with a sponge
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
suck in; sop up; take up; take in
Hypernyms (to "take in" is one way to...):
consume; have; ingest; take; take in (serve oneself to, or consume regularly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Serve oneself to, or consume regularly
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
ingest; consume; have; take in; take
Context examples:
Have another bowl of chicken soup! / I don't take sugar in my coffee
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take in"):
fill; replete; sate; satiate (fill to satisfaction)
sample; taste; try; try out (take a sample of)
sop up; suck in; take 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)
eat; feed (take in food; used of animals only)
partake; touch (consume)
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)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They take in more bread
Meaning:
Take into one's family
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
adopt; take in
Context example:
They adopted two children from Nicaragua
Hypernyms (to "take in" is one way to...):
take (take into one's possession)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Meaning:
Make (clothes) smaller
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
Please take in this skirt--I've lost weight
Hypernyms (to "take in" is one way to...):
alter; change; vary (make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
let out (make (clothes) larger)
