Usually means: Absorb, understand, or receive something.
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We found 26 dictionaries that define the word take in:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. take in: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. take-in, take in: Merriam-Webster
  3. take-in: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. take in: Collins English Dictionary
  5. take-in, take in: Dictionary.com
  6. Take-in: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. take-in: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. take-in, take in: Rhymezone
  9. Take-in, take in: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. take-in, take in: FreeDictionary.org
  11. take-in, take in: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. take-in, take in: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. take-in, take in: Vocabulary.com
  14. take-in: Wordnik
  15. take-in, take in: Wiktionary
  16. take-in: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  17. take-in: Infoplease Dictionary

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take in: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take in: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take in: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. take in: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. take in: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Take In, Take In: Latitude Mexico

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Definitions from Wiktionary (take in)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To receive.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To receive and properly absorb or comprehend.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To enjoy or appreciate.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To allow a person or an animal to live in one's home.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To receive (goods) into one's home for the purpose of processing for a fee.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To shorten (a garment) or make it smaller.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To attend a showing of.
▸ verb:  To deceive; to hoodwink.
▸ verb:  (transitive, climbing) To tighten (a belaying rope).
▸ verb:  (obsolete) To subscribe to home delivery of.
▸ verb:  (nautical) To reef.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To arrest (a person).

Similar:
take, receive, take up, earn, gain, see, bring in, invite, put one over, make, more...

Opposite:
give out, emit, release, expel, discharge

Types:
take up, take on, take over, take back, take down, take off, take in hand, take to, more...

Phrases:
take in vain, take in water, take in hand, take in charge, take in good part, more...

Adjectives:
nait, like, go, takeaway, taking, own, take-away, be, saught, try, apply

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Similar:
take, receive, take up, earn, gain, see, bring in, invite, put one over, make, more...

Opposite:
give out, emit, release, expel, discharge

Types:
take up, take on, take over, take back, take down, take off, take in hand, take to, more...

Phrases:
take in vain, take in water, take in hand, take in charge, take in good part, take it in turns, take life in hands, take in stride, take pleasure in, take the bit in teeth, take name in vain, take pride in, more...

Adjectives:
nait, like, go, takeaway, taking, own, take-away, be, saught, try, apply



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