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verb

1. 1

   To absorb or comprehend.

   “I was so sleepy that I hardly took in any of the lecture.”

2. 2

   To allow a person or an animal to live in one's home.

   “take in a stray cat”

3. 3

   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.”

4. 4

   To shorten (a garment) or make it smaller.

   “Try taking the skirt in a little around the waist.”

5. 5

   To attend a showing of.

   “take in a movie”

6. 6

   To deceive; to hoodwink.

7. 7

   To tighten (a belaying rope). (Also take up.)

8. 8

   To subscribe to home delivery of.